by Tim Carson
A Vocal Artist is different than a singer. Singers reproduce notes and words. Vocal Artists are able to connect heart to voice, and find the ability to accurately convey their heart’s message through their songs. Singers approach their stage presence with what they think they should be doing – externally motivated. Vocal Artists are able to physically express their songs in a way that is natural, compelling and authentic – internally motivated. Singers are left to do the best they can within the limitations their voice has placed upon them.
For Worship Leaders, Sunday mornings arrive with amazing regularity. Amongst this weekly grind, every worship leader faces the challenge of replacing a missing musician and developing and training new ones. Now there is a company taking the best live music software platform, downloadable multi-track masters, and the training necessary to provide a worship leader with everything they need to run professional live tracks and guarantee a consistent and excellent sound in their worship service.
HOW TO USE INTERACTIVE WORSHIP LIVE
Worship leaders can download “Interactive Backing Tracks” through Interactive Worship Live’s website. With either a Mac or PC, worship teams can use Abelton’s “Live” music software and open multi-track versions of current worship songs. The worship leader can add or subtract drums, bass, piano, pads, click, strings, acoustic, rhodes, Hammond B3, electric guitar parts and backing
A sample from the Myrrh Worship Resource, this short instructional video will walk you through step-by-step how to play "Falling" from Pocket Full of Rocks. Michael and Alisa Farren from Pocket Full of Rocks, along with their friend Jeremy Redmon from Big Daddy Weave, gives you the heart behind the song and demonstrates every chord as Jeremy walks through this amazing worship song.
Recommendations for leading worship in a small group setting of 10 people or so
by Andy Chamberlain
The wonderful thing about worshipping in small groups is that there is so much more opportunity for everyone to contribute or ‘bring an offering’ to the worship time and so much less pressure to be ‘the professional worship leader’.
A sample from the Myrrh Worship Resource, this short instructional video will walk you through step-by-step how to play "Sacrifice" from Big Daddy Weave.
By Scott Longyear
Find more of his articles at www.reson8.org
”What you do between the songs is as important as the songs themselves.”
This great lesson from the Musicademy Worship Keyboard series will teach you:
* How to play a simple song effectively
* How to use repeated notes over changing chords
