Browsing: Resources

In this article we’re going to go over the basics of an electric guitar setup. As I mentioned in a recent article, Tone on a Budget, learning to do your own setup is a great way to save some money. Like most things in life there is more than one way to do this, so…

Easter is my favorite time of year. I would bet it is for a lot of Christians. There are so many reasons to love this particular weekend, and at the top of the list is, of course, the celebration of Jesus’ resurrection. It is also a time when we get to reflect on the sacrifice…

Last year I went to a worship conference. It was the first I had been to in a few years. The worship leaders there were extraordinarily different. I have been to some conferences that felt as if the same worship team got up and swapped out some similar leaders and kept playing. This is not…

Getting team buy-in is one of the trickier parts of leading a worship team. Musicians are, by nature, creative people who desire to express themselves in every-increasing ways. Usually in a band situation this is not a problem, as creating new guitar riffs or drum rhythms are a natural part of the band making process.…

Dear brothers and sisters, honor those who are your leaders in the Lord’s work. They work hard among you and give you spiritual guidance. Show them great respect and wholehearted love because of their work. And live peacefully with each other. -1 Thessalonians 5:12-13 In this article I want to share some very practical ways…

There is a lot of cool guitar gear on the market these days. It’s never ending, and in my mind that’s a good thing as it gives us so many options to choose from. The problem is though that gear can get expensive and all those fancy pedalboard photos online can make some of us…

It’s funny how life works. I was gearing up to write this article last week, and I put it aside and forgot about it...until this week. Over the weekend my SGI box (Studio Guitar Interface) stopped working. Which rendered my electric guitar virtually unusable for our setup at church. Man what a coincidence. So in…

I have always been accused of being over prepared. I carry around a plastic hanging folder box with huge handle that is packed full of spare parts, supplies and tools. I used to get made fun of until one Sunday my volume pedal was squeaking and I had to carry the band with ambient swells…

The basics. These are the foundations of music that many people never get a chance to learn. When I was growing up, I remember our school never had music theory classes. This confused me, because my church always had music programs to teach kids musical instruments and musical theory. Since I was 6 I had…

As someone who is more interested in leadership and community than artistic excellence, team building is something that I get super jacked about. After almost 15 years of being on worship teams, I have noticed that too often team building is overlooked. If it isn't overlooked it is something that is done out of obligation…

Introducing new songs to the congregation is important. Congregations, as well as the individuals within them change. It is the very nature of being human, and our ascribing worth to God will invariably change as well. Hopefully, we will continue to mature and grow spiritually, and our ability to express our devotion will become ever-more…

One of the hardest things for me to do as a worship leader is to find replacements. Part of the reason is because I was never trained by anyone. I cut my teeth leading worship from the moment I decided to learn the venerable G-C-D chord progression. From the very beginning I was the guy.…