Archive for January, 2009

Lessons Learned from My Dogs- #1 Let It Go

It’s amazing what lessons I have learned from my pets over the years…

Sunday Setlist- 01-25-09

Again it was a great Sunday. Our message this week was “Fishing and Following” brought by Pastor Danny Wayman. The music was awesome too, except I forgot where my capo went on “Jesus Messiah.” Luckily I was able to correct the problem. 
Here are the songs.
Fork In the Road- I brought this to the band from [...]

Youth Bands: Who provides the equiptment?

Our bass player was playing at practice three weeks ago when her strap came off and her bass landed right on the input jack, busting the jack, solder joints, and a good portion of the body of the bass.  I was not sure if the bass would be repairable or how long it would take [...]

Sunday Setlist 1-18-09

This was another good week at Williams Memorial UMC and the Xperience service. It was Communion Sunday for us and we also had a baptism during the service. So the church celebrated it’s newest member and the Lord’s supper all on the same morning. 
Oh.. the sound problems were greatly reduced… actually had no problems at [...]

Iphone Audio Applications

Over the past few weeks I have shared posts highlighting some of my favorite iphone/touch applications for musicians. If you enjoyed those make sure and check out this post on churchaudio.blogspot.com for some audio apps that might be helpful as well. And if you missed them, check out iphone apps for musicians part 1, part [...]

Sunday Setlist 1/11/09

When we started rehearsing today, my thoughts were that this was not going to be a good morning. If you follow me on twitter or facebook you know what I am talking about.  On Wednesday we had installed four brand new wireless Sure microphones and when installed there were a few cracks and buzzes but [...]

A Wednesday Funny

Working at any job I used to think the worst days were Mondays. But I have learned that Wednesdays are the days I tend to dread more. Yesterday my friend Russ Bowlin sent the entire staff this video. Apparently his goal was to inspire, and encourage us all this tough point of the week. I [...]

Sunday Setlist 1/4/08

So each week I answer the question, “How did Sunday go?” “What did you sing?” It’s a great chance to reflect on what happened good and bad. I want to say thanks to Fred McKinnon for setting this up on his blog. Be sure and check out what other worship leaders are doing for their [...]

Iphone Apps for Musicians- Part 3

This post is third in a series where I have highlighed some of the most useful apps for the iphone and ipod touch that I have found for my ministry leading worship. Here are the final 4.
Evernote-Their website says “Evernote allows you to easily capture information in any environment using whatever device or platform you find most [...]

Free Background- Garden Angel Blur in 4 Colors

One of the most downloaded backgrounds on this site has been the Garden Angel Blur that I made from a photo I had taken this Summer at one of my work camps.  I thought maybe someone would like it in a color other than green… so here they are. Click on the image once to [...]