Singer has pink eye. Stage manager blacked out while getting ready. Guess that means God’s going to make it a beautiful morning.
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To Click or Not to Click: Keeping Your Worship Time in Time
Our musicians used to struggle with keeping tempo. The result was sloppy transitions, or the emotion of a moment would knock the tempo out of whack. Like it or not, those kinds of things DO affect the crowd and how they engage with the moment you are trying to support from the stage.
Several years ago, a very well respected musician in our church gave our team a nudge by suggesting they use a click track. At the time, that kind of rubbed some of our fellas the wrong way. “Is he saying we’re not good players?” “I’m sorry, but that’s just not ‘authentic’ enough.” But after some thought, we came to grips with the fact that if he could win a Grammy while using a click track, maybe it was worth some thought.
[SIDENOTE: As an artist, nothing is more authentic than taking your craft seriously. And the first step toward taking your craft seriously is to spend substantial time developing your skill(s) in private. A close second is developing how effectively you can bring your craft into a group setting. That means 'dying to yourself,' and in turn being open to criticism rather than resisting it. Anything that you can learn from others is valuable... Especially if they're better than you, but sometimes even if they're less experienced than you. ]
So we thought it out and decided to give it a try. Continue Reading…
Easter @ West Ridge, 2008
Just posted a bunch of photos from our Easter services at West Ridge. I am so proud of my team, and amazed by what they are able to do with their talents. The lighting, audio, band, choir, singers, stage crew, scenic teams…all way above and beyond. The morning was deeply authentic, and amazingly powerful. Record crowds (somewhere around 7000), several dozen baptisms, and most importantly, hundreds of lives impacted by the doors opened by the resurrection of Christ.
From chaos to confusion, and back again [almost]
It has been an eventful week…
Tornadoes.
Help wife make two custom cakes.
Very sick family.
Vomit [lots of it]
Sleepless night [but I got this blog going]
Started tweeting on Twitter [love the concept, but my staff and closest friends aren't on yet]
Cancelled surprise birthday party.
Family better.
Tornadoes.
Host baby shower.
Daddy day with the girls.
Tornadoes.
Horton [and another tornado].
Sleep [well, I laid in my bed].
Awesome morning at church.
Host makeup birthday party [no longer a surprise].
Failed attempt at nap.
Teething baby.
3-year-old poops in her hands and tries to hand it to me [she couldn't make the 11-inch trip from the bathtub to the toilet quick enough].
Girls go to bed.
Host St. Patrick Swayze’s Day party for wife’s sisters and friends. See Dirty Dancing for the first time.
Type this entry.
I had every intention of writing some really good stuff last week. Maybe this week.
Oh…wait. 9am tomorrow: meet my team to get them striking and resetting the stage for Easter. Rehearsal Monday night. 80+ person choir, set, full band. Rock on. Will be praying all week for the folks we’ll meet for worship next weekend. Expecting 6000+ folks spread over 5 services Saturday and Sunday.
Gearing up for the Deadly Viper series beginning the Sunday after Easter. That’s gonna be a good one.
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