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Happy Summer Day to everyone! The sun is out, and it’s a beautiful day in Vancouver, Washington. Yesterday was a good day for our Worship Service at Laurelwood, but I’ll admit that it felt a little off. I don’t know if any of you have ever experienced this, but the practice was great and things were just...
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Do you ever have one of those feelings? You know, when you haven’t heard from your drummer all week, and an hour and a half before the rehearsal is supposed to start, you give them a call to confirm, and they’re out on the lake? Yeah….so…..
We had two different drummers, one for Saturday evening and one for...
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Pianos, Pianos everywhere and not a key to plunk. This episode is the first of two in our first workshop on playing piano in the worship band. In a lot of contemporary worship music, keys tend to be harder and harder to come by. Not anymore, keys are making a comeback, baby!
We do some talking about some ways to stay sharp as a...
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So, things went pretty smooth on Sunday… much better than a couple weeks ago! If you remember, two weeks prior, we went super long and we ended our service almost 30 minutes late. I’ve been determined to help keep things on track the last couple weeks, so this Sunday we did a few less songs than normal (no...
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Do you ever find it hard to focus on 8 things at once? I sure do. How do we do it? Seriously! How can you focus on your vocals, your pitch, your keyboard parts, the other vocalists, the acoustic, the electric, the bass and the drums…all at the same time. I’ve got to be honest with you, it’s been a challenge.
So,...
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I’m continuing on with the work of raising up other leaders on my worship team. I wasn’t off stage and in the congregation like David was this week, but I did have a chance to work with one of our guitarist as he led some of the music. It’s been great seeing other people step up… but there’s still...
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I wasn’t on the band at all this weekend. One of our volunteers (who used to lead worship at a church and has extensive music experience as well as his wife) led worship and it was great. He was face with a few challenges, a drummer who hadn’t played in 4 months, a drummer/electric guitarist who played bass and an...
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