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Backgrounds That Make You Say “What?”
I tend to think that when and if churches project song lyrics during a worship service, they should take some time beforehand and pay attention to the little details in order to remove as many...
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More Backgrounds That Make You Say “What?”
A few weeks ago I had some fun with some hypothetical backgrounds for worship song lyrics. My point was that most of the time, pictures behind song lyrics is more distracting than helpful, and I used...
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Hallelujah Chorus Trainwreck
You may have heard this before. If you haven’t, you’re in for a real treat. If you have, it never gets old. http://jamiebrownmusic.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/hallelujahchorustrainwreck.mp3
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Top Ten Ways to Annoy Your Sound Engineer
The importance of sound engineers on Sunday mornings cannot be overstated. You, your team, your choir, your musicians, your pastors, and your pet turtles can rehearse every day of the week, but if your...
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Top Ten Ways Anglican Churches Can Grow in Worship – Pt. 1
This past weekend I had the privilege of leading worship in Southern California for the Diocese of Western Anglican’s Kingdom Conference. This diocese is made up of congregations that were once in the...
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Selah (Oh No. I Just Broke a String!)
Here’s a story (and audio clip) about how I broke a string in front of 1,400 people while recording a live CD and used a joke I stole from a worship leader’s Facebook group to salvage what could have...
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Ten More Ways to Annoy Your Sound Engineer
A few years ago I shared some thoughts on how to annoy your sound engineer. They seemed to be helpful to people so I thought I’d share some more. Obviously, you might not want to implement all these...
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Don’t Eat the Chocolate: Why Contemporary Worship Music is Dead, Dying, and...
It’s become clear to me that contemporary worship music is dead, dying, and decaying. Think I’m wrong? I’m not. Here’s my proof (read it and weep. Really. Please weep): 1. The new songs aren’t nearly...
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Flammable Sound And Its Implications
Sometimes you find beauty in the most unexpected of places. And then sometimes you find something you’re not sure how to describe in a place where you’re not totally surprised to find something like it...
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Worship Leader Resolutions: 2016
Happy 2016, worship leaders! It’s a new year, full of new potential, new opportunities, new emails from that one person in your congregation (you know who I’m talking about), and new songs that will be...
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