Dave Helmuth 6/24/26 Dave Helmuth 6/24/26

Make More Excellent Music

We want to make excellent music. And by “excellent,” I mean the best we can do with what we have. It’s a continuously moving target. It’s personal - you don’t become excellent by comparing yourself to others but by comparing yourself today to yourself yesterday. Movement matters.

Dave Helmuth 5/27/26 Dave Helmuth 5/27/26

What’s Your Secret?

You want to be a good steward of the leadership opportunity God has given you, right? You want to help your team be more confident and comfortable as they serve. You want more capable, Godly people on your team. You want to experience joy as you pour out each week. You want to complete your calling to the very end. You want to experience fullness.

Dave Helmuth 2/18/26 Dave Helmuth 2/18/26

Confidence

The note ringing out from the bass in my hands was jarring and dissonant. I quickly stopped it and frantically tried to find out which key we were playing in. If you had been in my head a few moments before, it might have sounded something like this...

Dave Helmuth 10/8/25 Dave Helmuth 10/8/25

The Five Faders Book is HERE!

Have you appreciated receiving the Worship Fertilizer or any of the many resources from Ad Lib Music?

Can I ask you a big favor?

The Five Faders book launches TODAY!

Dave Helmuth 1/1/25 Dave Helmuth 1/1/25

Hack: Learning New Songs

Do you struggle to learn new songs? Before you say you don’t, let me clarify what I mean.

Dave Helmuth 12/11/24 Dave Helmuth 12/11/24

They Don't Know

We are living on a coffee plantation. Most weekday mornings, the small crew of coffee pickers come through the gate, dragging along their nine and eleven-year-old children to play while they pick.

Dave Helmuth 12/4/24 Dave Helmuth 12/4/24

Minister To The Lord

But what if no one is ministering to the Lord?

Dave Helmuth 10/30/24 Dave Helmuth 10/30/24

Are You Being Held In Tension?

“What if where you feel the tension you discover God’s intention for you?”

Dave Helmuth 5/1/24 Dave Helmuth 5/1/24

Drifting Into Ruts

I was speaking with a church that has been without a staff worship leader for nearly a year.

Dave Helmuth 3/6/24 Dave Helmuth 3/6/24

Songs Of Deliverance Actually Work!

Yesterday, I was battling low-grade anxiety for most of the day.

Dave Helmuth 12/6/23 Dave Helmuth 12/6/23

I’m A Grown Man!

When I was a kid, I hated tomatoes.

Dave Helmuth 10/25/23 Dave Helmuth 10/25/23

What’s Wrong With Getting Lost In Worship?

My three teenage children went to a youth camp recently.

Dave Helmuth 2/1/23 Dave Helmuth 2/1/23

Uncle Fred’s Coffee Soup

While I was growing up, on many Sunday mornings, my family would eat coffee soup.

Dave Helmuth 10/11/22 Dave Helmuth 10/11/22

Let It REFINE You, Not DEFINE You

All my adult life, I’ve carried extra weight.

Dave Helmuth 8/17/22 Dave Helmuth 8/17/22

Don’t Let Sunday Morning Bite You On The Behind

I’m not always aware of it when it happens. But something happens when the service officially starts: Something sneaks up on you and bites you on the behind.

Dave Helmuth 3/30/22 Dave Helmuth 3/30/22

What Kind of Worship Leader am I at Rehearsals?

What is it like to be at one of your rehearsals?

Dave Helmuth 7/14/21 Dave Helmuth 7/14/21

Limiters of Freedom

We were 100% designed for freedom. Sadly, we don’t often live like it. What limits us?

Dave Helmuth 7/7/21 Dave Helmuth 7/7/21

Worshiping in Freedom

Any stage amplifies what’s already there. Any spotlight highlights what was hidden. If I want to be freer on stage, I need to know what freedom is offstage.

Dave Helmuth 4/21/21 Dave Helmuth 4/21/21

How To Make It Flow

Some churches don’t seem to mind breaks in between songs. You know, the team finishes. There are five seconds of (awkward) silence.

Dave Helmuth 4/7/21 Dave Helmuth 4/7/21

Three Ways Out Of Fear

Stop me when this sounds familiar. I got a text from a worship director. It said, “I wanted to tell you that my wife felt ill and tested positive for COVID, so tomorrow I can’t be with you.”