October 06 2009
Sunday Set List: “Going McGyver on the snare”
Tagged Under : John Mark McMillan, Kyle Campos, Phil Wickham, Robert Robinson, Ryan Delmore, Sunday Set List, worship
My band has been enjoying a few months of really problem free playing. We’ve been playing well which is great, but we’ve also had no major and very few minor mishaps. The streak was broken 2 weeks ago when I showed up to find my in ear monitors were gone. Then this last Sunday my drummer’s snare broke a few moments before the set started. The string that holds the snare strainer to the bottom of the snare snapped. Unfortunately with no spare snare in the house it was a mad dash to jimmy rig something up.
I stalled as long as I could, then we prayed and just agreed as a congregation that we’d worship God with everything we had with no instruments if that’s what it took. So I was prepared, at least mentally, at the end of that prayer to just go acoustic and scrap the set. In fact I was almost looking forward to it, but my man Jon Utter has some crazy McGyver skills and got it together just in time.
It really inspired me though to get an all acoustic set thrown in the rotation here soon. I think it would really be beneficial from multiple angles. First it would be refreshing from a creativity stand point, make sure our ears aren’t tired of the same stuff. Second it would be a great demonstration of something we preach that we believe and that’s it doesn’t matter what style of music we play, God get’s glory and worship through it all. Third, it’s a great challenge to the body having them coming to expect one thing and get another, great opportunity for us to grow. So stay tuned…it will happen.
- Jesus’ Name – Ryan Delmore
- How I Live – Kyle Campos (loop available)
- Come Thou Fount – Robert Robinson
- Death In His Grave – John Mark McMillan (loop available)
- True Love – Phil Wickham (loop available)
This post is part of Fred McKinnon’s Set List Sundays.
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Awesome setlist….really like John Mark's songs, "True Love" by Phil Wickham and your thoughts on an all-acoustic set. We pulled that out once, and it is one of the best worship moments we have ever experienced as a group. I think we did "It Is Well" and people dove in – beautiful.
Love Daniel's comment. That is awesome to hear, and very encouraging! That will be very refreshing to jump into an acoustic sesh.Ryan Delmore's acoustic version of 'Jesus Name' is a must hear.
For any drummer who reads this post and my comment- USE ANYTHING BUT RIBBON to take care of a situation like that (unless it's all you've got).
I prefer being compared to Mcgruber
a friend of mine recently challenged me to have a whole month of acoustic worship – just AC guitar, piano, AC bass and some kind of percussion that's not a regular drum set. It was a fascinating experience for me because it challenged all of us into the realization that deep heartfelt worship can be found in various expressions and the inevitable genre changes that happen when you move towards an acoustic sound rather than the traditional church-band sound. Thanks for sharing your experience about this past week's service!
We do acoustic sets relatively often, and they always go over really well. There's something about switching it up and stripping away some of the production that seems to really resonate with our folks.
So excited to do an acoustic set, I think the congregation will respond really well to that!