Do you ever find yourself wondering how you can add variety to your praise and worship music or hymns but have no idea how to do it? Here are some ultra basic tips that can go a long way in making the music played for your worship gatherings much more interesting, regardless of if you have a full band or just a piano and some singers on your team.
Back to Basics: Drums & Percussion
PLAY IN TIME. Period. The sign of a good drummer is not how many fills he can play in time, it is the fact that he can play in time. Buy a metronome that you can hear over your playing and practice with it every time you play. Be able to be [...]
What Happens When You Don’t Have a Drummer?
Continuing with our thoughts on what to do when you’re missing certain instruments, what happens when you have no drummer? Here are some ideas:
As I mentioned yesterday, the drums and bass carry the groove of the music. If you have a bass player, teach that person to play very rhthmically and to be able to [...]
What Happens When You Don’t Have a Bass Player?
At the FLY Convention, I was privileged to teach an elective on leading worship. Many people who attended were from churches with no established “contemporary” services (I’m not a huge fan of that word, more on that another time.)
We all want to build up our worship teams to full bands someday, but most of [...]