Description: Can you be too laid back or too intense in your band rehearsals? In this session, Sky Howard will talk about how to rehearse musicians of different ability levels effectively and appropriately. This is intended to help the attendee know how to step into...
Description: Do you struggle with getting the best from your worship band? In this session, Sky Howard will break down each instrument of the modern worship band, how it is distinctive, and how it relates to the rest of the instruments. This is designed to give the...
Some of the most visible people in your church are the members of your worship band. They are typically on stage as much as your pastor! What is their role as a leader in the worship gathering and what is your role in preparing them to lead? Let’s talk about it in the Worship Band = Worship Leader session.
If you can’t hear the right things, you probably won’t play the right things either! In the Band Sound Check session, we’ll talk about the different options for monitoring and what each band member needs to hear in order to play well with the rest of their team.
Should worship band members be able to read music? What kind of charts are most helpful for your worship band? What is the best way to give them all the details while avoiding page turns? We’ll answer these questions and more in the Teaching Your Worship Band a Song session.
Explaining what you want your band to play can be difficult! In the Band Language session, we will talk about the weekly elements needed for your band to be well-prepared and to lead worship with excellence. We’ll discuss effective communication tips as well as the art of speaking the language of your band.
A very important conversation with a sound engineer as part of the “How to talk to a” series
The importance of communicating well with the Keys Player as part of the “How to talk to a” series.
Essentials of how to talk to a acoustic/electric player in the band
How to talk to a bass player & drummer using the right language.
In James’ final session at the 2019 Alleluia Conference he works to answer questions from participants on creative ways to teach and lead.
There are a plethora of resources for band-led worship in our day and time. We’ll dive in and explore as many as possible, including methodologies for learning instruments, different ways of writing/reading charts for bands,
You don’t have to have a 12-piece band with dueling electric guitars, lights, and smoke in order to incorporate modern worship music in your service! We will discuss how to introduce modern music in various ways. Whether
Knowing how to recruit musicians for your praise band can sometimes be a daunting task. And once you get them on your team understanding how to keep them motivated to stay involved is an important part of your job as a…
One of the best ways to learn how to work with a praise band is to see a real life example. In this session we will walk through a live rehearsal with a band of church musicians preparing for…
Musicians have their own language and at times volunteers don’t understand the language a band uses to communicate. Sometimes we as leaders need refreshers or don’t know…
In this workshop we will examine a few congregations that regularly…
The worship music planner plays both a pastoral and prophetic role in the life of the church. Join Greg Scheer in discussing the importance of a healthy song repertoire…
Though the phrase “blended worship” is in some ways out of fashion, there is still a great need in local, inter-generational congregations to learn how to effectively put together different music ensembles and worship styles in their worship services.
The guitar, piano, bass, drums and voice form the backbone of the modern worship team, but what do we do with other instruments that may be available in our churches?
oday’s worship artist must contend with the wide range of ever changing technology used in worship. This session will examine the employment of these technologies…
Enlivening the people’s song is the church musician’s primary task: come and learn strategies to improve congregational singing in a contemporary musical setting.
Whether we realize it our not, our role as worship pastors and worship leaders is one of a guide. In that sense we guide our people from place to place, point to point, and moment…
This session entails how to read basic charts, when to leave out the bass, inversions, accompaniment…
A closer look at worship from a biblical perspective through our leading, singing and planning. – Music and Worship Is Not Synonymous – A Look At Authentic Biblical Worship…
How to develop effective leadership and team building through relational and intentional values. – How Does Your Music Ministry Garden Grow? – The Pastor and Worship Leader…
Joe Glass discusses how to develop a praise band for worship, including an instrumentation overview and a guide for rehearsing and playing together.