Items Tagged with "Practice"
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8th Grade Odor and Sucking Out Loud: 17 Ways to Build a Better Youth Band, 2
Read Part 1 (#1-5)6. Create a standard form for each song. And don't deviate from that form (at least until #16 starts to happen). By a standard song form, I mean the order of the verse, chorus, bridge and other parts of the song. Use the original recording arrangement when possible. (And check out
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Please Practice: 8 Tips to Give Your Team
Of all the players that I've had in worship teams, the ones that practiced the most came out of the bar band scene. If any of them came to rehearsals unprepared, they apologized before they even pulled out their guitar. The players with church backgrounds, yeah...not so much. Why is this? That's fod
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10 Tips to a Better Rehearsal, Part 2
Read part 1 - Tips #1 - 4 I refined this list from some tips I gave at the Creating a Culture of Preparation seminar. (By the way, the playback is still available for free. Just follow the link.)5. Get Tech Support. There are some ministries that require their techs (video, audio, lighting, etc.) to
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Learning Versus Knowing a Song
It’s one thing to LEARN your part of a song. It’s another thing to KNOW it.One of the biggest mistakes we make as worship musicians is to stop at LEARN.When I KNOW a guitar solo or riff of a song, I can play it smoothly and with feeling. If I’ve only just LEARNED it, I might hit th
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What I Learned In Buffalo...
This weekend, I attened Christian Musician Summit at the Chapel near Buffalo, NY. While I learned a ton, here five things I want to highlight:I don’t practice enough. And I’m not talking about just Sunday prep (although I could do more for that, too). At CMS, the teachers/presenters/per
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