Josh Kluge

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

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

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

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

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! 🤯”

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

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)

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

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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