The more you do at once, the less effective you are at all of it. Any director that claims to […]
Month: September 2020
Lessons from Exile #6: Serve the music, not the vocalist.
Instrumentalists: Find a vocalist who respects your contributions and knows why you’re there. Straight out: If you are an instrumentalist […]
Lessons from Exile #5: Vocalists Collaborate with Instrumentalists
Vocalists: Find an instrumental collaborator who can read your mind. A good instrumental collaborator who can read your body language […]
Lessons from Exile #4: Learn a harmonic instrument.
Not only will it improve your ear, but it will give you options for leading and for arranging. Perhaps most […]
Lessons from Exile #3: Learn basic music theory.
There are different arrangements of the same song that use different chords. If you don’t know at sight what arrangement […]
Lessons from Exile #2: Condense chord charts
Condense chord charts to one page. Two max. Rule of thumb is that you want your chord chart to be […]
Lessons from Exile #1: Schedule your team in advance.
This may be a shock to some of you, but your team has lives. And those lives may at times […]
Worship Leaders: Do You Care?
Worship Leaders: Do You Care? Do you care? Think about that question for a moment. Do you care? Seems rather […]