Practical, hands-on training and support for church bands.
A group of us from the Lakeshore Area of West Michigan meet once monthly over lunch to trade stories, support each other, and figure out how to do church music better. If you're interested in joining us, hit the 'Contact Me' button, and I'll get you the details.
Saturday, September 6, 2008 at 09:39AM Okay, so the first step toward finding ‘moments’ is to be comfortable and at ease with the material. The second thing you need is a good monitor mix. Great ensemble playing—which is what gives birth to these moments—depends on hearing each other. And not just hearing each other, but hearing a comfortable balance.
When I was music directing, we had a sound guy who also played trumpet.
Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 09:49AM One of the things the Big Church did, and did very well, was big productions. I loved and hated them. The hassle was incredible, they were utterly time consuming, and the buzz I got from it all was seriously addictive. The good outweighed the bad, but by a margin similar to that by which George Bush beat Al Gore in 2000. Here’s a little reminiscence from one of my favorite years:
The electric guitar player stood up suddenly, put his Stratocaster on the chair, string side up, and sat down hard on the guitar. Right down on it, grinding the strings into the pickups.