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20 Steps to Better Sound
Doug Gould | WorshipGod 2017 Midwest: Human & Holy
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You don’t necessarily have to spend money you don’t have to improve your sound. Sometimes the small things can make a big difference. In this seminar we’ll walk through some very simple changes you can make that will have a positive impact on your mix.
7 Values of Congregational Worship
Matt Mason | WorshipGod 2017 Midwest: Human & Holy
Audio
As pastors and worship team members, we have many decisions to make each week in preparation for congregational worship. In this seminar, we'll consider some of the primary values that inform what we do when we gather: the primary themes that occupy our attention, the liturgical elements, and the heart attitudes we want to display. These seven values, though not exhaustive, have served as a core curriculum for worship team ministry at The Church at Brook Hills.
Acoustic Guitar Tips: Tips for Your Best Playing
Patrick Anderson | WorshipGod 2017 Midwest: Human & Holy
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While the best way to improve your skills are through hours of deliberate practice, sometimes the most effective changes you can make in your playing are simple ones. In this breakout, you’ll learn a variety of practices, patterns, and tools that will help you take your playing to the next level.
Acoustic Guitar: Maximizing Your Contribution
Patrick Anderson | WorshipGod 2015 East: Triune
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The acoustic guitar plays a huge part in modern worship. It can be at the forefront of a song, and yet at times, swallowed up in a band situation, we can wonder why we’re even there. Come and discuss a variety of concepts that will allow you to maximize what you can do with your team.
Advanced Bass Guitar: Craft and Creativity
Ryan Foglesong | WorshipGod 2014 West: Triune
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A competent bassist understands how harmony, melody and rhythm can enrich even the simplest of arrangements. To that end, this seminar will cover techniques such as open and closed chord voicings, counterpoint, scales, modes, and inversions. Of course, the challenge every musician faces is how to take technical skill and apply it in a way that is appropriate and thrilling in the context of a song. So we’ll also focus on creativity that communicates and enhances the lyrics of the…
Advanced Drumming: Craft and Creativity
David Zimmer | WorshipGod 2014 West: Triune
Audio
A great drummer does more than keep time for a band. He or she thinks carefully about how drums can make a song more cohesive, flow, build, relax, move forward, etc. It’s a combination of developing carefully honed skills and using them with imagination. This seminar will help you do both.
Advanced Electric Guitar (Part 1)
Ben Gowell | WorshipGod 2009: From Generation to Generation
Audio
There’s a difference between an individual playing an electric guitar and someone actually making music. Ben Gowell, who plays on his worship team in Minneapolis but also has years of experience on the road and in the studio, will take this session to cover topics including choosing the right gear, getting the right tone, and more.
Advanced Electric Guitar (Part 2)
Ben Gowell | WorshipGod 2009: From Generation to Generation
Audio
Following up on what he covered in an earlier electric guitar workshop, Ben Gowell will spend time in this session discussing topics that include voicings, song structure, rhythmic patterns, and more.
Advanced Keyboard
John Martin | WorshipGod 2014 West: Triune
Audio
Last year John led a seminar for pianists who wanted to learn how to play charts. This year’s class is geared towards more intermediate to advanced keyboardists. John will cover a variety of techniques specifically for playing the piano in a band. Topics will include starting and ending songs, voicings, rhythmic variety, modulations, stylistic nuances unique to playing in a worship setting, and more.
Advanced Piano Techniques (Part 1)
Jon Payne | WorshipGod 2009: From Generation to Generation
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This class will be geared towards pianists who play by ear and are looking for ways to develop their skill. Topics to be covered include transitions, voicings, accompanying, and different styles.
Advanced Piano Techniques (Part 2)
Jon Payne | WorshipGod 2009: From Generation to Generation
PDF, Audio
This class will be geared towards pianists who play by ear and are looking for ways to develop their skill. Topics to be covered include transitions, voicings, accompanying, and different styles.
Are You Thirsty for God?
Donald Whitney | WorshipGod 2009: From Generation to Generation
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The Psalmist said, “My soul thirsts for God, for the living God” (Ps. 42;2). A longing to know God better is the sign of a true worshiper. But we don’t always thirst for God in the same way or to the same degree. In this seminar Don Whitney will describe the differences between the empty soul, the dry soul, and the satisfied soul, and help you understand how God initiates a thirst for him so that he might fulfill it.
Arranging to Serve
Bob Kauflin, Devon Kauflin | WorshipGod 2017 Midwest: Human & Holy
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Leaders and musicians spend multiple hours, even days preparing for a Sunday morning or an event that is meant to lead people in worshiping God in song. But when the time comes, it often ends up being more a crowd watching a performance than a congregation participating in worship. How do we prepare for a worship service in a way that leads to people being engaged with God, encountering the glory of Christ, and experiencing the presence of his Spirit?…
Auditioning and Developing Musicians
Ken Boer | WorshipGod 2006: The Glory of His Presence
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How do you incorporate new musicians into your team? Whether you’re just getting started or oversee a large group, this practical seminar will give you specific ideas for cataloguing and maximizing the musical gifts in your church.
Band on the Run
Bob Kauflin | WorshipGod 2008: Rediscovering the Psalms
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This seminar was a hit at WorshipGod06 so we’re offering it again. You have three songs to learn and one hour to learn them. How do you develop arrangements quickly? Using simple but tested principles, you’ll see how you can maximize your musicians, and develop good musical arrangements in less time than you think. Different individuals will be invited to sit in with the band and receive evaluation.
Bass: Craft and Creativity
Ryan Foglesong | WorshipGod 2015 East: Triune
Audio
A competent bassist understands how harmony, melody and rhythm can enrich even the simplest of arrangements. To that end, this seminar will cover techniques such as open and closed chord voicings, counterpoint, scales, modes, and inversions. Of course, the challenge every musician faces is how to take technical skill and apply it in a way that is appropriate and thrilling in the context of a song. So we’ll also focus on creativity that communicates and enhances the lyrics of the…
Before and After: The Evolution of a Song
Mark Altrogge, Steve Cook, Vikki Cook | WorshipGod 2011: The Gathering
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Despite some great songs being written almost “spontaneously,” most great songs don’t start out that way. Humble and wise songwriters know that in the writing process any part of a song can be rewritten. In this seminar, you’ll learn what that process looks like along the way and develop faith for making radical changes to your songs that make them stronger.
Behind Closed Doors: Connecting Your Public and Private Worship
Joseph Stigora | WorshipGod 2011: The Gathering
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Sometimes Christians emphasize public devotion to the exclusion or neglect of personal devotion. Others minimize gatherings of the church and focus on how we relate to God individually. But God is concerned about the vitality of both, as well as how they relate to each other. In this seminar, you'll be equipped and challenged to practice in private what you proclaim in public.