How To Lead A Great Worship Band Rehearsal

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  1. I have one word to recommend for “Give them the goods”: http://www.dropbox.com

    We use a universal login that everyone knows and we have everything there for everyone to access anytime they need. MP3s, PDFs, schedules…

  2. Great video, Dan! I learned some of these through hard knocks, but you helped solidify it for me and fill in the gaps. Great tips!

  3. I agree with everything you’ve spelled out here. My question is about Give them the Goods… I have certain members of teams that, upon hearing a recording of a song, insist that that is the only way to do it on a Sunday morning. Same flow, same key, same everything. I’ve been told “If it’s good enough for Chris Tomlin, than it’s good enough for us!”. I feel as though I’m constantly defending doing songs ‘congregationally friendly’ as opposed to ‘exactly like the studio recording’.

    • First of all, you’re the leader. It is valuable to have corporate input about how a song is done but it is your call in the end. A team that gives you that is humbling and a blessing all around in the end.
      Secondly, though worship leaders such as Chris & Matt have written & recorded a song, you and your team bring a uniqueness to that song through your abilities that communicate the worship needs in and footprint of your body of believers. It’s wise to initially learn the song with the authors original intent, but healthy for your musicians to think out of the box for the sake of God’s intent for you all as worshipers and growth as musicians, individually & as a team.

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