How do you perceive the microphone? Is it your best friend or are you slightly wary of it? In this article we’re thinking about how you can get the most out of the mic. How can you make it work for you and not against you? How can you ensure that it’s an aid to worship and not a distraction? Read on if you want to find out more. [Read more...]
Share your worship confessionals, recaps, and setlists for the week of: Sunday, November 25, 2012
Welcome to the 227th consecutive week of “Sunday Setlists!”
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This series explores the different “shades” of praise and worship that we see throughout the Bible. Where in English we might only see the word translated as “praise” – there are several different meanings that can apply.
This worship expression uses the lifted hands to express sacrifice, specifically things given up to show thankfulness to God. In a literal sense, the picture we have of this outward worship activity is extending the hands in agreement. In the same way that we understand a handshake as a sign of agreement, the lifting of our hands in worship is an outward sign of our “agreement” with God. [Read more...]
For classically trained piano players the thought of playing keys from a “guitar” chord chart can fill them with horror. The Musicademy Intermediate Worship Keyboards DVDs are designed to teach contemporary worship keyboards using a chords-based approach. Here is a clip from the DVD where Tim Martin gives 10 ideas to make chords-based playing more interesting. [Read more...]
Jesus Culture releases their newest Album this week, Live From New York featuring Martin Smith. The album actually seems more like a Martin Smith album featuring Jesus Culture. This 16 song 2-Disc album includes a large selection of Martin Smith’s music, a few covers, and a couple new originals from Jesus Culture. [Read more...]
Share your worship confessionals, recaps, and setlists for the week of: Sunday, November 18, 2012
Welcome to the 226th consecutive week of “Sunday Setlists!”
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Guitarists perform a fine balancing act in worship groups. They are there to embellish and add the icing on the metaphorical worship cake. If they bring too much icing with their grab-bag of tricks they can destroy something beautiful within seconds. [Read more...]
Share your worship confessionals, recaps, and setlists for the week of: Sunday, November 11, 2012
Welcome to the 225th consecutive week of “Sunday Setlists!”
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The standard line-up in a worship band usually comprises worship leader/acoustic guitarist, lead guitarist, drums, bass, keyboards and a couple of backing singers. It’s rare for a band to have a lone acoustic guitarist.
As a result nobody is really quite sure what to do with an acoustic guitarist who isn’t the worship leader so, usually, they are left to their own devices and nobody’s really thinking about the parts they play. Therefore the demands on acoustic guitarists are not too great. If they stick to the chord chart and play in time everyone’s happy: they are usually on auto-pilot anyway.
That’s pretty counter-productive. The reality is most worship songs are written on acoustic guitars so there is a fair amount of responsibility that goes with this role. The acoustic guitarist should help to shape the songs the worship leader has chosen to sing. The acoustic guitarist – and a particularly accomplished one – can help to take the worship to another level and that’ll yield vibrant, spirit-filled services. [Read more...]
Share your worship confessionals, recaps, and setlists for the week of: Sunday, November 04, 2012
Welcome to the 224th consecutive week of “Sunday Setlists!”
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Glorious is a great song from Trent Smith's 2013 GREATER JOY and would make a great addition to your Sunday Setlists! [Read more...]
Download: Glorious F# Chart | Download: Glorious (Lyrics)
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