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8 steps to configure Ableton with loop and vocal cue tracks

A vocal cue track is an audio track set to a click, and usually ran along side of a loop, that is sent to your in ear monitors only and serves as a helper track, guiding you inside your arrangement. The primary purpose is to keep the band in sync with the arrangement and is [...]

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Weekly Link Roundup: Chandler Interview to Perry Unleashed

Here’s what caught my attention over this week: John Piper’s 4 part interview with Matt Chandler. I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again, Matt Chandler has the highest CWPM(Convicting Words Per Minute) rating out of anyone I’ve heard. ChurchCrunch’s 3 tips for not sucking at ‘Christian’ blogging. I can’t say the post is entirely [...]

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Review: ‘Tempo’ iPhone App – portable click track

I recently downloaded the Tempo iPhone App for $0.99. It has quite a few features for a little 99 cent app. When you first launch the app you see this screen: First impression is not that pretty of a UI. Color scheme isn’t my favorite, not soft on the eyes. But they do present you [...]

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How to sync two live bands

Bryan Nelson at Vertical Resonator recently did a post showing how his church actually syncs two live bands in 2 different rooms for their worship service. He leads worship at Topeka Bible Church and is really doing some great creative stuff. The two bands play the same set, at the exact same time in 2 [...]

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Recording your worship on a shoe-string budget

In the last few months my church, Life Connection Church, has successfully setup a recording strategy that allows us to capture and track each channel before it gets to the board. This has many advantages over capturing board mixes. I wanted to share with you what we’ve done on truly a shoe-string budget. What’s wrong [...]

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Video: How not to use a microphone

We like to give tips on gear, software, songwriting, loops, you name it. Something often overlooked is how to properly hold and speak/sing into a microphone. Here is a demonstration on how not to use a microphone.

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How do you send a click track to monitors and not mains?

Micah D. sent in this question on the “How to introduce click tracks to your band” post. How do I put the click track through monitors [and] the loop … through the main speakers? Good question. The goal is to get the loop playing through the mains and available to monitor mixes but the click [...]

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How to write a mediocre worship song

Scott over at Scotteriology posted a great article by Bob Kilpatrick on How to write a mediocre worship song. The church certainly is full of them and this article gives you sage advice on how to write your own bad, errr mediocre worship songs. My favorite tip: Number Ten- Never; ever rewrite your song after [...]

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