Hello all

I just recently started playing bass in our church band, which, well, I will admit I am hesitant. I am 17 years old, keep this in mind. My brother, who is 15, usually plays drums (he is amazing for his age) and the other rotating bassists are young also (the girl that played today is 13 I believe). The other members of the band are quite a bit older, the vocalists (we usually have a few, 3-4) are usually in their mid 40s or so. Our music director is in his 50s, and our organist/keyboards is probably in her 70s or so.

Anyways, us younger folks want to step outside the box a bit and bring something a bit more, dare I say it, up-beat into what is supposed to be a contemporary service (but it is NOTHING like other contemporary services I have been to). The average age of our congregation is probably pretty old, so yeah, there are some older people. I was thinking of bringing it up to our director, who is a cool guy, he will understand, if maybe we could do a more "modern" and upbeat song or two one Sunday. Most of the current material, as much as I hate to say it, is pretty boring to play. Although I know I am not there to have fun, I think the youth of the church would really like it.

Basically, I was inspired by the band who played at M.O.V.E. last weekend. Im not sure if you know what move is, but it was a large get together for youth groups in MN, Im sure they have them around the US, but we went out and did small mission projects and such, and they had a few worship services each day. The band was amazing. The bassist was also amazing, and he was having a BLAST, I could tell. In my opinion, he led the band as much as the vocalists. They are also the band playing at CHIC this year, Im sure you know what that is. I was thinking of finding some contact info for the band and asking them if they could send some music, but I was going to ask you guys first.

So, bottom line, anyone have any good song suggestions for me? Just anything you think would be fun to play, and possibly inspire other youth who may not like the slower worship songs we normally play. Nothing wrong with slow, but the way things go at my church, they just seem "dead"

Thanks for taking the time top read, and I thank you in advance for any suggestions you have for me.

-Josh

Since you said all I will throw in my two cents. Who are you playing for yourself or the audience. I would say offer the suggestion and some songs that you would think the audience would like. If they don't want to do it, then I would see if they would consider a youth concert or dance. The first time I saw a band play live was at a church dance and that is what inspired me to want to play music. So as a musician you need to play for your audience and if you have other music you want to play then you need to find or create the opportunity to play.

Hello all

I just recently started playing bass in our church band, which, well, I will admit I am hesitant. I am 17 years old, keep this in mind. My brother, who is 15, usually plays drums (he is amazing for his age) and the other rotating bassists are young also (the girl that played today is 13 I believe). The other members of the band are quite a bit older, the vocalists (we usually have a few, 3-4) are usually in their mid 40s or so. Our music director is in his 50s, and our organist/keyboards is probably in her 70s or so.

Anyways, us younger folks want to step outside the box a bit and bring something a bit more, dare I say it, up-beat into what is supposed to be a contemporary service (but it is NOTHING like other contemporary services I have been to). The average age of our congregation is probably pretty old, so yeah, there are some older people. I was thinking of bringing it up to our director, who is a cool guy, he will understand, if maybe we could do a more "modern" and upbeat song or two one Sunday. Most of the current material, as much as I hate to say it, is pretty boring to play. Although I know I am not there to have fun, I think the youth of the church would really like it.

Basically, I was inspired by the band who played at M.O.V.E. last weekend. Im not sure if you know what move is, but it was a large get together for youth groups in MN, Im sure they have them around the US, but we went out and did small mission projects and such, and they had a few worship services each day. The band was amazing. The bassist was also amazing, and he was having a BLAST, I could tell. In my opinion, he led the band as much as the vocalists. They are also the band playing at CHIC this year, Im sure you know what that is. I was thinking of finding some contact info for the band and asking them if they could send some music, but I was going to ask you guys first.

So, bottom line, anyone have any good song suggestions for me? Just anything you think would be fun to play, and possibly inspire other youth who may not like the slower worship songs we normally play. Nothing wrong with slow, but the way things go at my church, they just seem "dead"

Thanks for taking the time top read, and I thank you in advance for any suggestions you have for me.

-Josh

Speak to your director, about some Israel and New Breed & Martha Munizzi, or Clint Brown songs, I think they do a good Job of bringing great musicianship to there songs, and seemlessly erasing genre lines.

We have a good mix of older saints, and young people in our Sunday Morning Worship Services. Everyone seems to enjoy the music. Our typical formula is to play some upbeat selections then moving into more reflective slow moving Worship Music.

