Bass
Understand and apply music theory. This is the most important part of being a bass player. You could get by with just knowing how to play the root note of each chord, but in order to create bass lines that help lead the music where it needs to go, you need to understand how [...]
Acoustic Guitar:
Keep your guitar in tune. Keep your strings fresh and buy a tuner and regularly tune your guitar during the song set between songs or when you aren’t playing. I learned this the hard way, but that’s another story for another time.
Learn different strumming patterns. It’s easy to fall into [...]
The most common thing I encounter when working with piano players in a church is that they are usually classically trained. This is a good thing and classical training on the piano should never be lost. However, in learning how to play modern worship music styles, piano players need to shift from being [...]
Normally I don’t post two times in one day, but I had to pass this along. We used to watch American Idol regularly, but didn’t watch this season. I had heard about the show using “Shout to the Lord” on it during the “Give Back” episode and wasn’t sure what to think. [...]
One of my main goals for this blog was to always provide training for worship leaders and worship teams that is practical and easily usable. So next week, we’re going to dive back into some training. We’re going to take a look at some basic, foundational things to know and apply with each [...]
Ryan leads worship at Living Word Free Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls, SD. Visit Living Word's website..