by Eric Barfield As worship leaders, we’re constantly transcribing, modifying and adapting chord charts for specific musicians and singers each week. It’s a lot of hard work, and often requires a small forest’s worth of paper for printing out all new charts every time there’s a modification. What if there Read more…
I often hear from people who say they are running Multitracks in Ableton Live, but can’t seem to get them to be in-sync with the Ableton metronome no matter what they do. This is a frustrating problem. It occurs whether they have “Warping” turned on or not, so this is Read more…
I want to explore what a good transition is. I want to learn about what is working for other worship leaders and how you transition your band. You might be able to get through a song and everything went great but if the transition bombs it throws the whole Read more…
The big debate for using Loops and MultiTracks in worship – Session View or Arrangement View? I hear this question a lot – in the forums, at conferences, in training sessions, twitter, blogs, grandma’s house, blah blah blah. It’s actually a really good question, and one that really confuses people Read more…
Using loops in worship has become increasingly popular over the past decade. More and more people are creating their own loops or implementing tracks into their live performances. Over time, the term “loop” has become a blanket title for the category of using tracks in worship – both electronic loops Read more…
The generally accepted definition of a “Worship Band” has seen a drastic change over the last 50 years. What began as piano and organ has transitioned to a full band complete with moving lights and pre-programmed loops, tracks, and even videos to create the ‘worship experience’. We have indeed made Read more…
What is a Vocal Cue? A vocal cue is a recorded vocal track that gives clear direction to your band when using loops or playing to a click track. For example “Verse, in 1,2,3,4,” then you are into the verse. Vocal cues allow each band member to know what part Read more…