Whiteboard Worship Training with Dan Wilt digs into the role of loops (and their accompanying laptops) in a small church setting, and how to approximate sounds to create a sound that matches the context of your congregation.
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- How To Lead A Great Worship Band Rehearsal (3:40) – FREE
- How To Encourage Your Band To Arrive On Time (3:02)
- How To Arrange A Small Band (5:49)
- How To Use Loops And Laptops In A Small Church (4:53)
- How To Arrange A Large Band (12:30)
- How To Do Arrangements For Small Group Worship (7:54)
- How To Rehearse Worship Song Intros (5:10)
- How To Rehearse Worship Song Outros (3:57)
- How To Establish Flow And Transitions In A Worship Set (3:24)
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Good stuff, I thought about using a drum machine @ one point just to make it sound a little fuller.
A Couple of Tips
1. When using a loop also create a click track
2. Using an audio interface device send the click and loop separately. This way you can determine how much of the loop you want to hear
3. Especially with morphing or busy loops, as long is you have hint of it as a style reference, it is much easier to lock in with a simpler click.
4. Build your own click, internal clicks from most software is a pulse style and too soft or very electronic and too harsh. Building your own insures something that won’t get lost in the mix. I like using woodblock sample and decrease the volume of the subdivision slightly. Sometimes I also mark beat 1 with a tambourine hit.
I want to start using loops on our worship team. Im the music director, but Im new to loops. Im an avid Garageband user though.
What user friendly software would you recommend?
Thank you
PG Music’s Band In A Box is also a great tool to use to add fulness to your songs or to fill in while musicians are gone for the weekend. They have many styles to choose from and it is so simple to use.
we have nto ventured here (using loops or Click tracks) yet but I know it is something we will be adding. Sometimes we don’t have a drummer or a bass player. Sometimes we have a full team with 2 guitars bass piano keys drums and clarinet or penny whistle. I need to learn more about loops and play aroud with them so we can see how they might benefit us in either situation. thanks for the practical advice Dan.