{"id":228,"date":"2008-06-25T05:30:41","date_gmt":"2008-06-25T11:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iamanoffering.com\/blog\/?p=228"},"modified":"2011-03-12T19:55:08","modified_gmt":"2011-03-13T01:55:08","slug":"worship-leader-as-producer-producing-for-local-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iamanoffering.com\/blog\/worship-leader-as-producer-producing-for-local-church\/","title":{"rendered":"The Worship Leader As Producer – Producing for the Local Church (2 of 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We’ve looked at the role and importance of a producer in the music industry<\/a>.\u00a0 Now let’s apply this to us as worship leaders in the local church.<\/p>\n

Every week we choose songs to use during our worship services at our churches<\/a>.\u00a0 These songs could range from popular songs that are heard on the radio every day to more obscure songs that no one knows about to classic hymns from whatever hymnal our church might be using.\u00a0 What we choose to do with those songs is how we make ourselves producers.\u00a0 We’re now the ones who will be taking something very good (volunteers who love music and love God, but might not necessarily know exactly what to play or how to play it) to something excellent.<\/strong> So what are our choices?<\/p>\n

In General<\/h3>\n

One of the most common mistakes many worship teams make is that when the music starts everyone<\/strong><\/em> plays.\u00a0 A worship leader as a producer takes the each part of the worship team and helps them to know when to play or when to sit out.\u00a0 The worship leader helps the piano player to play in a higher register when the guitar is playing in the middle<\/a>.\u00a0 The worship leader helps the drummer know when to ‘kick it up a notch’ or tone it down.\u00a0 The worship leader helps take a potentially muddy, chaotic sound and polishes it<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Popular Music<\/h3>\n

When we choose music that is currently popular on the radio we fall into a great temptation – do the song exactly like it’s done on the radio or on the CD it came from.\u00a0 We think we have to do every repeat, duplicate the exact guitar or piano part, feel it’s required to sing the bridge (that in most cases always goes too high for the average congregation) and possibly even copy the exact vocal fills that are on the original recording.\u00a0 This might seem like a good thing to do so that your band sounds professional but a couple of problems occur when copying the original:<\/p>\n