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Five (and a half) Tips for Teaching New Songs, #5

I used to be so impatient with new songs. If I heard one, I had to teach it. But little by little I learned some principles that have led to these tips. Here they are in a more step-by-step process:Awareness/Introduction Stage#1. Play the song during your pre-service time several weeks before you're Read More...

Know When to Say Goodbye to a Worship Song

We're moving to a new house. At this new house we'll have 700% more storage space than we do now. I measured. Yet my wife is trying to make me get rid of a some of my CDs."Why don't you just get rid of one our kids?" I asked her. "We're about to have four of those things running around."My logic doe Read More...

Eight Reasons to Manage Your Songs Better

This is a draft of a chapter from a new book I'm working on called "SongCycle - Creating a System to Manage Your Music" (working title...don't hold me to it).I'd love to get your constructive feedback on this in the comment section below.If you want to learn more about this system before the book is Read More...

Sushi, Sweatshirts & Sofas: Why Your Song List Might Resemble a Kroger Store

I was in my friendly neighborhood Kroger the other day. They’ve renovated recently (again), to provide (even) more products. You can now buy everything from sofas and sweatshirts to sweet potatoes and sushi. Not to mention they have an in-house Starbucks and jewelry store. I think the daycare, Read More...

A Humbling Truth About Worship Songs

A Humbling DiscoveryI had only been a leading worship at my first vocational ministry for a little less than a year. I was actually their youth pastor, but was slowly discovering that I’d rather be a worship pastor. This tiny, but growing, church paid me a monthly stipend of a couple hundred d Read More...

Is It \"Unspiritual\" to Schedule a Song Because It\'s \"Due\"?

Unspiritual SensorMost of us have an “unspiritual” sensor. You know what I’m talking about. We’ll hear or see something that doesn’t seem to be quite “Christian” enough, and an inner voice will say something like, “That doesn’t seem very spiritua Read More...

Planning Songs

Five (and a Half) Tips for Teaching New SongsJon outlines a process for introducing new songs in a way that helps them stick, both with your band and with your congregation. Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4Part 4½Part 5   What's In Your PlaylistA free ebook that outlines a system to help you Read More...

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