As a worship leader, I’m always on the lookout for new songs that will bring a fresh expression of worship to the church, and the festivals are a great place to find them. I served at two of this year’s Soul Survivor events, and attended the student equivalent, Momentum, as a punter, giving me a [...]
For those of you not familiar with Somerset’s third biggest attraction after Glastonbury and cider: New Wine is the UK’s largest Christian festival and together with Soul Survivor are probably the best place to see the latest worship music offerings. In previous years I have worked in various roles at these summer festivals as well [...]
Playing by ear part deux, chord cheats in F & embracing worship 2.0
Here’s a quick re-cap from last week in case you missed the newsletter:
Lyrics and storytelling – guest post from Hillsong’s Mia Fieldes
Playing by ear – part one
Recommended acoustic guitars for worship leading
And new on the blog in the last few days is:
Ask the [...]
Part of our Video Shorts series, Musicademy’s Andy Chamberlain gives some ideas on rehearsing.
This ambient instrumental track, brought to you free courtesy of EngageWorship, could be used in all sorts of contexts – as background music for prayer stations, as the soundtrack to a video, accompanied by PowerPoint for meditation. It is 6.06 mins long, and features a relaxed trip hop beat, angelic wordless vocals and otherworldly chimes.
The [...]
