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Video: “The Door” – Our Rising Sound feat. Lee Green

by Kyle on April 29, 2011 in band, live, Podcast, video

Early on I was toying with the idea of playing All the Bright Lights song “The Door” for our Easter service. I didn’t know how it would quite work, it being 95% instrumental. I also knew I wanted to have my man Lee Green rhyme at some point in the service…eventually my slow brain realized [...]

The Door - Our Rising Sound Live at LCC feat. Lee Green [ 7:50 ] Download

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Video: “Nothing But the Blood” Live @ LCC by 9 iPhones

by Kyle on April 28, 2011 in band, live, Podcast, video

This is video from our live performance of our version of Nothing But the Blood on this Easter Sunday (2011). We mounted iPhones around stage, on instruments and had a few in the crowd as well. I think it does a great job of capturing our normal Sunday vibe. Props to Josh Dailey for the [...]

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Band photo from the retro-future

by Kyle on April 19, 2011 in band, funny

So many great things happening here… [via PoorlyDressed.com]

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Poll: How many songs are in your current worship rotation?

by Kyle on April 22, 2009 in band, poll, worship

I use about 30 songs in my regular rotation. This is probably on the low end for being the only worship band at our church. I would imagine most churches in a “praise band” setup would have a larger rotation, but I guess we’ll find out in this post. Our vision at LCC is to [...]

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How to introduce click tracks to your band

by Kyle on January 21, 2009 in band, how to, music

Why use a click? I don’t want to assume we all know and appreciate the benefits of a click so I figured I’d start here. A click insures your band plays a song in the correct time and keeps your band in the correct time through the duration of the song. Without using a click [...]

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Do loops leave any room for spontaneity in worship?

by Kyle on January 13, 2009 in band, leadership, music, worship

Here is our second installment of answers to questions on the post, “Why should I consider using loops in my worship service?” How easy/difficult do you find it to break out of the song/set when using loops? This was one of my main concerns when I started using loops. How was I going to be [...]

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Won’t using loops cause a congregation to get bored?

by Kyle on January 9, 2009 in band, leadership, music, worship

I received some great comments from a reader and good friend Barrie on my last post about why worship leaders should consider using loops in their worship service. They were so good they each deserve their own post, so here’s the first one. Have you found any sense in which [using loops] might add to [...]

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Why should I consider using loops in my worship service?

by Kyle on January 8, 2009 in band, music, worship

I deal a lot with worship loops on this site as you may have noticed. More and more worship leaders are becoming interested in using loops but many still don’t see the point, think it’s too complicated or a waste of time, or don’t understand why anyone would use instruments that aren’t live. All of [...]

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