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SUNDAY SETLISTS – Jun 13
Today we had our big church picnic…… and it was freakin awesome. So much fun and such a great time with the church family and new friends round the city.
Today’s list was all about “keeping it simple”. We chose songs that most people will be able to sing along with easily. (And we did a few fun covers as well) This is what we had goin on:
Beautiful Day – U2
Heaven – Los Lonely Boys
Clocks – Coldplay
Let God Arise – Tomlin
Glory to God Forever – Fee/Beeching
Never Let Go – Redman
Forever – Tomlin
Everlasting God – Brown (ya…not me.. the other Brown)
So glad I had a great team to bring the rock. They played with energy and focus as we led our family in a morning of celebration. Great times!!!
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Sunday Setlist (May 2nd 2010)
my first SS post in over 8 months.. maybe longer. yikes.
(but I’m returning to blogging after a very.. VERY long hiatus)
Well this morning I actually had the opportunity to worship from the other side of the stage. (which doesn’t happen too often) It was great to be able to move around and see things from a different perspective.. and be able to sit with family and friends for a change. The team did a killer job of mixing it up… some jazz influenced folk/country/pop..all rolled into one. Sounded great. Here are the tunes:
Filled with Your Glory – Starfield
Consuming Fire – Tim Hughes
Sweet Holy Spirit – The Issacs (Offering song)
(medley) Spirit of the Living God – ?? + Everything – Tim Hughes.
Below are some shots taken right before the service started at “the 9″. A great morning at TMP.
SUNDAY SETLIST (Sept 13)
Today was our “kickoff” Sunday.. as i’m sure it was for many churches . We had a jam packed morning with a few cool elements in the services. A great drama, a cover of SNOW PATROL’s “Open Your Eyes” with a video being projected on the band…. and a great message from Pastor John.
Tech-wise.. it was pretty crazy. I spent most of Friday setting up lights and gear trying to make sure everything was “just right”. I think overall everything worked. And this morning it was great to hear people singing out. The atmosphere in the room was definitely different. God was at work. I just hope what we brought was pleasing to him.. and not just noise.
I created a voice over track just to begin the service. Myron (our FACILITIES MANAGER) has a great speaking voice.. so I recorded him and and wrote a nice music bed intro to go along with it. That sounded pretty cool form the stage. The low bass notes shook the whole stage.
VOICEOVER INTRO
OPEN YOUR EYES – Snow Patrol
GLORY TO GOD FOREVER – Fee …. the congregation is really beginning to grab a hold of this song.
OUR GOD SAVES – P. Baloche
GREAT IS THE LORD – Starfield
(HOW GREAT THOU ART – Hymn) – we just did the chorus to this. it wasn’t really planned but it worked so well.
JESUS PAID IT ALL – HYMN
GOD OF THIS CITY – C. Tomlin
One thing I liked: We really tried to not rush things today. It was nice to take our time thru the songs and give certain songs space to breathe and grow. We did go over both services….. but it was worth it.
One thing I disliked: My A/B pedal was set incorrectly… so my electric went thru my DI instead of my amp for the ending of OPEN YOUR EYES. That kinda sucked. 
I really wanted to crank that ending out.
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Sunday Setlists (Sept 6th)
It was a fantastic morning yesterday @ TMP. Tho I was sick… sinus cold and sore throat… I did what I could.. and God did the rest. The band played with passion and energy. Its great to take these songs and then build creative and fun arrangements for them. Bob did a great job and it was fun to see him speak with such excitement!! Overall.. i think we all were able to do what we were supposed to do yesterday. Our prayer is that God was able to use what little we did.. and that He was pleased by it.
Songs:
Glory To God (Acoustic) -FEE- this was the first time we did this song. So I did it as a pre-service song.
Mighty to Save – R. Morgan- we did a fun version of this song. IT ROCKED.
Remain – Starfield
From the Inside Out-J. Houston – I think this was my favourite time playing this song. We included some nice melodic changes and gave the song some space. But during the services we found ourselves going off into a spontaneous moment. Both services.. in completely different ways. There was something about that song and the arrangement that just allowed us to go off.
