INTRO, 2, 3, 4! Do you love a good band cue? As a musician, nothing puts me more at ease than to know exactly what is expected of me and when. If you don’t use one, learning to use, and even make, a cue track might be a great next Read more…
Intro, 2, 3, 4! Ah, the beautiful sound of a click track. For those of us who hear it every weekend, we know the comfort it can bring to our rehearsals. We also know the disasters that can happen if it’s missing. When you first start playing with a click, Read more…
You’ve committed to start practicing more for worship on weekends, but you’re still not seeing the results you’d like from your pre-worship prep. Here are 7 ways to give your worship prep a shot in the arm: 7. Listen. Listen to the entire setlist of music with the charts or chords Read more…
People often tell me that they don’t have in-ear monitors at their church. If you’re wanting to use loops and are trying to figure out how to get the click to the drummer, check out this simple diagram for sending a Click and Monitor send to your drummer. Hope this Read more…
If you are new at using loops in worship or maybe you have been using them for a while, you have probably noticed that there can be awkward moments between songs. Like when you hit the stop button and it kills all sounds everywhere and its just dead silent. Or Read more…
As worship leaders we all want control. Control is the thing that keeps the band tight, the thing that keeps everyone on task. We strive for it and some of us are even chasing after it. When you have control how do you get to a point when you can 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…
As I’ve been using Loops, MultiTracks and Ableton over the past ten years, it’s been amazing to see more and more churches adapt the use of music technology in their worship services. You don’t typically see just a Boss TU-2 Tuner on the ground in front of the worship leader Read more…
Sound check is one of the most critical steps in delivering an excellent weekend service. It ensures that all the complicated patching, routing, conversion, and reproduction are happening the way you want them to happen. When sound checks go bad (coming soon to your local Fox station!), it can put off the mood Read more…
Sound check is one of the most critical steps in delivering an excellent weekend service. It ensures that all the complicated patching, routing, conversion, and reproduction are happening the way you want them to happen. When sound checks go bad (coming soon to your local Fox station!), it can put off the mood Read more…
One of the greatest and most practical tools that I’ve found as a worship leader is the use of Loops and Click Tracks in worship. Some of you may be wondering what kind of “loops” I’m speaking of… and no, it has nothing to do with “Fruit Loops” cereal, although Read more…
Using a Metronome in Worship The drummer is the “bus driver” for the band. Setting the right tempo for a song is extremely vital for the entire band to follow. This is the job of a drummer in any band. The drummer should set and play at a tempo that 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…