Episode 009: The 3 Gs of Arranging, Part 2

02/25/15 • 32 min

Introduction: Review the 3 Gs: - Groove - Glue - Grace 3 Ways to Approaching Arranging with the 3 Gs: 1. Create 2. Duplicate 3. Approximate Links Link to Episode 008 to Download Graphics - http://www.worshipteamcoach.com/blog/2015/02/20/008-the-3-gs-of-arranging-how-to-easily-arrange-for-any-size-band-part-1 Places to Purchase Guide/Enhancement Tracks: Loop Community.com http://loopcommunity.com/ Multitracks.com http://www.multitracks.com/ PraiseCharts http://www.praisecharts.com/ Musicademy’s Back Band - http://www.musicademy.com/multitrack-backing-tracks/ Band in Hand - https://www.worshipbandinhand.com/

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Episode 008: The 3 Gs of Arranging, Part 1

Outline: Intro - What Happens If We Don’t Arrange? The Blob of Sound

Arranging Defined
The Sonic Spectrum
The Rhythmic Spectrum

1. Groove The idea of groove is like the tracks that we ride on. Groove is made up by two elements: the Foundation and the Rhythm.

Typical ways bands create the groove
Small band ideas for creating the groove
Rookie Mistakes when it comes to the groove

2. Glue The glue is the “middle stuff” that holds the song together. There are two elements that make up the glue:

The Pad or Constant
The Lead
Typical ways bands create the glue
Small band ideas for creating the glue
Rookie Mistakes when it comes to the glue

3. Grace Grace is the extra stuff that adds beauty, tension or other enhancements. It’s not structurally integral to the song, but it’s musically and emotionally important.

Typical ways bands create the grace
Small band ideas for creating the grace
Rookie Mistakes when it comes to the grace

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Episode 010: What’s Missing From Your Worship Team?

What’s one crucial leadership position that’s missing from most worship teams? In this episode, I’m interviewing Jack Daniels who is the musical director for David Phelps. We talk about what it means to be a musical director, and why it’s an important position in your worship team. As an extremely accomplished keyboardists and worship leader, we also dive in a little to the world of leading worship from the keyboard. There was SO much great content here that I compiled it all into a bonus pdf. It’s available for free on the show notes page - http://www.worshipteamcoach.com/010 Jack also talks about his involvement with The Exceptional Worship Team Coaching Course. If you’d like to know more about this course, go to the show notes page for a link to that. http://www.worshipteamcoach.com/010