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It was Fourth of July this weekend and I had a lot of people gone on my worship team. In the past, I’ve ended up doing just a “piano service”; but this year I had enough people to do a small band. So there was four of us on Sunday and it was a lean, [...]
Pianos, Pianos everywhere and not a key to plunk. This episode is the first of two in our first workshop on playing piano in the worship band. In a lot of contemporary worship music, keys tend to be harder and harder to come by. Not anymore, keys are making a comeback, baby!
We do some talking [...]
I don’t know about you, but this was a weird week. We canceled our Saturday evening service because it was the fourth of July (for anyone not from America, that’s an important day for us, and if you’re from Great Britain - well - sorry). So we only had one Service on Sunday morning, which [...]
Happy Summer Day to everyone! The sun is out, and it’s a beautiful day in Vancouver, Washington. Yesterday was a good day for our Worship Service at Laurelwood, but I’ll admit that it felt a little off. I don’t know if any of you have ever experienced this, but the practice was great and things [...]
Do you ever have one of those feelings? You know, when you haven’t heard from your drummer all week, and an hour and a half before the rehearsal is supposed to start, you give them a call to confirm, and they’re out on the lake? Yeah….so…..
We had two different drummers, one for Saturday evening and [...]
Pianos, Pianos everywhere and not a key to plunk. This episode is the first of two in our first workshop on playing piano in the worship band. In a lot of contemporary worship music, keys tend to be harder and harder to come by. Not anymore, keys are making a comeback, baby!
We do some talking [...]
So, things went pretty smooth on Sunday… much better than a couple weeks ago! If you remember, two weeks prior, we went super long and we ended our service almost 30 minutes late. I’ve been determined to help keep things on track the last couple weeks, so this Sunday we did a few less songs than normal [...]
Do you ever find it hard to focus on 8 things at once? I sure do. How do we do it? Seriously! How can you focus on your vocals, your pitch, your keyboard parts, the other vocalists, the acoustic, the electric, the bass and the drums…all at the same time. I’ve got to be honest [...]
I’m continuing on with the work of raising up other leaders on my worship team. I wasn’t off stage and in the congregation like David was this week, but I did have a chance to work with one of our guitarist as he led some of the music. It’s been great seeing other people step [...]
I wasn’t on the band at all this weekend. One of our volunteers (who used to lead worship at a church and has extensive music experience as well as his wife) led worship and it was great. He was face with a few challenges, a drummer who hadn’t played in 4 months, a drummer/electric guitarist [...]
Do you know what I’m talking about? You know….(long awkward pause)…. quiet song …… (long awkward pause with weird, random instrument noises) …. Loud song (scared to death from the shock of the loud sound, heart rate jumps through the roof). ….. beuler….beuler…. Etc.
Picking up from last week’s episode we’re talking once again about creativity, [...]
Hi everyone! Church on Sunday was… well… it was long! At Laurelwood we have a 75 minute service and I’m usually pretty good about planning and coordinating so we stay within 75 minutes. But this Sunday, everything went long!
I take a lot of the blame because I think I was being somewhat naive about how [...]
For about the last 6 - 8 months we’ve been starting to build a Photography team at our church. So far, we haven’t done all that much with it, but the possibilities of it are huge. I thought I’d share with you what we have already done, and what we’re planning on doing.
When we first [...]
This was one of those weekends. You know the really good ones? We just had all of our ducks in a row, we had our A game on and it was good. Our Senior pastor, who’s a musician, actually thought it was a CD when he was hearing us from his office.
So, this weekend we [...]
Routine, Rut, habit, pattern, whatever you like to call it, we all get into them. Well, this week, we’re trying to Bust Out. Not necessarily on the podcast, but in our Worship Services. Have you found yourself there? You want to be creative, you want to do things that people aren’t expecting, and you want [...]
This past week I was on vacation, so I decided to something very simple this Sunday. I grabbed my best acoustic guitar player and asked him if he would be willing to lead the music. Dan has done a lot of playing and even led some during college, but it’s been awhile since he was [...]
This weekend was a conglomeration of talents. We had a drummer play who had never played for us on a weekend before, and he only had two hours to prepare. We had an electric guitarist who is normally one of our drummers. He’s growing in his guitar skills and is extremely interested in electric guitar. [...]
In this week’s episode, David and Kevin are once again on location at Laurelwood Baptist Church. This time we’re talking once again about Hymns and Choruses and poke a little fun.
We also celebrate a few milestones in this episode, both personally and “organizationally.”
If you have some insight to offer on this topic, we’d love to [...]
Ah, having a four piece band is both a great thing and a dangerous thing. It’s a great thing because it gives all the musicians plenty of room to be creative and musical. It’s dangerous because all of your errors are very exposed and if a part isn’t there, it’s more obvious.
That’s what this weekend [...]
Hi everyone,
As I mentioned in my blog last week, I’ve been doing a lot of work to raise up other Worship Leaders in our church.� This Sunday, I had a guy on our team do a “Phase-3″ worship service (where he plans, prepares, and executes the entire service).� It was really cool!
One of the benefits [...]