Rehearse? We're a Worship Band!

Worship bands!    It’s time to rehearse for the upcoming service.    You; A)    Show up late and then make excuses for not learning the charts B)    Show up late and then waste the 1st 30 minutes of rehearsal joking around with everyone C)    Show up later and take 20 minutes setting up your gigantic pedal board and riffing on everything but that weeks songs D)    All of the above. Yes, wherever there are musicians, there’s a party! [read more] When it comes to rehearsals, the leader really needs to take control.   Have a meeting to lay down expectations of what needs to happen during that time and stick to it.   It’s tough on the leader to have to be the ‘heavy’ but that’s your job! Most worship teams probably rehearse once a week and they maybe don’t see each other in-between much, so everyone wants to talk and catch up. Try planning some goof-off time either before or after rehearsal so everyone has time to socialize and still get down to business. In most cases you’re working with volunteers so I know it’s tough to run a rigid rehearsal, but if they want to be part of the worship team, they need to understand the responsibility that comes with it. Everyone needs to take rehearsals seriously or they’re off the team.  You may want to write out a mission statement of sorts about their role in the worship service and what will be required of them in terms of commitment. It’s important they understand why excellence and preparation is required. This is also a long discussion to be had with the team your Pastor and scripture! I wish every worship team would get Tom’s DVD titled ‘Expressive Worship’.  http://...com/yg2ngpm  You’ll see him work directly with a worship band & singers and transform the way they are able to connect to the audience and lead them vertical into worship.  Schedule a night for the team to watch it together!  (Tell them there’s food and they’ll come.) I’d love for other worship teams to weigh in on this issue. How do you keep your rehearsals on-track? What ideas can you share for teams struggling in this area? Worship Well & Often, Amy Wolter/Live Music Producer

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