Background vocals are pretty important to a worship team, just not for the reasons most people think. In a perfect world, BGV’s will never be heard but too often they are being turned down because of some easily fixable reasons. Confused? You should take a listen because it all makes perfect sense when you know[…]
If you want to stay in the mix as an acoustic guitar player, you’ve got your work cut out for you. Today, we are going over the main reasons the acoustic guitar gets buried by others on the team or turned down at the soundboard. https://musicandministry.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/MM-Podcast-12.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts |[…]
We do a lot on worship teams to try and turn down the drums but all it really takes is some know how to get the sound that we’re looking for at the volume that we need. https://musicandministry.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Podcast-10.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS
One of the biggest reasons we get turned down is because we are doing the exact same thing as other people on our team. In a live setting, this turns into a volume war that someone wins and others lose. In this episode we talk about why that happens and how to easily fix it.[…]
If you get stuck in the cycle of pride, you’ll convince yourself to turn yourself off and then feel like you’re awesome. So today we tackle the sensitive topic of what we do when we are not as good as we’d like to be. What we do in this moment is a big deal, maybe[…]
Bad Systems cause people to be destined to be turned down before they even get started. Today, Co-founder Steven Reed, walks us through the typical way that most people get ready for a service and points out the stops along the way that inherently cause a lot of people to be set up for failure.[…]
The podcast is back in both video and audio formats. Today we are starting a new series entitled “How to Not Get Turned Down” because that’s something that happens at most every church in the developed world. The crazy part is that there is good chance that it’s happening to you and you don’t even[…]
Part 1 (an excerpt from our new book, Getting Your Church To Sing) We have been told since we were little children, “Don’t talk to strangers.” We’ve been told not to take candy from them, not to follow them, and you might have even been instructed to scream, “Stranger Danger,” if someone you don’t know[…]
Our most popular teaching is now available as a book. Getting Your Church To Sing is a proven collection of insights into what it takes to lead others to participate. The book is filled with answers that may surprise you, as many small and free changes in our perspective and approach can yield drastically improved[…]
We are excited to announce that our founders, Steve & Shawn, have been added to the esteemed faculty at Nashville Notes, a very impressive homeschool fine arts program located here in Music City USA. The school meets once a week on Tuesdays and features a wide assortments of ensembles and private instruction, including multiple choirs,[…]