Also ask for liberty during reharsal to try new things, changing the tempo & bassline of an existing song, can do wonders. We often during practice go into an improvisation type mode (Well the other musicians, I usually, jus follow their lead, every once in a while I have a stroke of genius...:hmm:) And new songs are often birth this way.

What kind of stuff are you playing now? Any modern comtemporary radio stuff? Or revamped hymns?

You might try bringing some CDs to rehearsal to play for your worship leader, and see how he responds.

I used to love playing the song "more than gold" in church with my fretless.

Check this guy out. FWIW, he gave permission a few years ago to freely distribute his music in MP3 format, but slowly some of his songs are showing up on iTunes, so I'm not sure what's legal to download now and what's not. He's got a great bassist, though:

http://www.onfritz.com/TaylorDownloads.html

Hi Josh,

On a personal level.... I REALLY love the old hymns of faith... They present the gospel message..... plus... the melodies "tend" to be GREAT.

The only thing is they "generally" need a little help or re-harmoniztion done to them to bring them into the 21st century.;) :D

I've had a ball ..... and quite a bit of success at "fixing" some of the old hymns..... The older saints will love it because you're playing something they recognize..... the younger saints will appreciate the "face lift" you gave to a "tired" old tune etc..

People will be genuinely blessed by your creativity and musicianship etc. Our pastors don't read prepared sermons etc. They put things in their own words (quoting scripture accurately though) and present their "take" on it ... so to speak.

Why do the musicians have to play it "just like the cd"..... or exactly the way it's written in the hymnal???

Now, there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with playing things that way,....... but after a while.....that stuff get's VERY stale ..... and for me personally...... can take away from the worship.... God WANTS us to use our creativity, musicianship etc. to glorify HIM!!!!

This is just one way..... one example of things you could do... The options are endless.

Kudos to you for looking to "create" for God's worship.

What a priviledge!!!

I'm pretty young (19 years old), and i just love hymns!
There's something about the things old men of faith write, songs, sermons, or books.
Even though we live in this age, remember that the Bible is timeless and it will never be updated, and 2000 years of saint's wisdom are in these songs!

speaking of old saints, i encourage you to read writings by Jonathan Edwards, Charles Spurgeon, Wesley brothers, John Calvin, etc. Gain from these men's wisdom!

As for creativity, i just love singing old songs in new ways! it's quite refreshing! like todd said, what a priviledge it is to use our creativity, which is God given, to give back to our creator!

Hi Josh,

On a personal level.... I REALLY love the old hymns of faith... They present the gospel message..... plus... the melodies "tend" to be GREAT.

The only thing is they "generally" need a little help or re-harmoniztion done to them to bring them into the 21st century.;) :D

I've had a ball ..... and quite a bit of success at "fixing" some of the old hymns..... The older saints will love it because you're playing something they recognize..... the younger saints will appreciate the "face lift" you gave to a "tired" old tune etc..

People will be genuinely blessed by your creativity and musicianship etc. Our pastors don't read prepared sermons etc. They put things in their own words (quoting scripture accurately though) and present their "take" on it ... so to speak.

Why do the musicians have to play it "just like the cd"..... or exactly the way it's written in the hymnal???

Now, there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with playing things that way,....... but after a while.....that stuff get's VERY stale ..... and for me personally...... can take away from the worship.... God WANTS us to use our creativity, musicianship etc. to glorify HIM!!!!

This is just one way..... one example of things you could do... The options are endless.

Kudos to you for looking to "create" for God's worship.

What a priviledge!!!

+1

Passion's "Hymns" CD has a lot of interesting rearrangements of old classics, and could be a great starting place for developing new ideas for rearranging old songs. They even add entirely new chorus sections to some of the stanza-formulated hymns.

+1

Passion's "Hymns" CD has a lot of interesting rearrangements of old classics, and could be a great starting place for developing new ideas for rearranging old songs. They even add entirely new chorus sections to some of the stanza-formulated hymns.


cptnhook,

You've got it......great idea!!

There's inspiration EVERYWHERE we look. I think we all just have to look and put a little effort into things. It's that simple!!

Well done!!

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Speak to your director, about some Israel and New Breed & Martha Munizzi, or Clint Brown songs, I think they do a good Job of bringing great musicianship to there songs, and seemlessly erasing genre lines.

