Church worship bands often have a mix of people: young and old, classically trained, contemporary trained, or those with no training and simply reflecting the cultural norms they grew up with.<\/p>\n
Blending those styles can sometimes be a bit of a challenge, particularly with vocalists where most worship bands wanting to play contemporary songs will want a contemporary sound to the vocals (even if they don’t really understand what that really “means”). It’s a lot more than simply applying less vibrato as this short video lesson explains.<\/p>\n
Musicademy vocals coach, Cat Mayne, takes us through a number of key differences between contemporary and traditional singing styles. These include:<\/p>\n
She then looks at microphone technique and shares three things to further consider:<\/p>\n