Sonic bliss without the sacrifice Hearing loss isn’t something you think about everyday unless you’re experiencing it. As worship leaders and musicians, we rely on our hearing, often without thinking about it. Hearing is one of the most important aspects of what we do as musicians. We hear what we play, we hear our own…

Essential Tips for Maximizing Ambience and Maintaining Clarity Lush ambient swells and swirling, undulating reverb seem to last forever, transporting you into the halls of a glorious throne room where you are greeted by a chorus of angelic shimmers. Reverb is an integral component of modern-day worship music; it is nearly impossible to imagine or…

One Guitar Player’s Journey from the Secular to the Sacred I started playing guitar in the late 90s and cut my teeth on bands like the Smashing Pumpkins, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Incubus, Rage Against the Machine, and Radiohead, just to name a few. With my Schecter C1 Classic and Zoom 505II, I would spend…

People may view worship as the thirty minutes on Sunday morning when we sing to the Lord in church. That is a form of worship and corporate worship is very important in the Christian walk.  Coming together with other believers and worshiping the Lord is very necessary. It strengthens our walk with the Lord to be…

Dear Worship Artists & Musicians, We see you. We recognize the sacrifices you make to bring music to our churches every Sunday. We appreciate the investments you make in your ministry so that you can offer your best to the Lord. We know that you spend hours practicing, rehearsing, and preparing for marathon Sunday mornings.…

It's easy to recognize you're growing in your walk with God when you're at the beginning of your faith journey, because it may have begun with a significant experience. You may recall the moment you gave up the right to run your own life, you put down your dukes and you cried out in repentance…

Gable Price and Friends concludes the first leg of their tour with Kansas City bbq and a sold-out room. The evening started with a gracious dinner invitation from Adam Elizarraraz. He texted my husband, Junior, with the message "We're grabbing dinner at Q39. Do you want to join us?” We had plans to meet up…

April 26, 2023 Junior and Jayme Thomason of JET Pedals, guitar pedal manufacturer in Kansas City, acquired the platform, Worship Guitar Magazine. Now branded WorshipGTR, the platform was founded in 2014, by Worship guitarist Aaron Lehman for worship guitar players and worship leaders. "I had been looking for an opportunity to transition the magazine to…

In-ear monitor systems (IEMs) have become almost standard on the worship stage. The benefits of using in-ear monitors instead of floor monitors are plenty and well documented. Just a few benefits include: In-ear monitor systems provide benefits to your sound technicians, including mixing the room without extra noise; Most musicians prefer using in-ears as opposed…

The First Pedal to Offer Full Stereo Wet | Dry | Wet Using Only Two Amps Introducing the Red Sea, an all analog signal routing matrix, designed for countless stereo and mono signal path routing options. The Red Sea was born out of the vision to provide complex signal routing options available to the live/performing…

Gretsch Electromatic guitars have always been a staple for the budget conscious worship guitarist, but to be honest I never liked them sonically. Cosmetically they nailed it, but tone wise they always sounded to fat and had too much gain to the pickups, when compared to their Japanese made pro-line counterparts. There were tons of…

We usually consider the important pieces of gear to be the pedals we use, the amp, or even the guitar to be what makes our performances "tip top" and just plain awesome. I find that while I am attached to all the other things I mentioned before, we do take for granted sometimes the things…