We have a good mix of older saints, and young people in our Sunday Morning Worship Services. Everyone seems to enjoy the music. Our typical formula is to play some upbeat selections then moving into more reflective slow moving Worship Music.

Also ask for liberty during reharsal to try new things, changing the tempo & bassline of an existing song, can do wonders. We often during practice go into an improvisation type mode (Well the other musicians, I usually, jus follow their lead, every once in a while I have a stroke of genius...:hmm:) And new songs are often birth this way.

Speak to your director, about some Israel and New Breed & Martha Munizzi, or Clint Brown songs, I think they do a good Job of bringing great musicianship to there songs, and seemlessly erasing genre lines.

We have a good mix of older saints, and young people in our Sunday Morning Worship Services. Everyone seems to enjoy the music. Our typical formula is to play some upbeat selections then moving into more reflective slow moving Worship Music.

Also ask for liberty during reharsal to try new things, changing the tempo & bassline of an existing song, can do wonders. We often during practice go into an improvisation type mode (Well the other musicians, I usually, jus follow their lead, every once in a while I have a stroke of genius...:hmm:) And new songs are often birth this way.


+1 on Israel and Clint Brown. Both offer great messages and music. My church does alot of both and the congregation really enjoys them. The music really creates an atmosphere of praise and worship. And as the bassist, I just luv it, you really get to groove.

By the way Torch7 other than myself not alot of people know about Clint Brown, or at least don't mention him, how did you come across him? I have the NBC DVD and those guys flat out jam.
Believe it or not he used to direct music for a church down the road from us several years ago. Great guy.

Hi Guys,

Thanks for the Clinit Brown tip......I'll have to check him out.

http://www.clintbrown.com/


Hey Todd, Clint is not only an annointed singer / musician he is an annointed pastor as well.
But when it comes to music he and his worship team are awesome.
His bassist is Jamaal Andrews and he is one bad / deeeeeeeeeep in the pocket player.
Like I said earlier I don't think alot of people have heard of him/them, but once you do you are hooked.:D

http://www.clintbrown.com/


Hey Todd, Clint is not only an annointed singer / musician he is an annointed pastor as well.
But when it comes to music he and his worship team are awesome.
His bassist is Jamaal Andrews and he is one bad / deeeeeeeeeep in the pocket player.
Like I said earlier I don't think alot of people have heard of him/them, but once you do you are hooked.:D

Thanks for the link.....I'll try to check him out!!

Cool........:cool:

We're going to play "Strong Tower" by Kutless this Sunday. Fantastic lyrics, rocking song.

You might look into some Mercy Me, Audio Adrenaline (Leaving 99 - Ocean Floor), David Crowder or Chris Tomlin. There's a little something for everone there.

:bassist:

We're going to play "Strong Tower" by Kutless this Sunday. Fantastic lyrics, rocking song.

You might look into some Mercy Me, Audio Adrenaline (Leaving 99 - Ocean Floor), David Crowder or Chris Tomlin. There's a little something for everone there.

:bassist:


Thanks for the tip!!!!!!!! I'll keep my eyes open for these guys.

+1 on Israel and Clint Brown. Both offer great messages and music. My church does alot of both and the congregation really enjoys them. The music really creates an atmosphere of praise and worship. And as the bassist, I just luv it, you really get to groove.

By the way Torch7 other than myself not alot of people know about Clint Brown, or at least don't mention him, how did you come across him? I have the NBC DVD and those guys flat out jam.
Believe it or not he used to direct music for a church down the road from us several years ago. Great guy.

Hey groovster sorry, I haven't been around lately and I got you post just now...

My pastor and Praise & Worship Leader turned me on to clint brown, we have covered numerous clint brown songs over the years, almost every song from the Judah One CD, and maybe 60% of the In His Presence CD.

His Bass player has a myspace page http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=57602192&MyToken=720da144-3aaf-4717-86f1-9d0173d908c8

Martha Munizzi started out singing with CLINT.

Hi Josh,

On a personal level.... I REALLY love the old hymns of faith... They present the gospel message..... plus... the melodies "tend" to be GREAT.

