10 tips for worship keyboard players

Set up where you can always see the face of your worship or band leader. Signals and communication will be much more intuitive Don’t just stick to piano sounds. Pads, Rhodes, Whirly, Hammond, strings. Variety is the spice girls of music. You are playing in the same sonic spectrum as the lead guitarist so try […]

Acoustic guitar "cheat" chords for the key of G

This is the first of a 10-part series showing substitute chords that you can use in the given key or in another key in conjunction with a capo. These substitutes are alternative voicings to regular chords and are often used by players who want easy fingerings from one chord to the next in conjunction with […]

Ask the Expert - Singing Whilst Playing

Lindsay Hiratzka sent us this question: I am the bassist and I play mostly by ear.  As a result, my approach to playing bass is similar to my approach to singing, hearing in my mind what I want to play, then playing it.  I also love to sing, but I can’t seem to marry the […]

Free MP3 and Powerpoint for Intercession from EngageWorship.org

“When our songs (have mercy)” was orginally written after the Boxing Day tsunami, when it felt like there was nothing in our repertoire to sing in response.  It brings God’s heart for justice into our times of singing, and reminds us that a vital part of our worship is to reach out with compassion to […]

Ask the Expert - Copyright and Licensing Songs

Sharon Tedford, a Musicademy student, asked for some advice on copyright and licensing. She says: “I’ve written some songs and have been reading up on the CCLI website about copyright and they say: CCLI does not ‘copyright’ songs as such, nor do we provide any form of copyright ‘protection’. It is our understanding that copyright […]

What does coming to a meeting prepared look like?

More from our series on church and worship. Some musings on what it really means to come to a service “prepared”. (A) Arrive early We encourage our team to come early to our Sunday gatherings to pray together for the gathering, to ask the Holy Spirit for a corporate infilling, and to get a feel […]