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Worship

Helpful articles and the latest news about tools and technology to help make a difference in your worship ministry.

Permalink to How to Have Easier and More Effective Worship Rehearsals

How to Have Easier and More Effective Worship Rehearsals

Ah, the rehearsal grind! Service after service, we invest incredible amounts of time, energy, and resources. Then, even before the set's final note stops echoing in the auditorium, we're already diving headlong into... Read more »
Permalink to How to Play Compatibly in a Worship Band

How to Play Compatibly in a Worship Band

It can be awesome to create music with other musicians who share the same heart values. But when we step on one another's toes musically, the result may be a sonic jumble that only a mother could love. We face... Read more »
Permalink to Planning My Favorite Worship Band Rehearsals

Planning My Favorite Worship Band Rehearsals

Service Preparation/Rehearsal Cycle Example Start with a Game-changing Discussion I've cultivated this rehearsal cycle based on leading over 2,000 rehearsals at churches ranging from 50 to 18,000 people. But as you... Read more »
Permalink to The Eight Musical Roles in a Worship Band

The Eight Musical Roles in a Worship Band

Even with great-sounding individual parts on skillfully played instruments, when the parts are combined, it's easy for a band to sound terrible. Perhaps you've experienced this scenario. Everyone arrives at... Read more »
Permalink to 7 Ways to Brighten Up Your Church’s Projector

7 Ways to Brighten Up Your Church’s Projector

Replacing video projectors can cost thousands of dollars. But you may not need to replace your current projector. Here are seven ways to squeeze the most from your current video projection system. Address Ambient... Read more »
Permalink to Best Powered PA Speakers of 2024

Best Powered PA Speakers of 2024

Technology's something, isn't it? Every year, our phones get a little smarter, TVs get a little thinner, and PA speakers crank out more sound per cubic inch than most of us had ever dreamed was possible. Just look... Read more »
Permalink to Best Stage Lighting for Churches

Best Stage Lighting for Churches

Like it or not, your lighting setup makes a statement about your worship service long before your team takes the platform. Traditional or contemporary, lighthearted or liturgical — your house and stage lights are... Read more »
Permalink to Is the Sphere the Future of Live Music?

Is the Sphere the Future of Live Music?

By now, we've all seen the pictures: a giant, orb-shaped structure wrapped in a full LED array gleaming brightly just east of the Las Vegas Strip. This is the Sphere, the world's first large-scale immersive music... Read more »
Permalink to Overcoming Musical Fatigue

Overcoming Musical Fatigue

Every musician hits a wall at some point. It's not uncommon to encounter roadblocks along your musical journey. Inspiration wanes, exhaustion sets in, or disillusionment with the music scene takes hold, causing your... Read more »
Permalink to Terminology for Stage & FOH Explained

Terminology for Stage & FOH Explained

How fluently do you understand stage speak? These days, church auditoriums borrow tons of terms from the English theatre language that was brought to pre-American shores by early colonists. You can even thank the... Read more »
Permalink to Getting Started with MultiTracks.com in Worship

Getting Started with MultiTracks.com in Worship

Small churches to megachurches nationwide rely on multitracks to supplement their worship every week. The goals vary. Multitracks can assist individual rehearsal, add musical depth and nuance to supplement your... Read more »
Permalink to Lavaliers vs. Headworn Microphones for Worship

Lavaliers vs. Headworn Microphones for Worship

Since someone first thought of hanging a microphone like a pendant on a necklace in the 1930s, lavalier mics have become a mic locker mainstay. The gradual improvements in making them smaller and better reveal their... Read more »
Permalink to How to Make a Small Choir Sound Big

How to Make a Small Choir Sound Big

Whether you feature a traditional or modern church choir or they represent the congregation on the platform during worship, you have the potential to enhance the church's musical expression significantly. But... Read more »
Permalink to Best Tools for Organizing Your Tech Booth

Best Tools for Organizing Your Tech Booth

Tech booths never seem large enough, especially when they're a mess. As clutter grows, inefficiency and frustration grow, too. Amidst the rush of preparing for live services, it's easy to let standards slip until... Read more »
Permalink to Best Drum Shields for Worship

Best Drum Shields for Worship

We drummers have many names for the dreaded drum shield. The cage. The aquarium. The safe room. But even we can't deny that drum shields play an important role in taming live drums in worship settings. The trick is... Read more »
Permalink to Best Gear for Smaller Churches

Best Gear for Smaller Churches

Facilitating live sound in a smaller church is a daunting challenge. As you navigate the tricky factors of budget, room acoustics, portability, storage, volunteer recruitment and training, future growth, and time... Read more »
Permalink to 6 Best Digital Mixing Consoles Under $5,000

6 Best Digital Mixing Consoles Under $5,000

With a plethora of effects, EQs, and processing horsepower — not to mention game-changing routing, scene recall, and onboard recording capabilities — it's no surprise that digital mixing consoles dominate the... Read more »
Permalink to 4 Musician & Mixing Steps for Pristine Live Worship Sound

4 Musician & Mixing Steps for Pristine Live Worship Sound

Mush. It's easy to create but can be hard to remedy. Even at the top of your game and with your hands on the best sound system, the best mics, and the best musicians, you only get a great big wall of shapeless... Read more »
Permalink to 4 Solutions for Cleaner Church PA Sound

4 Solutions for Cleaner Church PA Sound

Whether you serve as the sound tech at a megachurch or a quaint chapel, you help create an inviting opportunity for people to interact with the Lord and one another. Your sound system plays an essential role — poor... Read more »
Permalink to Nix the Noise Floor & Clean Your Church Sound

Nix the Noise Floor & Clean Your Church Sound

It's true: silence is golden. For a song to effectively communicate emotion, the difference between its quietest and loudest passages (known as "dynamic range") must rest considerably above the room's noise floor... Read more »
Permalink to Sweeten Your Electric Guitar’s Acoustic Tone with IR Magic

Sweeten Your Electric Guitar’s Acoustic Tone with IR Magic

Combining a piezoelectric transducer pickup with an impulse response (IR) changes the game for both acoustic and electric guitarists. You may be surprised by the options available. Acoustic guitars equipped with a... Read more »
Permalink to Five Tips to Help Worship Musicians Thrive in the New Year

Five Tips to Help Worship Musicians Thrive in the New Year

It's almost here! Soon the last echoes of "Carol of the Bells" and "Silent Night" will fade from the auditorium, you'll strike the Christmas set, and the snow machines will be cleaned and packed away. It will be... Read more »
Permalink to Sweetwater’s Ultimate Thanksgiving Playlist

Sweetwater’s Ultimate Thanksgiving Playlist

From Bob Marley to Bob's Burgers, we've created a special Turkey Day mixtape just for you! Make your Thanksgiving a little more festive this year with our collection of songs about family, friends, gratitude, and... Read more »
Permalink to Emergency Essentials for Worship Techs

Emergency Essentials for Worship Techs

As church sound engineers, we understand that "things happen." It's inevitable. No matter how careful the preparations, a surprise lurks just around the corner. Whether a musician forgets a simple-but-crucial piece... Read more »