Five Confessions: Annoyed by Worship

By Guest Blogger | November 4, 2009

I found this post at Jason Boyett’s blog and thought we would share it with you. I know its controversial but he does have a point! 1. I play the drums in the worship band at my church. One reason is because I love to play the drums. It makes me happy. The other reason is […]

Sound Man. Church hero.

By Bob Kilpatrick | October 28, 2009

  SoundMan needs love. The church sound person is almost always a volunteer. This is not his full-time gig. During the week he’s repairing cars, selling insurance, cub reporting, peddling groceries, and on Sunday he becomes something other than a car repairer, insurance seller, cub reporter or grocer. He becomes -voila!- SoundMan! No one on […]

Advice for travellers – a timely guest post from Bob Kilpatrick

By Bob Kilpatrick | August 28, 2009

I travel a lot. I just flew home from Texas two days ago. Two days from now I’ll be on an airplane bound for North Dakota. I’ve flown over a million miles with United Airlines alone. They gave me lifetime Premier Executive status when I reached seven figures. This was not a gift, though; it […]

The 10 Commandments by Text

By Guest Blogger | July 6, 2009

I found this at McSweeneys.net. Its by Jamie Quatro – – – – 1. no1 b4 me. srsly. 2. dnt wrshp pix/idols 3. no omg’s 4. no wrk on w/end (sat 4 now; sun l8r) 5. pos ok – ur m&d r cool 6. dnt kill ppl 7. :-X only w/ m8 8. dnt steal […]

How to write a really mediocre worship song

By Bob Kilpatrick | June 16, 2009

In most cases, one can use these three qualitative judgments- good, mediocre, bad- in descending order. Good is better than mediocre. Mediocre is better than bad. But, in my humble opinion, it’s different in song-writing; good is best, bad is good and mediocre is bad. As an example of proof I would reference the Shaggs […]

People that frustrate worship leaders (part 2)

By Guest Blogger | May 30, 2009

Part two from Chico Woo’s blog. Part one is here. Its provoked a lot of interesting discussion. I am not a worship leader. I did have a secret ambitions of being one but those dreams were crushed many years ago when I led worship in our Bible College chapel. But if I were a worship […]

People that frustrate worship leaders (part 1)

By Guest Blogger | May 21, 2009

I found this great post at Chico Woo’s blog. He’s kindly agreed to let us post it here too. I am not a worship leader, but if I were, these are some of the pet peeves that I would have. If you are worship leader please add yours to the list. Paraphernalia Worshippers. There are […]

Get your kit off

By Tim Bowdler | February 18, 2009

There is a drum hierarchy and I’m at the bottom of it. Often, I meet drummers (perfectly acceptable and friendly people) and it’s not long before I get embroiled in a set-up conversation. This is where my drumming wheels tend to fall off. I know little about drum kits and how good, or even bad, […]

Drum Teacher’s Blog

By Tim Bowdler | December 30, 2008

Teaching drums can be a thankless task. People tell you they have ‘always wanted to play the drums’, you agree to teach them, they turn up at your door with the ‘standard’ 5A sticks and are ‘ready to rock’. Unless they are talking about sitting in a rocking chair for an hour, expect pain. The […]