Traveling the world… playing for thousands of people… serving the Kingdom with your career… making a living being creative and playing an instrument… all of these things are truly incredible experiences. It’s no wonder why so many people dream of one day becoming a professional musician. While I have been through many different seasons with …
The band leader is quite possibly the most critical piece of any worship band. (Musically speaking of course). Some call this person the band leader, music leader, music leader, MD, etc., but what exactly do they do? And more importantly, what SHOULD they be doing? You may know the band leader as the person up …
The Worship Band Leader – What they SHOULD be doing! Read More »
We’re super excited to announce the launch of the newest addition here are Worship Online! Worship Drum Tutorials! The other day I was looking back at an interview I did a few months ago. In it I said, “We do what we do to change the status quo of how worship teams prepare and rehearse. We’re …
This is a topic that is very dear to my heart. I’m very used to people asking me what pedals or gear that I’m using (quite often actually), and it’s very honoring that someone thinks I sound good enough to want to replicate my sound. However, I’m not oblivious to fact that there’s this belief in …
6 Things That Will Make You Sound Better Than New Gear Read More »
The other day I showed up a little early to a surprise birthday party for a friend of mine. And yes, I know the “cool” people don’t get there till late, but it doesn’t quite work that way with surprise parties. You’ll just end up missing the surprise. Anyways, when I got there, it was …
Are You Making This Mistake When Planning Your Services? Read More »
About 8 months ago we set out on a journey. We wanted to take the quality and accuracy we were producing with our guitar tutorials and expand that to keyboards. So since then, we’ve been working tirelessly behind the scenes to do exactly that! Today I’m excited to announce the release of Worship Online Keyboard …
Worship Keyboard Tutorials Are Live + New Patch Store! Read More »
As a worship leader, there’s nothing better than finishing a worship service where it seemed that everyone in the entire service was going “crazy” for Jesus. You know what I mean: The worship service where everyone in the congregation is singing, jumping, lifting their hands, stage diving (okay, maybe not stage diving). The point I’m …
Dead or Alive? The Foolproof Way To Rate Your Worship Services Read More »
I imagine that many of us are familiar with the concept of having both a youth band and a separate “big church” band. Today, I’m going to do what I do best and challenge this age old way of doing things. I’m not saying that organizing your team this way is necessarily wrong, but I do …
3 Reasons Why Your Youth Band Is Killing Your Worship Team Read More »
The nerve of people to think that they are entitled to freely adjust knobs and sliders on our church sound boards…Right? Do they know that we’ve slaved for hours to meticulously get the right sounds and levels? This post isn’t just for all of our sound people here, it’s also for all of us who’ve been cussed out …
3 tips for keeping people off of the church sound board Read More »
At Worship Online, we split our electric guitar tutorials into electric 1 and electric 2 parts. Because of that, a very common question we get is, “What do I do If I’m my band’s only electric guitar player?” Many of us don’t have the liberty of having 10 guitar players ready to go every week. …
What to do if you’re the ONLY electric guitar player in your band Read More »
