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The book “Imagine That” by Manuel Luz, declares that “we are all born artists, but in the art of living, the artist in many of us dies.”
Imagine That – Book Review
July 29, 2009 by 1 Comment
Tips for Overcoming Technical Anxiety
July 28, 2009 by 1 Comment
Okay.. So your geared up for using loops. You’ve got a few samples to toy around with, you’ve bought Ableton Live and your ready to use it on Sunday. You have everything loaded in.. and then.. BAM!!! it happens. Well maybe more appropriately.. nothing happens. You’ve pressed #1 on your computer keyboard a million times before and never had a problem, but this time, the one time your in front of people, #1 doesn’t work. In this post we will take a look at a few steps to overcoming the dreaded Technical Anxiety that we’ve all faced before. So take a seat, calm down and lets figure out what to do next time!
So Who Are We Worshipping?… The Forgotten Trinity
July 27, 2009 by 4 Comments
Picture the scene. It’s a Sunday morning, we’re in the local church of Anytown, and the worship leader has just finished a song; ‘Lord Jesus, we thank you for your presence in this place, we love you Jesus, we glorify your name…’ and softly the music builds and the vocals come in: ‘It’s all about you, Jesus…’
Later the pastor steps up and raises the energy levels: ‘We’re here because of Jesus! Let’s give him the glory! It’s time to commit ourselves again to him and his kingdom!’
Question. What would Jesus think about that not-entirely-untypical worship scenario? [Read more...]
YouTube Channel for TheWorshipCommunity.Com
July 24, 2009 by Leave a Comment
PRESS RELEASE:
TheWorshipCommunity.Com announces the launch of their “YouTube” Channel at:
www.youtube.com/theworshipcomm
We’d like to invite you to visit and subscribe to our favorite videos, including a number of live video clips from the recent National Worship Leader Conference in Kansas, July 2009.
Hendrix Style Double Stops for Worship Guitar
July 22, 2009 by 1 Comment
This is probably my favorite playing style – double stops. Double stops means playing two notes at the same time and was employed to great effect by a certain Mr James Hendrix. Hendrix is known by non musicians for his wailing solos but this style used on gentler songs like Little Wing and Castles Made of Sand is perfect for playing in worship settings.
Electric Guitar Styles – The U2 Sound
July 20, 2009 by 4 Comments
The U2 sound has always been popular in churches since the Edge’s style leans more towards rhythmic ‘pad’ sounds than a typical lead guitar rock riff. A U2 style sound is great for songs with big dynamic changes and great for filling up space behind very clear melodies in a way that is not so much a ‘lead’ part that it becomes like a distracting counter melody. [Read more...]
LIVE from the National Worship Leader Conference
July 19, 2009 by 3 Comments
TheWorshipCommunity.Com Presents a LIVE blog/twitter feed coming directly from thousands of worshipers in Kansas City at the National Worship Leaders Conference, July 20-23 at Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas.
The joy of teaching drums (or not)
July 15, 2009 by 1 Comment
Teaching drums can be a thankless task. People tell you they have ‘always wanted to play the drums’, you agree to teach them, they turn up at your door with the ‘standard’ 5A sticks and are ‘ready to rock’.
Worship…..the Fuel for Ministry?
July 14, 2009 by 2 Comments
“May your ways be known throughout the earth, your saving power among people everywhere.” (Psalm 67:2)
As we worship God, this time spent with Him should “send us”. Any encounter with God in worship should compel us to go forth and live out the reality of that encounter to the world around us, declaring it with our lives. That encounter might be lived out in forgiveness, in encouragement, in obediently sharing Christ with a co-worker, or in saying “yes” to a dream God has for us.
I tend to judge things based on numbers. No, I am not a mathematician, quite the opposite! Yet I judge success on how many attend, how much people give (I don’t know specifics just the total count), and how many new faces I see.
