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Lessons from Exile #10: Love Your People
Love your people. All of them. As the director, there is a chance you might be the initial or most […]
Lessons from Exile #9: Know Your Team
Everyone has different strengths/weaknesses: learn them. (Know your team.) Some vocalists are great at leading melody but not-so-good at harmony. […]
Lessons from Exile #8: At Least Three BGVs
With three BGVs, the leader can riff and actually lead vocally. This goes back to not trying to do it […]
Lessons from Exile #7: Stop Doing Everything!
The more you do at once, the less effective you are at all of it. Any director that claims to […]
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 […]