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I decided to start this blog in order to share some of what I have learned over the years regarding the use of technology in worship services. Technology is a great thing but it can sometimes be a...
View ArticleFive Tips for Taking Your Worship Band to the Next Level
Over the next few weeks I want to focus on a topic that is near and dear to my heart. The topic of worship band excellence. Being a long time worship leader at my church, I have spent a lot of time...
View ArticleTip #1: Ditch the music stands
This is tricky one since a lot of volunteer worship band members have trouble memorizing a bunch of songs. I've heard a few worship leaders say "stop being lazy - just memorize the songs." That is a...
View ArticleTip #2: In Ear Monitoring for the band
This is a huge one for me since I've been playing guitar on worship teams for many years. I've played on teams that used stage monitor speakers and I've played for teams that have in ear monitoring...
View ArticleTip #3: Let the pastor do the talking
I once heard a great analogy of worship leading being compared to "driving the bus to Zion." You don't want the passengers to experience a bumpy ride. That is, we want to make the ride as smooth as...
View ArticleTip #4: Clickety Clack Click Track
Up until recently (within the last few years), my worship team did not utilize a click track during worship services. We had been to a few conferences in which various people recommended using them,...
View ArticleTip #5: Make chord charts and related resources easily accessible
One of the issues that our worship team had back in the day was ensuring everyone was playing to the same sheet of music. We were using paper copies of everything back then and so people who had been...
View ArticleChord Maestro Overview Video
Over the past few months, I have added several new features to Chord Maestro. Therefore, I put together a new overview video that covers all of the high level application features. This is a good video...
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