The only thing is they "generally" need a little help or re-harmoniztion done to them to bring them into the 21st century.;) :D



Hey Todd, if you haven't already done so... you might want to look into Donnie McClurkins latest CD, "Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs". His bass player Darrell Freeman is a MONSTER!!! The Reharmonization of some of the old hymns is WOW... http://www.donniemcclurkin.com/ the "I Love to Praise Him"(snippet) that loads when the page loads makes me want to listen to so much more. And he has a version of "Awesome God" that is put to a caribbean melody... Then there is the "Language Medley" Where donnie is singing in "japanese, german, suranamese, zulu... it is sooo cool. TWO CD's well worth the price.

Donnie actually has a portion on the CD when he was talking about how the younger generation needs to learn the older hymns, because their message is so powerful.

Its a staple in my CD player.

You might look into some Mercy Me, Audio Adrenaline (Leaving 99 - Ocean Floor), David Crowder or Chris Tomlin. There's a little something for everone there.

:bassist:

Crowder absolutely rocks & would go over well with any Youth Group.

For the congregation at large, Tomlin might be a better jumping off point. He's a little more Pop/Top 40 & his lyrics are outstanding & rooted in truth.

Also, if I read correctly & you're just getting started with bass, check out www.normstockton.com. Phenomenal player with some very cool instructional videos geared towards aspiring Christian bassists.

+1 on Crowder and Tomlin... their music is cross-generational as any other worship leaders that you'll find AND their music is very worshipful. You can easily find music for both of them on Worshiptogether.com.

Also, don't discount Paul Baloche. He's got a great website that includes some very upbeat music with mp3 samples (he is very versatile in the various sub-genres of P&W music). He generously shares pdf chord charts, lead sheets and rhythm charts for free on leadworship.com. Your guitar players would also like the quicktime videos that come on his recent CD's... they include instructions on how Paul plays the acoustic guitar for each of the songs.

+1 on the Passion Band's "Hymns".. it should be noted that Tomlin and Crowder both are represented on this CD. Another good one is the "Bridges" CD. Both of these CD's are enhanced (they include the chord charts).

Finally, I echo Cardiac's suggestion regarding Norm Stockton's instructional videos. They have been invaluable to me, as I really haven't had any other P&W genre-specific instruction. As a matter of fact, I was doing some woodshedding with Volume 2 last night (I have all four volumes).

look into hillsong united, songslike one way, all day, what the world will never take are fun

I lead worship and play bass as well. Over the past year a new church asked me to "create" a signature sound for their worship band. As a result, I had to spend quite a bit of time auditioning music as well as mentoring musicians in order to change their paradigm with the goal of making their worship "culturally relevant" (the church's words) given their goal of reaching the next generation for Christ.

I will second the nomination for Chris Tomlin's music. His melodies and harmonies (and bass lines, for that matter) are very accessible and his lyrics are scripturally based and relevant to everyday life and worship. I did find that I preferred to modulate his songs down at least one full step as the original key is a bit high for the average voice in the congregation.

Another songwriter/guitarist whose music I found to be excellent in a church worship environment is Lincoln Brewster. He leads worship at a large church in California (also used to play guitar for quite a few famous rock bands), and his worship music is fun, upbeat, and very easy to sing. Obviously the standard worship band guitarist is not going to be able to cop his lead lines, but they are not required to sing his music. We added 4-5 songs from his latest album to our worship rotation, and the congregation loves them.

Speaking of hymns that have been re-arranged with a more contemporary voicing, I strongly recommend Scott Wesley Brown's latest anthology of "redone" hymns - simply excellent. We do "Come, Christians join to Sing" and a few others from that collection. The lyrics are melodies are tried and true, and the arranging is fresh and innovative for a younger group of seekers/worshippers.

in Him,
Jay

Edit: I forgot to second the nomination for Paul Baloche's music. "Hosanna" is a kickin' song with a great message, and "Your Name" is a very singable, slower worship song that our congregation has taken to heart.

hey, I help lead worship in our church. ( www.churchintheword.com) I play bass for the Sunday morning services and a 6string for youth. YOu can't go wrong with Hillsong for church and Hillsong united for Youth. They got all the Hooks and it's very I can't sing friendly. Helps the people enter in right away. It's pretty easy stuff to pick up on as well. Hope this helps be blessed.

also Hillsong just has really great lyrics Docrinally and Biblically. YOu really can't go wrong there.

To add, Kurt Carr.

It really depends on what direction you want to go in. IF you're looking for a more "contemporary" rock sound, shoot for the Tomlin, Crowder, Redman stuff. If you want to go more... gospel, shoot for Israel Houghton, Kurt Carr, Clint Brown material.

