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8th Grade Odor and Sucking Out Loud: 17 Ways to Build a Better Youth Band, 3

Read Part 1Read Part 2 11. Make it fun. Recently, I became the subject of the youth band's joking--actually, my mother did. Somehow "your mom" jokes started flying and stuck to me. Soon a theme song emerged: "Jon's mom is greater, Jon's mom is stronger..." I'm not sure if Chris Tomlin intended that Read More...

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 Read More...

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 Read More...

11 Deadly Sins of the Worship Team, Part 5

Read part 1Read part 2 Read part 3Read part 4When it comes to the last five deadly sins we’ve discussed, they all contributed directly to the first transgression: creating a blob of sound.The next two sins deal more with preparation and skill development.#7 – Practicing at Rehearsals (an Read More...

Five Actions to Prepare for Growth

Last week we started talking about how to get more musicians and, specifically, two huge factors that affected that:the size of your church - the larger your church, the more potential musicians you'll have the quality of your church music -  good musicianship attracts good musicians.There are Read More...

Is autopilot in worship always a bad thing?

For several posts now, we've been looking at an article about choosing the right opening song. It's by Tom Jackson, a live music producer. He's giving seven ways for the indie artist/band to connect with their audience on the first song. These artists typically play concerts, want to sell their musi Read More...

Why Sunday Morning Can\'t Be Your Only Rehearsal

I work with a lot of smaller churches through my Small Church/Big Worship Seminars and Coaching Groups. One very common phenomenon in churches of this size is the Sunday-only rehearsal time.And it's not just limited to small churches. When I arrived on the scene at my current church, in the absence Read More...

Ten Costly Rehearsal Mistakes, Part 1

Last week I wrote about how Sunday morning can't be your only rehearsal. But whether you've got a 3-hour rehearsal Wednesday night or a 45-minute run-through right before your first service, that time is precious.Obviously, we're preparing to lead others in worship, and preparation in itself is an a Read More...

Stop Stopping to Fix Mistakes--You\'re Wasting Rehearsal Time

[This is part of the 10 Costly Rehearsal Mistakes Series]In the world of rehearsals, there's this thing called the run-through. It's when the team "runs through" the song start to finish like it will be done in the service.Except we don't. We stop. Why?We forgot the hits on the bridge.The vocals cam Read More...

What You\'re Forgetting to Rehearse in Rehearsal, 1

[Today's blog post is part of the series Ten Costly Rehearsal Mistakes]Mistake #7: What We Fail to Rehearse in Rehearsal"You’ve likely grown up hearing the phrase “practice makes perfect.” While there’s value in repeating a task or exercise to master it, practice doesn’ Read More...

What You\'re Forgetting to Rehearse in Rehearsal, 2

This is part of a larger conversation about 10 Costly Rehearsal Mistakes. We're on #7. What We Forget to Rehearse in Rehearsal. Turns out, what we forget to rehease is enough to warrant a two-part post.In part one, we talked about two of the five elements we fail to rehearse in rehearsal: Platform P Read More...

Creating a Culture of Preparation

Playback available for a limited timeA Free+ Online SeminarWatch Creating a Culture of Preparation(7:30pm EST only. 2:30pm EST is available by request.) Download the seminar slides. Chat LogThis nearly two hour training included great interaction and input from the participants. This stuff was to Read More...

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