The Art of Constructive Conversations
Have you ever wished your teams, pastors, and congregation were great at giving each other feedback?
From Friendly to Friends
Going it alone really, really stinks! Oh, it can kill you too. You may have friendly people on your teams, but how do you become true friends?
How to Actually Do Something About My Growth Plan
I hope you were inspired by the last Worship Fertilizer to begin creating a Growth Plan, but chances are it collected about seven days of dust by now. Poor little Growth Plan.
52 Worship Training Events
When you went to your worship team rehearsal this week, what skill did you plan on working on with your team?
Drums, the Holy Spirit, and Congregational Response
Have you ever been frustrated, confused, or saddened by a lack of response from the congregation you’re leading in worship?
4 Reasons Teams Feel Isolated And Burned Out (and what to do about it)
Do you want current members to serve for a long time?
How I Learn Melody
What’s the most important musical part of a song? Melody. It’s the DNA, the unique fingerprint. Which brings up the next question…how do I learn melody, especially if I don’t read music or don’t have the musical notation available?
How Songs Are Built
Why do I need to know how to build a song?
Because knowing how to build songs enables…so many things.
Never Copy the CD*
I love what Todd Henry says in his podcast The Accidental Creative: “It is the age of creativity. Cover bands don’t change the world. Don’t be a cover band. You need to find your unique voice.”
Six Things I Learned About Rehearsals (From Leading a New Team Every Week…For Years!)
Almost every week, I lead a new team of musicians. Sometimes all we have is a Sunday morning rehearsal.
Worship Ministry Devotions
Do you wish that rehearsal would go deeper than just pulling the music together?
Groove, Space, and Dynamics
Groove, Space, and Dynamics are three things that we can always have more of in the music we create. But how?
Need more musicians?
What REALLY causes the “not enough musicians” syndrome?
Are you trying to figure out how to add more musicians to your teams? “We just don’t have any in our church.” Really?