Otherwise, just talk to the band and try practicing a little more. Just to really make the songs "yours" musically. You can take a song like "Awesome God" and leave it the same lyrically and whatnot; but really make it rock (Check out Hillsong United's version).

Last one, I swear. Christ for the Nations has a lot of great stuff out there. Kind of all over the spectrum. I got a copy of their latest DVD with my application. Amazing.

I will second the nomination for Chris Tomlin's music. His melodies and harmonies (and bass lines, for that matter) are very accessible and his lyrics are scripturally based and relevant to everyday life and worship. I did find that I preferred to modulate his songs down at least one full step as the original key is a bit high for the average voice in the congregation.

No kidding! Tomlin's original keys will leave most church members turning blue. Fortunately, there are some good resources on the web such as www.praisecharts.com that offer chord charts with multiple keys. Plus their charts have a concise blend of information that appeals to those that read music & those that don't (& you'll likely have both in most church Praise Bands).

One more fun song that's bassist friendly is "Trading My Sorrows" by Darrel Evans. Very cool high fret chording!

^^ And for a nice blend of pop & gospel, check out Lakewood Live, which was Israel's gig before he went solo. This also happens to be the Worship Team for none other than Joel Osteen (syndicated TV).

Check out some clips at Amazon...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000066AUD/qid=1153188488/sr=2-2/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_2/002-2718986-2767263?s=music&v=glance&n=5174

^^ And for a nice blend of pop & gospel, check out Lakewood Live, which was Israel's gig before he went solo. This also happens to be the Worship Team for none other than Joel Osteen (syndicated TV).

Check out some clips at Amazon...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000066AUD/qid=1153188488/sr=2-2/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_2/002-2718986-2767263?s=music&v=glance&n=5174

I've managed to catch a few seconds here and there of that band.......SLAMMIN!!!!!!

Isreal's Band... New Breed are indeed SLAMMIN!!! in Todd's Words...:D

Other CD's you may want to check out are:

Aaron Lindsey, the keyboardist and co-founder of New Breed, musically he is sick.. His CD should be out, or coming our soon.
http://www.aaronlindsey.com

Terrance Palmer, the man himself on bass.
http://www.myspace.com/terrancepalmer, he has a CD in the works as well.

Isreal's Band... New Breed are indeed SLAMMIN!!! in Todd's Words...:D

Other CD's you may want to check out are:

Aaron Lindsey, the keyboardist and co-founder of New Breed, musically he is sick.. His CD should be out, or coming our soon.
http://www.aaronlindsey.com

Terrance Palmer, the man himself on bass.
http://www.myspace.com/terrancepalmer, he has a CD in the works as well.

Good stuff Torch7......You da man!!!!:D

Passion's "Hymns" CD has a lot of interesting rearrangements of old classics, and could be a great starting place for developing new ideas for rearranging old songs. They even add entirely new chorus sections to some of the stanza-formulated hymns.
+1 Some great arrangements on that CD... I love the way "Take My Life" is rearranged.

Here are two CDs that contain most of the classic upbeat praise & worship tunes played at retreats & youth conferences...

Vertical Music "Open The Eyes of My Heart" Volume 1 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005KHF2/104-7515565-8098305?v=glance&n=5174)

Vertical Music "Open The Eyes of My Heart" Volume 2 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000066AW6/qid=1153335089/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/104-7515565-8098305?s=music&v=glance&n=5174)

Peace,

- Frank.

While you are at vertical music check out Lincoln Brewster as well.

I would love to 'update' hymns and play them. However, I grew up unchurched and have only been attending church the past few years. The bulk of my exposure has been contemporary Christian music and very, very little traditional music.

I could always buy a hymnal and start digging, but I'd like to learn more about which one(s) would be more along the line of 'standards.' Any recommendations would be appreciated.



And yes, Lincoln Brewster rocks. Ran sound for him one time. It was the only time I've ever been told to turn the house mix down.........

I've got some good midi resources that I've got on my home computer that I'll add to this message when I get home. But one thing that I'll do is upload such midis, load the song up into Band-in-a-Box, and then experiment with chord substitutions and various music styles. You can use the canned styles that come with the program, upload new ones from user sites, or develop your own hybrids by assigning different styles for differing instrumentation. The program is a bit pricey, but well worth the benefits that you'll reap in your ministry. I really find it to be a very useful tool in developing you own unique arrangements. If I can find a way to share one the midis from my own arrangements, I'll do that as well. I hear that some of our well-known worship leaders (such as Paul Baloche) actually have a techie that use such a program to develop a song concept for their own songs or arrangements.

