Walk-in:
Ripped a riff from Audio Adrenaline’s “I’m Not The King” and added a simple James Bond-esque counter melody on top of it. Then at key points threw in a Mission Impossible inspired rhythmic breakdown. Fun stuff.
1) One Way (Hillsong):
Key A. Funny story. My wife comments after service, “I love that new ‘That Thing You Do’ feel you guys did One Way with today.” I was like, “Thanks, babe, but we’ve been doing it like that for almost a year…” She was like, “Oh….” Hahaha!
So, we do kind of mashup the That Thing You Do vibe with an almost western/surf feel. Works out pretty good on this tune. A great song to use some whammy bar or tremolo effects on your electric guitars.
2) O Taste & See (Johnson):
Key G. We haven’t done this one in a while, but I love it. It’s such a simple and repetitive song, but so rich! Cortni rocked it! She’s one of my go to female vocal leaders! One thing new that we kinf of improved (rehearsal) into on accident was a half-time feel towards the end. Instead of just repeating the chorus verbatim musically, we go to a drums and vocals break (chorus) with a break down kind of half-time feel. Worked well, and broke up the potential monotony of this great tune.
3) I Know Who I Am (Houghton/Tomlin):
Key A. For some reason my mind keeps thinking this song is in D every time we play it. Especially if I’m on keys, which makes for some interesting chords! I did play guitar this week, but rehearsed on keys. Weird, I know, but I forgot my guitar at home and all I had was keys for rehearsal. I should be fired.
This is a great song that goes over so well. One of our female vocal leaders, Ros, tears it up. I sing the bridge. The energy of this song is so great for group worship.
Speaking of rehearsal:
The last few weeks I’ve been utilizing a split rehearsal format. Vocals come in at 6:30 and rehears with me (on keys or acoustic) for 45 minutes. The Band comes in and has 15 minutes to set up and then we rock full team rehearsal for an hour.
Pros:
- The vocals have never been tighter. Even though they rehearse parts during the week, it’s great to be able to come in and tighten those up.
- Before a lot of times when I’d need to rehearse with the vocals the band would get to chatting or even start noodling on their respective instruments. I don’t mind that so much as far as volume, but they’d lose focus a bit. It’s always a good thing when we can just plow through our rehearsal times and not have anyone lose focus.
- I also get to spend a little bit more time interacting with the vocals in a little more intimate setting. Not that we didn’t interact before, but I’ve always found the smaller the group, the better the interaction.
Cons:
- The entire rehearsal is about 15 minutes longer give or take.
As you can see the Pros have far outweighed the cons with this.
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