How I Prepare For A Rehearsal
Today, we highlight the strengths each Fader brings to preparing for great rehearsals.
What Kind of Worship Leader am I at Rehearsals?
What is it like to be at one of your rehearsals?
If You Have Time To Lean, You Have Time To Clean
“Well, I’m standing up here, so I’d better be playing something.”
“The Minimum” Is Sabotaging Your Ministry
The worship leader put a message out to the team. It said:
Fully Prepared
How do you show up to rehearsals? Would you describe it as "fully prepared?"
Angels on the Road
In Costa Rica, I am pleasantly surprised at how kind drivers are. They let each other into traffic. They honk, wave, or flash their lights to give you the right of way.
Practicing is A Discipline That Sets You Free
You can't make music if you are focusing only on your instrument. You have to listen and respond to the rest of the band for it to be music.
How to Actually Play with a Click
More and more worship teams are beginning to play with a click.
What Happens Next Is Up To You
Maybe you’re a worship leader who is caught in the unrelenting cycle of leading weekly worship gatherings while managing songs, arrangements, schedules, teams, relationships, and life.
You feel the need for...
A deep walk with God (Intimate, Consecrated, Scripture-soaked)
A deep love for people (Shepherd, Launcher, Encourager, Leader)
A deep understanding of music (Listener, Craftsman, Fluent)
Serving The Song
The best way to play better music, get along with your teammates, serve the congregation well, and enjoy it all is...what? How would you answer that?
How To Practice Your Instrument Without A Band
How can I better prepare to play bass without a team so that I can arrive at rehearsal prepared? (I feel like I’m more prepared when I get to play with the team)
3 Ways to Teach Musical Instincts
Did you ever wish you could teach your worship team to have better musical instincts? You can!
Soon Baboon Soon
Every week, when we make music together as worship teams, we have essential musical decisions to make. So here’s a humorous yet insightful story of what it takes to make music together.
Questions To Ask At Rehearsal
I love questions.
52 Worship Training Events
When you went to your worship team rehearsal this week, what skill did you plan on working on with your team?
Drums, the Holy Spirit, and Congregational Response
Have you ever been frustrated, confused, or saddened by a lack of response from the congregation you’re leading in worship?
How I Learn Melody
What’s the most important musical part of a song? Melody. It’s the DNA, the unique fingerprint. Which brings up the next question…how do I learn melody, especially if I don’t read music or don’t have the musical notation available?
How Songs Are Built
Why do I need to know how to build a song?
Because knowing how to build songs enables…so many things.
Never Copy the CD*
I love what Todd Henry says in his podcast The Accidental Creative: “It is the age of creativity. Cover bands don’t change the world. Don’t be a cover band. You need to find your unique voice.”
Six Things I Learned About Rehearsals (From Leading a New Team Every Week…For Years!)
Almost every week, I lead a new team of musicians. Sometimes all we have is a Sunday morning rehearsal.