The Worship Musician: Basics and Core Essentials
The core essentials of preparing, rehearsing and playing a worship service, whatever instrument you carry.
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The Worship Musician
Practical training for the people actually on the platform
Short, useful resources for worship drummers, guitarists, vocalists and the leaders who run the team. Written by Jon Skaggs from thirty years of playing, touring and rehearsing. Everything downloads right after checkout.
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eBooks
7 titlesShort reads you can finish before the next rehearsal.
The Church Singer's Warmup Handbook
Ten essential warmup exercises for beginning church singers, built around vocal health, technique and performance.
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10 Habits of a Healthy Worship Team
Healthy worship teams don't just happen. Ten habits that keep a team growing instead of fraying.
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10 Reasons Why Rehearsals Are Important
Ten reasons rehearsing matters, for you, for your team and for the service itself.
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Approaching Your Instrument Professionally
What it means to approach your instrument professionally, and why it is easier than it sounds.
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Buying Drums for Worship: A Guide for Churches
Electric kit or acoustic drums? What to buy for your church and what the tradeoffs are.
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Song Memorization Tool
A quick tool for memorizing a song on the fly, with room for grooves, chords, parts and dynamics in each section.
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eBook, audio and video courses
5 coursesEach course comes with the eBook plus chapter by chapter audio and video, so you can study alone or walk a whole team through it.
Worship Drums: Prepare, Rehearse, Perform
A 50 page look at how a working Christian drummer prepares, rehearses and plays, with warmup videos and audio examples.
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5 Important Roles of the Worship Drummer
Defining your role, your attitude behind the kit, where the groove sits and where the fills go, leading from the drums, and choosing solid over flashy.
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5 Important Roles of the Worship Guitarist
The same five essentials from behind the guitar: your role, your attitude, melody and rhythm, leading, and knowing when to play less.
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5 Important Roles of the Worship Vocalist
Your role, your attitude, melody and rhythm, leading from the front, and singing solid instead of showy.
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5 Important Roles Series: All Three Courses
Drummer, guitarist and vocalist together, with every eBook, audio chapter and video chapter in the series.
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Bundles
1 bundle
The Worship Musician Everything Bundle
Every tutorial in the store, with all of the audio and video, for one price.
Plus 50% off anything added later, for lifeBought one at a time: $45.90. You save $20.91 (46%).$24.99Get the bundle
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Preparing a Great Worship Set
A free recorded webinar with the band I Am They on what makes a great worship set.
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From the blog
All posts →Turn It Down Without Losing the Room: Volume on a Worship Team
Most volume complaints aren't really about loudness. Where the harshness comes from, and how the band and the sound booth can fix it together.
Getting Your Vocalists a Monitor Mix They Can Sing To
When singers can't hear themselves, they push, go flat and stop leading. A simple way to build a vocal monitor mix that works.
How to Teach a New Song So Your Church Actually Sings It
A new song only works if the congregation can sing it. How to choose it, where to put it in the set, and how many weeks it takes to stick.
Buying for a whole team?
If you're outfitting a worship team or a whole church, get in touch about group pricing.
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