February 2010

The Kingdom and Jazz

I was having coffee at Starbuck’s with a friend and fellow musician today when the conversation turned to one of his favorite jazz recordings: Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea doing a lot of improvisation- free flowing spontaneity within a very loosely sketched, skeletal arrangement. I told him that spontaneous flowing musically and spiritually is a metaphor to me of how our relationship with God should be.

Getting Your Songs Heard

I have said before that you don’t have to be a worship leader to write worship songs, just a worshiper. But being a worship leader does have its advantages. It gives you a laboratory to try out your new songs, and a platform to have your songs heard. So if you’re not a worship leader, you need to have at least some sort of connection with a church music department, or someone you can show your new songs to who might be able to get them used and heard.