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The benefit of not letting your band hear songs you are covering

Admittedly I do things differently than many worship leaders would advise. This is a good example of a strategy I employ in my band that is probably opposite of much of the advice you’ll hear, so take it for what it’s worth. If you value creativity in your arrangements and finding your own voice and [...]

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

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

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

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New music: Flagship (Brigade) – live videos

I’ve hit the wall with my current music selection, I need a refresh. Enter my friend John Mark McMillan. We were chatting about him coming out to Phoenix again to play some shows(gonna be off the chain BTW) and he mentioned his former bass player’s new band Flagship (formerly Flagship Brigade). Check Flagship out on [...]

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How to introduce click tracks to your band

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

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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FanBand sells your digital music directly to fans…poorly

Fanband aims to allow bands to sell digital copies of their music directly to fans at gigs. Fans enter their email address and myspace user name, select the songs they ‘d like to purchase, pay and the songs are sent to their email address. An additional benefit for the band is now they have collected [...]

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Ryan Delmore Interview – Part 2

I had the great pleasure recently of interviewing Ryan Delmore of Vineyard Music and 5 Cities Vineyard. Ryan has a new cd coming out in October entitled The Spirit, the Water and the Blood. In Part 2 Ryan and I discuss more on his band experience in the church and outside the church, we riff [...]

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