Dave Helmuth 8/10/22 Dave Helmuth 8/10/22

A Conversationalist

Have you had a conversation with someone and thought, “I LOVE talking to this person!”?

Dave Helmuth 5/11/22 Dave Helmuth 5/11/22

How I Audition New Team Members

See auditions through the eyes of each of the Five Faders.

Dave Helmuth 5/4/22 Dave Helmuth 5/4/22

How I Recruit New Team Members

Today begins a 10-week series to teach you how each of the Five Faders accomplishes the tasks in our to-do lists.

Dave Helmuth 9/15/21 Dave Helmuth 9/15/21

Asking “How do I find more musicians and techs?” is the wrong question

The right question is, “How can we become the team that the people we’re looking for are looking for?”

Dave Helmuth 7/21/21 Dave Helmuth 7/21/21

Do You Embrace Inclusion More Than Excellence?

Does your church have non-leaders leading, non-singers singing, non-musicians playing, non-communicators communicating, etc.? Many churches live in this uncomfortable reality.

Dave Helmuth 6/30/21 Dave Helmuth 6/30/21

Better Than A 79% On-Time Arrival

According to allthingsontimeperformance.com, the average on-time performance (OTP) of airlines in the USA is 79.07%. Does that sound like your worship team?

Dave Helmuth 5/19/21 Dave Helmuth 5/19/21

The Tension of Uniqueness

Being who you are isn’t only important. It’s vital.

Dave Helmuth 4/14/21 Dave Helmuth 4/14/21

If You Have Time To Lean, You Have Time To Clean

“Well, I’m standing up here, so I’d better be playing something.”

Dave Helmuth 2/10/21 Dave Helmuth 2/10/21

Using The GPS Dulls Your Sense Of Direction

When we first moved to a new country, GPS was a lifesaver. By “GPS,” I’m referring to Google Maps or Waze. See, Costa Ricans are famous for giving directions like this:

Dave Helmuth 2/3/21 Dave Helmuth 2/3/21

Language Matters

I was reading 1 Peter 4 and was struck by verse eleven.

Dave Helmuth 1/27/21 Dave Helmuth 1/27/21

Fully Prepared

How do you show up to rehearsals? Would you describe it as "fully prepared?"

Dave Helmuth 11/11/20 Dave Helmuth 11/11/20

A Tight Grip

I was leading worship for a group of YWAMers this week, and in my first song, I noticed that my left hand had a tight grip on the neck of the guitar.

Dave Helmuth 1/29/13 Dave Helmuth 1/29/13

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.

Dave Helmuth 12/31/12 Dave Helmuth 12/31/12

Growth Plan

You have talent, gifts, and the desire to improve.

Dave Helmuth 11/30/12 Dave Helmuth 11/30/12

Questions To Ask At Rehearsal

I love questions.

Dave Helmuth 11/16/12 Dave Helmuth 11/16/12

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?

Dave Helmuth 8/1/12 Dave Helmuth 8/1/12

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?

Dave Helmuth 1/25/12 Dave Helmuth 1/25/12

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?

Dave Helmuth 12/21/11 Dave Helmuth 12/21/11

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.

Dave Helmuth 12/7/11 Dave Helmuth 12/7/11

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.”