Music is powerful. If you’re like me, you can easily get a commercial jingle, a movie score, a TV theme song, or other tune stuck in your head and be humming or singing it all day. It can also be powerful in giving us words to praise our King and... read more
Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Stream Your Music Legally As you move to pour more energy into your digital experiences and portions of those experiences, namely the worship portions, are streaming to social media sites as well, you’ll want to be prepared when it comes to your music licensing. ... read more
Churches integrate music into their services in a number of ways. Some churches want the songs to match with the message’s theme, and others don’t feel that’s a necessity. While there’s definitely no wrong or right way to construct your service, it can be really moving to build your entire... read more
If you’re a worship leader or tech director reading this, you’re likely familiar with Ableton Live. You probably already use if for tracks, or you know someone that does, or you’re fighting to the death to not have to use tracks. But Ableton Live does far more than run tracks.... read more
This week, we are going to dive into the topic of Worship Leading. Worship is a huge part of your Experience. Your Worship Leader can be one of the driving forces for the journey you are taking your audience on. It is imperative that this person conveys the heart of... read more
LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE: Show Notes This week, we are going to dive into the topic of Worship Leading. Worship is a huge part of your Experience. Your Worship Leader can be one of the driving forces for the journey you are taking your audience on. It is imperative that... read more
The movie I CAN ONLY IMAGINE opens in theaters nationwide this Friday, March 16th. This is a great film to promote to your volunteer team. Check out some details about the film. About the Film: It’s the song that brings ultimate hope to so many … often in the midst... read more
Lesson 1: Listen The most important skill for achieving great sound is to listen. You can’t be good at mixing sound if you don’t know how to listen. To listen is to make an effort to hear something; to be alert and ready to hear something (courtesy New Oxford American... read more
“What is your production timeline?” This is a question I get from other video producers all the time. I think they assume that because of the quality of my work, I must have more time to work on my projects than they do. They are shocked to learn that my... read more
This week on the show I’ll share my interviews with two insanely creative and innovative guys in our field – powerhouse Christian artists Jason Roy and Joel Smallbone. Roy who is the Lead Singer and founder of the band Building429. We talked about how the band creates concert experiences and... read more
The making of this Christmas album has been such an inspiration to me personally. As we wrote these songs of worship written to the words of the prophets and the writers of the Gospels of Matthew, Luke and John, it helped connect the dots with the greater narrative of the... read more
The Hillsong movie Let Hope Rise opens in theaters nationwide today. The Hillsong movement started as a one-room church service in a borrowed building in the suburbs of Sydney. Since its founding by pastors Brian and Bobbie Houston in 1983, Hillsong Church has expanded to 17 global locations (including London,... read more