I've got some good midi resources that I've got on my home computer that I'll add to this message when I get home. But one thing that I'll do is upload such midis, load the song up into Band-in-a-Box, and then experiment with chord substitutions and various music styles. You can use the canned styles that come with the program, upload new ones from user sites, or develop your own hybrids by assigning different styles for differing instrumentation. The program is a bit pricey, but well worth the benefits that you'll reap in your ministry. I really find it to be a very useful tool in developing you own unique arrangements. If I can find a way to share one the midis from my own arrangements, I'll do that as well. I hear that some of our well-known worship leaders (such as Paul Baloche) actually have a techie that use such a program to develop a song concept for their own songs or arrangements.

Cool stuff there.......Ah, fun with BITB!!!

I feel like a dinosaur :help: ......I do my arrangements by ear and notate them with "Encore". I feel OLD!!!!

I would love to 'update' hymns and play them. However, I grew up unchurched and have only been attending church the past few years. The bulk of my exposure has been contemporary Christian music and very, very little traditional music.

Here are few classics off the top of my head to start with...

A Mighty Fortress is our God
How Great Thou Art
Amazing Grace
There is a Balm in Gilliad
Be Thou My Vision
Holy, Holy, Holy
God of Grace and God of Glory
Just As I Am
Take My Life
Gloria Patri
Doxology
Crown Him With Many Crowns
All Creatures of our God & King
God of the Sparrow
Great is Thy Faithfulness
Let Us Break Bread Together
Seek Ye First
Were You There

Again, Passion's "Hymns, Ancient And Modern (http://www.worshipmusic.com/spd83817r.html)" is an excellent CD that will help give you some ideas on how to breathe some of that contemporary praise life into traditional hymns.

- Frank.

Here are few classics off the top of my head to start with...

A Mighty Fortress is our God
How Great Thou Art
Amazing Grace
There is a Balm in Gilliad
Be Thou My Vision
Holy, Holy, Holy
God of Grace and God of Glory
Just As I Am
Take My Life
Gloria Patri
Doxology
Crown Him With Many Crowns
All Creatures of our God & King
God of the Sparrow
Great is Thy Faithfulness
Let Us Break Bread Together
Seek Ye First
Were You There

Again, Passion's "Hymns, Ancient And Modern (http://www.worshipmusic.com/spd83817r.html)" is an excellent CD that will help give you some ideas on how to breathe some of that contemporary praise life into traditional hymns.

- Frank.

Great list Frank!!! Thanks!!

im not very familiar with the worship music scene, but i can answer one thing for sure, if your not playing to have fun then what are you playing for?

good luck with the MD and the song list :D


Dave

Paul Baloche's new album has tons of awesome stuff for a modern P&W service. I love Hillsong United, Matt Redman, etc....all the mentioned folks.

Don't count out your older folks.....some will really appreciate some fresh songs. (That's what I've found anyway)

Paul B said it best......a worship service is like a buffet, you should offer everyone at least something. (ie: give them a chance to worship)

Cool.

How Great is our God
I'll Take you Back
Blessed Be the Rock (very Fun)
Victory Chant
Here I am to Worship
It is You (We're always complimented on that one)
Those Who Trust
Breathe

I can bring my folder home if you want more.
These have gone over well at church.

Check out Loyd Rieves on Myspace. We just completed a new praise and worship record. I used a 5 string stingray on everything but 2AM (fender jazz plus 4 string)

_Burney Warren

It looks like we all have plenty of tunes to choose from!!

PTL for that!!!

I know this is an older thread, but my band has been working on a version of the old hymne/chorus that goes something like "what a friend we have in Jesus." We taped it during a rehersal, and put on our myspace; www.myspace.com/21northolive

I know this is an older thread, but my band has been working on a version of the old hymne/chorus that goes something like "what a friend we have in Jesus." We taped it during a rehersal, and put on our myspace; www.myspace.com/21northolive

You may want rearrange of order to the songs on your website. You go from House of the Rising Sun a song about southern brothel to What a Friend We Have In Jesus. Unless you are into Taoism and looking for balance. :hmm:

You may want rearrange of order to the songs on your website. You go from House of the Rising Sun a song about southern brothel to What a Friend We Have In Jesus. Unless you are into Taoism and looking for balance. :hmm:

:o Sorry if you were offended, but I did not know that house of the rising sun was about a brothel. It was recomended by our trumpet player, and I have not even heard another version of it other than ours. I will strongly suggest that it be removed from our profile and omited from our upcoming demo. Again, I'm sorry for posting this in this forum about Christian music.

