Guitar & Bass
Every Worship Leader’s Problem (Umm, we mean opportunity)
Every Worship Leader’s Problem (Umm, we mean opportunity) Being the main person leading worship from the guitar or piano is not a calling that everyone hears from the Lord. However, just about everyone who desires it can develop their skills on guitar to the point of being a part of the band leading worship. One…
Read More ⇨Acoustic Guitar: The Basics
Acoustic Guitar: The Basics What about guitar strings? If you walk into a music store and tell them you need some strings for your acoustic guitar they will point you to a huge wall holding all sorts of different options for strings. Different brands, different weights, different coatings and the list goes on. The same…
Read More ⇨Church Audio: Finding Your Guitar Solo
Church Audio: Finding Your Guitar Solo Finding your guitar solo. If anybody has ever had the chance to listen to Lincoln Brewster speak, his story will be familiar. He tells of when he first left the worldly music scene and was starting to play guitar in church, he played very conservatively because he wasn’t sure…
Read More ⇨Acoustic Guitar Tips: Muted Tuning, Broken Strings and Quick Changes
Acoustic Guitar Tips: Muted Tuning, Broken Strings and Quick Changes I can vividly remember the Sunday after church that I asked my wife: “How was worship today?” and she replied, “You have got to STOP TUNING when the pastor is praying!” I guess I had never realized it before, but as it turns out, people…
Read More ⇨Worship Guitar: A Letter to Me (the guitarist)
Worship Guitar: A Letter to Me (the guitarist) This is the ‘thirty<<mumble something>>-year-old worship leader’ ME talking to the ‘early 20-something worship guitarist’ ME. Here are ten things that I (and some other worship leaders) would like you to know. 1. Yes, that is impressive that you’ve learned Sweet Child ‘O Mine. Please stop, we…
Read More ⇨5 Keys To Easy Prophetic Worship
“I can’t believe how easily I started getting new songs,” our new worship leader said. “When we started to pray and read Scripture, the songs just flowed.” We had just finished our Sunday morning pre-service prayer time. In this meeting (which lasts forty-five minutes), we combine prayer and live music as we intercede for the church service. Though it was Janet’s (not her real name) first…
Read More ⇨Does Heaven Move for You?
Have you ever wondered how much influence you would have in the Kingdom if you were suddenly stripped of your guitar, your microphone, or even your right to worship publicly? If you couldn’t perform in public worship, would you still carry any weight in the Kingdom of God? An inspiring story from the life of Rees Howells Rees…
Read More ⇨Are You Ready To Take Off Your Mask?
Have you ever noticed that when people become church musicians, they put on what seems to be our standard-issue, church-musician mask? The church-musician mask makes a church orchestra appear to contain twenty copies of the same person. This masked musician is suave and friendly: he or she has a great sense of humor, usually with a…
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