Could be a song you're in the process of writing, reading a songwriting book, scheduling co-writes, studying scripture, listening to music for inspiration, and who knows what else - what are you working on and why?
Could be something you sang at church, heard on the radio, or Spotify, or a new song someone at church requested you introduce - what's the song and what do you like about it? how can it inspire you in your own songwriting?
Could be a song you're in the process of writing, reading a songwriting book, scheduling co-writes, studying scripture, listening to music for inspiration, and who knows what else - what are you working on and why?
Could be a song you're in the process of writing, reading a songwriting book, scheduling co-writes, studying scripture, listening to music for inspiration, and who knows what else - what are you working on and why?
I have noticed through 25 years of leading worship, and in the last 5-10 years in particular, that our congregation is becoming less and less musical: instruments, vocalists and many don't listen to much music outside of church as CCM is pretty poor these days when it comes to theology and musicality.
We are considering using one of our Adult Bible Fellowship classes (Sunday School) to take some time each week to do some basic music reading and teach parts singing. We will teach 1 song over the course of 6 weeks. 10 minutes per week approximately. Then move on to the planned lesson.
I am curious if any other leaders out there have done something like this or seen it done.
Could be something you sang at church, heard on the radio, or Spotify, or a new song someone at church requested you introduce - what's the song and what do you like about it? how can it inspire you in your own songwriting?
I'm putting together my first-ever three hour set for my country cover band, and I want to have a good mix of songs from different eras, some good dancing songs, etc. Can y'all give me some advice?
Here's the list:
and here are the questions:
What song is going to get you onto the dance floor?
what song should I remove because it doesn't fit?
What song should I add because it so obviously belongs with the rest?
Could be a song you're in the process of writing, reading a songwriting book, scheduling co-writes, studying scripture, listening to music for inspiration, and who knows what else - what are you working on and why?
A question I was wondering to myself for a bit and wanted to ask folks here who are predominantly christian and specifically listen to christian music. By explicit, I refer to bands like Thousand Foot Krutch who create songs explicitly about accepting Christ as their lord and savior, not explicit in the way of profanity although I don't think those two have to be exclusive. If a song promotes Christian views and Could be inferred as about the lord or his son, does it count as Christian music to you, or is still "secular" if I'm using the term correctly?
I suppose inferred is the key part of this I was curious about: If it can be inferred, does it count? Aplogies for any misunderstandings in the post, I don't think I'm a practicing Christian so some terms escape me.
Based on last week's "patriotic" song discussion (which, BTW, thank you all for your thoughtful and gentle responses) one of the points of contention was that how the songs was structured/framed affected its suitability as worship:
>Songs which basically constitute a prayer (ie, asking God to bless their nation, or thanking Him for the many blessings therein). While most agree these songs can be 'worshipful,' and even appropriate for a church service (in general), there is not consensus as to whether they are in the same category as "worship song" in the strictest interpretation.
What do you think about "prayer" themed songs? Are they equally worshipful as other types of "vertical" oriented worship songs, or is there a distinction? If all the songs of a service were "prayer" songs, would something be lacking?
Do you/have you written a prayer song, and what was your experience in writing it/how it was received?
So here in America it's Independence Day today, and a lot of passion and energy welling up inside us US folks, which inspires a broader series of questions:
Could be something you sang at church, heard on the radio, or Spotify, or a new song someone at church requested you introduce - what's the song and what do you like about it? how can it inspire you in your own songwriting?
Could be a song you're in the process of writing, reading a songwriting book, scheduling co-writes, studying scripture, listening to music for inspiration, and who knows what else - what are you working on and why?
Show us what you've been working on! This is the time and place to share your songs - written, cowritten, performed, and more! YT Videos, Spotify, voice memo, lyrics sheet - whatever you've got, post a link in this thread and lets encourage each other!
(this is not the time for critique, or overt self-promotion, just encourage each other on the good you see in the song, and be encouraged to know you're not alone in the world of Worship Songwriting)
Conferences, Books, podcasts, YT Channels, Bible studies, and more - what's something that helped your grow as a songwriter?
Could be something you sang at church, heard on the radio, or Spotify, or a new song someone at church requested you introduce - what's the song and what do you like about it? how can it inspire you in your own songwriting?
Hey y'all, my Country band just got our first REAL booking, to play a 3-hour gig at our local BBQ joint/bar!
We've only played 1hr coffeeshop gigs so far - what should I expect in terms of what the venue wants/needs from me?
what is conventional in terms of how many breaks, # of songs expected, how much "free food + drinks" tends to amount to, etc.?
In other words, is there a sort of "standard" order of events for the avg bar gig?
I don't want to pester the booking agent with first timer questions if such sort of stuff is pretty standard.
It’s always fun learning how different people’s journeys went. I would learn a lot of intros and verses when I first started playing guitar. Lots of tabs. I actually didn't learn much about how to write choruses or bridges and all of that and it shows lol. I'm hoping to better learn how to write fully realized songs but it can be a slog.
I don't want to start a conversation about "what denomination is the best" or most truthful, etc. and i don't even want us to list what denominations we belong to, but i stumbled upon this "denomination quiz" and took it just for fun, and realized some of the imagery or concepts we highlight in the songs we write may be "denomination-specific".
has anybody ever written a song that is too specific that it wouldn't fit in other churches? or had your pastor or folks from church say your writing didn't fit with the expressed doctrines of your local body? how did you respond?
PS - If this conversation gets too crazy I will lock it down - keep it light y'all!