:o Sorry if you were offended, but I did not know that house of the rising sun was about a brothel. It was recomended by our trumpet player, and I have not even heard another version of it other than ours. I will strongly suggest that it be removed from our profile and omited from our upcoming demo. Again, I'm sorry for posting this in this forum about Christian music.

No offense I was just making an observation. I know House of the Rising Sun because it is the first song I ever sang and the last. I stopped singing by popular demand :D

Want to raise some eyebrows? How 'bout playing Keith Green punk style :P

I play with a group that constantly is reworking songs like "Rushing Wind" to Lit's "My Own Worst Enemy" riffage...

or "Breathe" Pearl Jam-esque...

It's fun!

sean

Want to raise some eyebrows? How 'bout playing Keith Green punk style :P

I play with a group that constantly is reworking songs like "Rushing Wind" to Lit's "My Own Worst Enemy" riffage...

or "Breathe" Pearl Jam-esque...

It's fun!

sean

When I was in music school everytime I practiced with a group we would do our last time thou each tune by playing it Reggae style. It was a blast and bit of a stress reliever. The best was with the Jazz Improv group, play Real Book tunes as Reggae was hilarious and some worked. :bassist:

When I was in music school everytime I practiced with a group we would do our last time thou each tune by playing it Reggae style. It was a blast and bit of a stress reliever. The best was with the Jazz Improv group, play Real Book tunes as Reggae was hilarious and some worked. :bassist:


Great tip Steve!! Thanks....

Want to raise some eyebrows? How 'bout playing Keith Green punk style :P

I play with a group that constantly is reworking songs like "Rushing Wind" to Lit's "My Own Worst Enemy" riffage...

or "Breathe" Pearl Jam-esque...

It's fun!

sean
We do quite a bit of that in our songs as well. We recently started doing a version of Hard-Fi's "Cash Machine" and replaced the lyrics with those of a reggie-isk Christian tune entitled "Come to Me". It's pretty cool at youth retreats when you can tell that certain kids immediately recognize the song.

- Frank.

We do quite a bit of that in our songs as well. We recently started doing a version of Hard-Fi's "Cash Machine" and replaced the lyrics with those of a reggie-isk Christian tune entitled "Come to Me". It's pretty cool at youth retreats when you can tell that certain kids immediately recognize the song.

- Frank.

Cool....... way to go!!

Ok, here's some fav's

Everyday - the Lincoln Brewster version Rocks!
Matchless - Aaron Shust
Our God Reigns - Brandon Heath
Holy Moment - Matt Redman (Fretless all the way!)
Undignified - DCB
Your name is Holy - Skillet
Famous One - Chris Tomlin
Sweetly Broken - Jeremy Riddle
:bassist:

I'm playing in a revival this weekend with a full band and here is our song list:

everyday - hillsong united live
free - hillsong united live
jesus paid it all - hymn redone by crowder
none but jesus - hillsong united live
make a joyful noise - david crowder
i will not be silent - david crowder
every move i make - david crowder's version
undignified - david crowder
no one like you - david crowder
mighty to save - hillsong united live
you're worthy of my praise - jeremy camp's version
hungry - kathryn scott
the stand - hillsong united live
doxology - passion worship band

we're very contemporary, to the likes of lincoln brewster.

I'm playing in a revival this weekend with a full band and here is our song list:

everyday - hillsong united live
free - hillsong united live
jesus paid it all - hymn redone by crowder
none but jesus - hillsong united live
make a joyful noise - david crowder
i will not be silent - david crowder
every move i make - david crowder's version
undignified - david crowder
no one like you - david crowder
mighty to save - hillsong united live
you're worthy of my praise - jeremy camp's version
hungry - kathryn scott
the stand - hillsong united live
doxology - passion worship band

we're very contemporary, to the likes of lincoln brewster.

Cool.......great stuff......thanks for sharing.

Wish I could check you guys out!!

PTL!!!!!