Percussion

Percussion Spirit and Truth: The drums are TOO LOUD!

If there is one comment that is loaded for bear, it’s “The drums are TOO LOUD!” From the pastor’s perspective, it is a red flag that people may be unable to enter into a fulfilling worship time because they are distracted or (worse yet) turned off by the stage volume being created by the drums…

Percussion: Be Kind To Animals – Feed A Drummer

Greetings guys! It has been a while since my last drum article, but I wanted to say thank you for all of your positive feed back and comments on my previous articles. Thank you so much. What I want to focus on in this article is the drummer as he “appears” to the rest of…

“Can We Have A Little Passion, Please?”

I am a drummer, and have been in Christian music all of my life. In my thirty-eight years, I have seen a lot of changes–both spiritually and musically–in the Christian music world. The Jesus Movement had passion The 1970’s and 1980’s brought on a lot of changes for the CCM/Christian Rock landscape. Many spiritual leaders…

Worship Drumming: “Evolve” With Age

Greetings friends! In my last article, I talked about the importance of us drummers “engaging” the congregation. In this article, I want us drummers to shift our focus to the stage. Specifically, I want to focus on the worship team as a whole during a worship set. After almost 35 years of playing this instrument,…

Drummers need to “Engage” in Worship

Drummers need to “Engage” in Worship Greetings friends. As a Worship drummer for over 25 years, I have had the opportunity in the past to play in churches when drumming and drums were considered a taboo instrument. Drums were often frowned upon specifically in the early 1980’s and before, and it took quite a while…

Worship Drumming Tip #2: Build a Foundation

I have been a drummer since I was 12 years old. But I never really played in a band until I was 25. So what did I do for those 13 years? I practiced. In my early years I would literally play for hours a day. While other drummers were cranking their stereo and playing…

Worship drumming tip #1: consider playing electronic drums

I realize that I usually write on the topic of leading worship, but today I would like to talk about worship drumming.  The performance of the drummer is the link in the chain that can either make or break the overall sound of your worship band, and therefore, your overall efficacy.  I am a drummer…

Worship drumming: Precision in Playing

So I’m coming up on my 14th year of playing drums for worship. I’ve had many different experiences during that time due to playing with various groups of people. To be completely honest, I’ve learned more about music from these people than I have through school or my previous “outside of church” bands. The one…

Worship drumming: Reflections and interactions

So I’m two weeks removed from a conference we had at our church where we had Monty Hipp come in and talk to us. This was the second time I’ve had the pleasure of listening to him speak about worship culture and what we as individuals can do to either ask for annointing or take our…

Worship drumming: Drum Tuning

So if you’ve read my other posts, you’ll understand that I’m trying to express my thoughts and opinions on how to create a great worship experience with the drums. One of the biggest obstacles to overcome can be the simplest: Drum Tuning. Tuning is almost as important as playing the drums themselves. All of us…

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