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Piano: Classic to Contemporary – Making the Transition…

  Piano: Classic to Contemporary Making the Transition… Once upon a time… The piano was the featured instrument.  The piano was the instrument all musicians started with, and most desired to pursue.  In recent years, however, the perception of the piano has changed.  Many now perceive the piano to be obsolete.  It may be because…

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3 Fun Ways Musicians Can Have a Deeper Worship Experience by Jamie Rohrbaugh on WorshipMinistry.com

3 Fun Ways Musicians Can Have a Deeper Worship Experience

Have you ever felt cheated out of your encounter with God because you have to play your instrument during worship? I know I have. When my heart is focused on the Lord, it is so much more fun to raise my hands in worship and forget about both my instrument and the chart in front of me (#SorryNotSorry)! However, even…

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5 Keys to Easy Prophetic Worship by Jamie Rohrbaugh

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…

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Does Heaven move for you?

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…

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It's time to take off the musician mask

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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Have You Been Offering Strange Fire?

I have a sin to confess to the world: I have been offering strange fire to the Lord. I don’t look like a guilty party. I look the very epitome of holiness in the world of church music: I get lost in worship every single week. Sometimes I have to put down my instrument so I can…

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Re-Introducing: The Piano

The Piano is an instrument that we all know, but few truly respect in our culture today.  As a 23 year-old, I have had more than my share of people getting really excited to hear that I’m a musician, but very let down when they learn I’m a pianist.  It seems any other instrument would…

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What if I have to Lead Worship all by Myself?

Have you traveled down this road yet: leading worship (in my case, on the keyboard) alone? Sure, it’s easier to have the full team behind you for support and to fill any gaps. But there are times when you might be called upon to provide this function: leading worship–just you and your instrument–by yourself. It…

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