If you’re thinking critically about dynamics and coming prepared, your presence will be “felt” more than directly noticed.
Category: Development
As vocalists who lead contemporary worship, we must contextualize our personal style to fit in a worship setting.
Compression can feel like a tough concept to grasp at first, but with a better understanding of the different pieces that make up our compressors, we can make our instruments sound more balanced and our mixes more full.
Most Christians would agree that the Bible is authoritative in all that it affirms, but many just simply don’t know what it says about physical responses to God’s glory, honor, and power.
Our aim should never be to show off the tone and sound design of our pads, but should always be to help provide a comfortable base for truths to be communicated about Jesus Christ, our savior!
There are many components that come together to produce a refined vocalist. Thankfully, we can simplify the basics into 5 main tools that every developed vocalist should have in their tool-belt.
I would wager that as we come to know who our congregation is, what they need to hear, and begin to develop a creative lens that learns how to fuse our liturgies with beauty and truth, I believe that the call to worship will help point our people to Jesus in an even more effective way.
When I think about approaching the console to mix, I first like to think about my mix in two key areas: space and clarity.
Simply stated, playing to click creates a more polished, cohesive product and allows you to utilize tools that raise your level of excellence.
However big the challenge, playing electric guitar is one of the greatest opportunities to convey the spirit of a song and invoke emotion during worship through song, with the ultimate goal of pointing our people towards Jesus Christ.