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 |[…]
The piano is a force to be reckoned with, but it often gets sliced, diced, buried, or muted early and often. Today we talk about the root cause of it and discuss how to fix it. Even if you don’t play the piano, you should listen to this episode. https://musicandministry.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/MM-Podcast-11.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |[…]
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.[…]
People often get turned down trying to do something that isn’t necessary in the first place. Today we talk about how to play in a way that keeps you in the mix but feels like it’s following the overall dynamics of the sound by getting louder without actually being louder. https://musicandministry.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/MM-Podcast-08.mp3Podcast: Play in new window[…]
One of the biggest reasons that we will get turned down is because we are not playing with consistent volume because anything that sticks out is going to get turned down and, most often, doesn’t get turned back up. Today we talk about why this happens and what you need to know from your sound[…]
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[…]
Unfortunately, people are not very good at going from a recording to a live performance. So, today, we give you a practical example of how to adapt a recorded song for a live environment. We walk you through a multi track recording and demonstrate how the change in systems between recorded music and live music[…]
When it comes down to the pivotal moment that determines if people are going to get turned down, most ministries are missing the right people and processes to connect their team to reality so they can play the right part, at the right time, using the right sound. Check out more resources at musicandministry.co https://musicandministry.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/MM-Podcast-4-audio.mp3Podcast:[…]