Consuming Fire – T Hughes – Steve’s riffs and solo was so great. Man i hope we caught it on the recording!
Glory to God – FEE – We did the song again.. full band. I think people were connecting with the song. We will see next week i guess.
It was such a joyful Sunday. Lots of laughs and deep moments. And overall VERY relaxed. I have a great team. From the sound to the visuals.. all the way to the welcome team. It felt like everyone was giving their all yesterday morning. I was blessed just watching and listening to these amazing people. Looking forward to doing it all over again.
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Sunday Setlist (Mar29)
SUNDAY SETLIST:
Gotta keep this short and sweet. My boy is tearing up my studio.
Today’s message was “WHERE ARE YOUR ACCUSERS”… part of the series “Hard Questions Jesus Asked”. So I chose songs with a heavy grace angle.
How Great is Our God – A (C.Tomlin)
Lead Me to the Cross – E (B. Fraser)
Scripture Reading –
What the Lord Has Done – C (R. Morgan)
Offering
Son of God – A (Starfield)
Teach (Part 1)
Amazing Grace
Teach (Part 2)
Grace Like Rain – E (T. Agnew)
Today was an interesting day. Though the songs were simple enough and the arrangements were cool…. i still felt unprepared. But God showed up like he always does. It was a great and fun morning. And it was so great to chat with the team and congregation and hear stories of how God spoke to them during the service. It was a simple and sweet morning.
SUNDAY SETLIST (Mar15)
My second SUNDAY SETLIST entry!!!! WHOO HOOO!!!
This weekend was nice for me cause it was a time when I was able to just take a backseat and simply add to what the team was doing. Denise did a great job of leading them and the church on Sunday. All I had to do was play keys, give my two cents to help with the flow of the service.. and just worship with the team. A very nice break for me.
It was interesting to see how people would react with the song choices. Most of the songs were pretty old and not really the “popular songs”. Matter of fact.. most of these tunes were new for me. But the church sang out loud on these songs and connected with them in a way I didn’t foresee. Wonderful. As usual there were the few complaints… but overall (from a production level) I thought it went well. And from the stories that I heard after the services.. I think people were blessed and were able to bring their gift of praise to God.
I love my job.
Meet with me – 10ShekelShirt
When You Call my name – Vineyard
Be Still and Know – Newsboys
Scripture (selected verses from Psalm 46)
Offering
Search me, Know me – K. Scott
Teach
In Christ Alone – K. Getty
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My first SUNDAY SETLIST blog!!
My first Sunday Setlist blog. WHOO HOO!! I’ve been meaning to do this if I ever started to blog, so now I have no excuse. There seems to be a pretty cool community of worship pastors and leaders involved in this blog conversation.
Here is what we did this morning at TMP:
Instrumental: Awesome is the Lord Most High
Doxology – A (David Crowder arrangement)
Happy Day – C
Welcome and Announcements
Your Love Oh Lord – G (acoustic)
Scripture Reading: 1 Peter 1:18-19 (from the MSG)
Jesus Paid it All - B (Alex Nifong Arrangement)
Prayer/Offering
Before the Throne of God Above – E (Acoustic – Shane and Shane Arrangment)
Teach – Pastor John
Awesome is the Lord – A
Today was interesting. We had a very late rehearsal start and most of us were still half asleep. (Especially me) Up until rehearsal we were playing all of the songs loud and anthemic… but as soon as the first service started I took it into a different direction. Quieter.. more reflective and acoustic based. In the moment i was worried that I made a bad decision. But by the time the first service were done… things just felt better. It was so beautiful to hear the voices fill the room. Quite the opposite of last weekend, but just as wonderful.
The team did well. Forgot to bring the metronome so that caused some timing issues. And this week was intense week for the whole team (including myself) so our “home prep time” was minimal. People were sick and stressed. Nonetheless we took ownership of our part and thanked God for helping us to do His work to the best of our abilities. I just feel to blessed to work with such wonderful musicians and singers that are authentic, honest and fun. THANK YOU GOD FOR MY TEAM!!!
