Josh Kluge

Everything Worship Piano Players Need to Know to Crush Playing at the End of the Sermon

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Worship Piano Players! End of sermon piano playing can be a daunting task.  What sounds to use, what’s too much playing, what’s not enough play, ensuring you’re complimenting the communicator, playing something that smoothly transitions into the next song, there’s a lot to worry about.  Today we talk with a legendary MD at The Belonging …

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Mobile Church Worship Teams! Shorten Setup/Teardown by 60 minutes with these 16 Items

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Setup and teardown takes a lot of time, energy, & can be super draining. We have so many responsibilities on Sunday mornings and by the end of setup, I’m often already insanely drained. I was in major need of a way to shorten setup and teardown. For 5 years, it would take our team about …

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The Dream Tracks Rig I Used on Tour Opening for Twenty One Pilots

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A few months ago I was running tracks (and stage managing and the monitor engineer) for half•alive, on tour opening for twenty one pilots. The playback session I ran fired tracks, cued 6 different instrument’s patch changes, & (no joke) ran the lights. To put it plainly, the show would not have been able to …

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The Secret to Attracting High Quality Volunteers to Your Worship Team

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My first day as the worship pastor at my church someone on my team said something that truly shocked me.   Week 1, I hosted a vision breakfast for the entire team as a “get to know me/here’s where we’re going” type event. Everything went super well and we had a phenomenal time of worshiping …

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“This New Worship Online Upgrade Blew My Mind! 🤯”

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It’s finally here! The new & improved Worship Online site: Worship Online 2.0!   Since day 1, our goal has been to help you flawlessly learn your parts for Sunday in the shortest amount of time possible.  Over the last 7 years we’ve released over 500 worship songs for every instrument used in modern worship …

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7 Laughably Simple Ways To Master Your Instrument, In Less Than 30 Minutes A Day

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Are you tired of settling for where you’re currently at as a musician?   Whether you’re at the point in your playing where each week you’re holding your breath, hoping to make it through the worship set without a royal mess up or you’re on the opposite end of the spectrum and feel like you …

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8 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Quit the Worship Team (& How to Tell Your Leader)

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Leaving the worship team is a big deal and not an easy decision! As a leader, it’s one of the saddest things for me to be told because I truly love the people on my teams and I love getting to serve alongside them. BUT transition is an inevitable, and sometimes a completely necessary part …

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How to Deny Someone that Auditioned for the Worship Team Without Hurting Their Feelings

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I often use the phrase “the non-sexy side of leadership” when referring to the things we have to do as leaders that are not fun and sometimes painful to do. This was a phrase I adopted from my senior pastor, Matt. When it comes to hard conversations, Matt is the absolute king! Here’s a story …

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The “Secret” to Your Best Sounding Worship Sets [without Spending Thousands on Expensive Software & Equipment]

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What’s the “secret” we’re talking about? Using your phone to play backing ambient keys pads! Now yes, you 100% can use other setups like a keyboard or Ableton, and they definitely have their place and are way more scalable, but your phone is a perfect solution when it comes to filling up the empty spaces …

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