Does your church want to start writing its own music? Do you already write your own music, but now you want to release it? Matt McCoy sat down with producer Andy Walker to hear his tips for writing and producing music for the church. Whether your church is ready to Read more…
As a worship pastor you may be great at playing an instrument, singing, putting setlists together and leading your congregation on Sundays. But sometimes there can be a big learning curve when it comes to leading a team. It can be difficult to lead people, and if it’s not done Read more…
When we lead worship it’s important to be authentic. Leading worship is not a performance, and if you aren’t genuine it can cause a disconnect with your worship and with your congregation. Matt McCoy sat down with PraiseCharts Founder Ryan Dahl to discuss what he wished he knew when he Read more…
As a worship leader or worship pastor, having a good relationship with your senior pastor is very important for your worship ministry. We often hear about the relationship between a worship pastor and senior pastor becoming strained and negatively impacting both leaders, and sometimes even their church. Pastor Dave Davis Read more…
Do you struggle knowing what to say during your worship services? Sometimes it’s easier for worship leaders to sing then to speak and lead the service. Paul Baloche joined a recent Loop Live episode to talk about what to say and how to improve at speaking during a worship set. Read more…
As Worship Pastors and Worship Leaders it’s important that we continue to grow in our role. Being stagnant and not continuing to improve as leaders of our team and musicians isn’t honoring God in the role that He has placed us. And there are a number of areas that we Read more…
Become an expert at using technology in worship Loop Community is excited to be a part of the Worship Innovators Conference that is happening virtually on June 7, 2021. If you’re a worship leader or sound tech, this conference is for you! The conference will focus on practical training to Read more…
Sometimes as a worship leader, it’s easy to forget why you started leading, and quickly lose sight of your calling. Do you ever feel this way? It can sometimes be tempting to quit. Whether it’s due to the busyness, not feeling appreciated, or anything else, it can become frustrating. It’s Read more…
If you use chord charts in worship, PraiseCharts is a great resource! They provide simple, readable and clean charts that match the arrangements. Did you know if you are on LoopCommunity.com, you can find the PraiseCharts chord chart that matches a track’s arrangement? We love partnering with PraiseCharts to make Read more…
Many churches right now are faced with the task of moving their church services online. Including Good Friday and Easter services! For many churches, this can seem quite intimidating. Thankfully, it doesn’t have to be! With just a few simple elements, you can provide a quality online experience that will Read more…
by Rick Muchow These are both challenging and exciting times for the church! Every new movement in the history of the church has been accompanied by new music and new methods while the message never changes. During this Worldwide Pandemic, Worship Leaders have been given a great opportunity to incorporate Read more…
Ableton Live. Chances are you’ve heard those words if you’re a worship leader who is interested in using multitracks in worship. Even though Ableton Live has been around for almost 20 years, it’s increasingly become a buzzword in the worship leading world. To break it down, “Ableton” is the name Read more…
‘Tis the season! It’s that time of year again! The snow is falling, the jingles are playing, the decorations are up, and the smell of peppermint lattes fills the air. For many people, Christmas is a day of getting presents, making family plans, and eating great food. Thousands of people 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…
What about using Tracks needs “Community”? We were asked this question by an artist who was considering if he should sell his tracks on LoopCommunity.com the first week I started at the company in May. My name is Derek. I’m the Director of Marketing for Loop Community, and this is Read more…
I’ve always found statistics to be a fascinating part of life. There are 360,000 babies born each day. There are over 60,000,000 passenger cars produced each year. Americans spend an average 43.5 hours on their phones every month. There is a new worship record released every hour. Ok, ok, that 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…
I’ve never been a fan of first dates, or dating in general. I’ve always been a “relationship” guy. Spending an entire afternoon or evening with someone that you hardly know, with absolutely no reference of what to expect or what will happen is a truly terrifying ordeal. Every first date Read more…
Hey loop community I wanted to spend a little time thinking about how we prepare to lead our people each week. I know we spend a lot of time as musicians prepping the content, arrangements/song sequences, loops, multi-tracks, etc. So we tend to spend a lot of time prepping the Read more…
Contributed by E.J. Gauna There’s little question that these are amazing times we’re living in. Technology is advancing at an exponential rate and brings great progress with it. The way we buy music (when was the last time you paid $19.99 for a CD at a Sam Goody at the Read more…
Several weeks ago, our pastor said he wants our church to be a singing church. Considering the plethora of articles and blogs written about getting the congregation to sing, the sentiment is a common one: How do we engage the congregation and lead them to worship together as a family Read more…
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…
Many of our contributors at Loop Community have been with us from the very beggining. We cannot thank you enough for all your efforts in building this community. One of these contributors who has been with us practically from the beginning is EJ Gauna. EJ creates some great resources for Read more…
So while I was attending the Seeds conference in Tulsa Ok I had the privilege to meet Loop Community Contributer Gary Sexton. He is a great guy and he has some killer loops here on loop community. I used Gary’s God’s Great Dance Floor Loop at Easter and it was fantastic! Read more…
Check out the Podcast Interview: Play in new window | Download http://christianmusicblog.com/session6/ In the 6th session of the CMB Podcast, I speak with worship leader and songwriter, Matt McCoy. Matt has released 4 albums, and is currently working on his 5th. His latest release “Shine” is available at iTunes here. For more info on Read more…
2013 has already blessed us with some great worship music and today I just wanted to share a couple New Releases that you should be listening to. Hillsong-Zion Mars Hill-Citizens Loop Community’s very Own- Matt McCoy Passion-Let The Future Begin About the Author: Jake Stemo is a 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…
Well the holidays are upon us and as you are all busy planning your big christmas/christmas eve experiences we want to find out what loops you will be using for the holidays. Alot of worship pastors are still looking for some great ideas and great loops to use in their 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…
There are many ways that you can run loops in a worship setting but I want to take a moment and explain a few methods that I have used and the different ways you can use those methods. This will hopefully give a better understanding on how you can use loops Read more…
Pro’s / Con’s of the Worship Leader Triggering the Loop? Lets start with some pros to the worship leader triggering the loop. Many people have asked me, “Why do you want to trigger the loops? Don’t you have enough going through your head?”. Well yeah, you’re right – but on Read more…
There are countless blogs and websites out on the inter-web right now spreading the gospel of loops, their benefits and why you should use them now. I’m in that club but many of these blogs and lessons are geared towards the larger church. I’m a worship leader in a plant Read more…
Hi, all. A question that typically comes up when I tell people about all of the technology that we use in worship is, “Why use all of that? Do you really need to use technology to get the point across?” My answer to that goes along with some of my Read more…
You think our loops are awesome? Excellent – we agree with you! But if you’re like most people, you have no idea how to use them in your worship set yet. Luckily, most churches fall into one of three categories based on how your worship environment is setup. Go ahead Read more…