The new series is titled: “Hard Questions Jesus Asked” I’m really looking forward to seeing how people respond over the next 5 weeks to the messages. Good times are ahead.
How was your Sunday services???
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TMP MARCH SERIES
Turn It Up – Sound Experiment
TURN IT UP (Part 1)
An experiment with sound levels in church.
Much like most churches out there, TMP has always been battling the treacherous monster called Sound Levels.
It’s a mean beast. That has been moderately tamed.
Until Sunday.
During our rehearsal I gave the drummer the green light to play at his normal volume…. which is LOUD. And I as well decided to play at my normal level… around 3 or 3.5. (Which, for you gear heads.. is a sweet spot on the VOX AC15H1TV when playing a Gibson Hollow Body) I made sure to chat with the sound tech about the idea of experimenting with higher volumes. He said he would be interested in it.. tho I could tell he was skeptical.
Results:
The band became more alive. Played with passion and energy. There was a freedom felt…. and an understanding: that nothing will be holding us back this morning. We can just go all out for God. And y’know what.. it was just plain fun!
The congregation…. seemed to mirror that as well. They sung louder. Engaged more. SMILED more even. They seemed to express joy!!
Now usually when this happens… it is followed by a mountain of complaints.. (mostly from the older folk) about how its much too loud, unnecessary and distracting etc.
But not this time. Only good feedback. And lots of it. Not one person mention the “volume” issue. Not sure why, but here are my theories. You see because.. the volume was never really too loud in the first place. We just seemed to cater to those that voiced their opinions on this subject – which makes sense.
Here is the deal: bottom line – I don’t want to destroy people’s hearing! I also don’t want to destroy my own!!! But for some reason it is understood in many North American churches that LOUD equals BAD. This is not the case.
By the sound tech and musicians working together to find an overall good balance; we were able to crank it up without making ear drums bleed. Both parities were sensitive enough to really try to keep the church-body in mind while still pushing the boundaries.
And most importantly: I believe we were able to create an atmosphere that people could engage with their creator in a new, fresh and exciting way. And I say that cause this is what the feedback consisted of. People’s stories of (for the first time in a long time) finding hope for themselves.. and for our church. Finding the music inspiring enough to want to engage. Finding joy….. during a joyless season. These are the stories I love to hear. One of the many reason why I LOVE my job.
I’m not saying that volume is the answer. Cause it is not. It didn’t “make” the services. But perhaps it comes down to not being stuck in a box. Maybe its about being flexible and free to follow the nudging of God to do silly things like cranking up the amp. I think that being able to express a wide dynamic range thru sung worship can really be a great way to engage and inspire people. Being loud.. isn’t all that great. Neither is being at a low volume. One side causes pain.. the other side just gets unheard.
But finding a great balance was one of the keys for us. We were able to flow between a good strong volume between the amps and drums…. and also bring it down quiet enough where the congregation’s voices were drowning us out. For me.. there is something exciting about those kind of dynamics. As musicians you play differently. As singers.. you sing differently. You begin to lead people thru these moments – thru times and praise and reflection, in a different way. For us.. it simply came down to freedom.
But I do have to say. When our backdrop curtain opens up, the cymbals reflect off of the back wall.. and then its really REALLY FREAKIN LOUD!!! And not in a good way!
John Stackhouse wrote an interesting blog post that addresses the issue of high volume in places of worship. Its so interesting that I emailed some of my team this same article just a few weeks ago!!! Check it out here.
Most of what said is fighting against using volume as a way to create energy. And there are tons of comments saying that people (drummers and guitarists.. and sound ops) play too loud. And I’m sure there are lot of examples of these out there.
All I am thinking is that maybe instead of saying turn it down… we should seek a balance. LOUD CAN BE GOOD. EMBRACE IT.
The experiment will continue. I’ll give my report as it happens.