praise and worship music

[CM1000]

know nothing about it, where do I start? who should I listen to, chords, scales... any help is appreciated.

[fifteen90]

this place has videos that show you how to play some songs:

http://worshiptogether.com/

 

places for tabs:

http://www.pwarchive.com/

http://www.worshiparchive.com/worship_chord_sheet.asp

http://christianguitar.org/

 

hope that helps

[kwakatak]

I'm new to it as well but have already been exposed to some good music. Check out:

 

Todd Agnew

(http://www.toddagnew.com/index.html)

 

Casting Crowns

(http://www.castingcrowns.com/main.php)

 

Sonic Flood

(http://www.sonicflood.com/)

 

Chris Rice

(http://www.chrisrice.com/)

 

Jeremy Camp

(http://www.jeremycamp.com/)

[Stackabones]

Originally posted by CM1000 know nothing about it, where do I start? who should I listen to, chords, scales... any help is appreciated.

 

Check with some of the musicians at your church. Usually someone involved with youth ministry knows what's current.

 

Don't go to church? Well, now you got an excuse to go. Plus, you'll meet folks there who will want to play, and there are some good gigs for praise & worship music inside church--either during services or special events.

 

N.B., Most bars don't dig that stuff!

[guit30]

Not much difference than any other music, you just have to learn the chords and melody, lots of fake books out there for praise music

[learn'r]

Originally posted by CM1000 know nothing about it, where do I start? who should I listen to, chords, scales... any help is appreciated.

 

cheap membership to:

http://www.1christian.net/guitar/

 

www.youtube.com

will supply you with many vids.

 

to become humble ..... watch Phil Keaggy

 

I get asked to do

Newsboys

Jars of Clay

Third Day

Big Daddy Weave

Audio Adrenaline

Seventh Day Slumber

and the previously mentioned.

 

Happy Journey ..... God Bless.

No money in it .... but folks are best ever

 

by the way some does get by 'em at a bar ..... check out P.O.D. my kids and younger sib freak when I do some lead from them.

 

my email is available .... if I can help.

[zb0430]

I must wholeheartedly throw in my current obsession, David Crowder Band. They're a very fresh, unique look that truly exemplifies "modern worship", a step beyond contemporary. And from a faith standpoint, the man "gets it" more so than most. To top it off, he's just a good guy, too. They're also better live than on their records, a rare treat these days!

 

www.chirstianguitar.com has tons of tabs/chord charts to pick from various well known artists.

 

Few other guys/bands to ponder on:

 

Chris Tomlin

Derek Webb

Matt Redman (Amazing songwriter, writes 50% of the worship songs you hear)

Michael W. Smith

Peculiar People Band

MercyMe

Darrell Evans

Charlie Hall

 

You'll find alot of the guys are just chord strummers that focus on authentic lyrics, but not always true to all of them. (Corwder has alot of multi layered guitar work) Good luck with it!

[KATMAN]

In our church we do songs by Chris Tomlin,Matt Redman,Darrel Evans,Tim Hughes and lots of stuff by Hillsong. We've also doen other things as well,most of it is easy as pie.

I use open chords when I play my acoustic.Our praise team plays fast tempo songs to get the blood pumpin',then we slow down.Most of the songs in praise and worship is very simple when played with a acoustic.

 

If you know G,C,D and E minor,you pretty much got it made. Here's a site where we get most of our songs so you have a idea:

www.iwillworship.com

If you have any questions,send me a pmI'll be glad to help you in any way I can. God Bless,

KAT

[zb0430]

Originally posted by learn'r to become humble ..... watch Phil Keaggy

 

Woah... go to youtube and watch his live performance of "Salvation Army Band".... all I can say is woah...

 

 

Woah....

[kbraker]

i will throw out one of my faves

steven curtis chapman

 

http://www.stevencurtischapman.com/

my other favorite is casting crowns

http://www.castingcrowns.com/main.php

 

if you need help i have a ton of sites in my fav folder for chord charts

[Old_Joe_Clark]

 

Originally posted by zb0430 Woah... go to youtube and watch his live performance of "Salvation Army Band".... all I can say is woah... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV3bLZLpqTQ Woah....

 

 

I got religion!!

[DonK]

 

Originally posted by Old_Joe_Clark I got religion!!

 

 

We play a pretty diverse variety of stuff at my church, heavily weighted toward what's often called CCM (Christian Contemporary Music). A lot of what goes under the moniker of CCM is pretty bland pop with Chrisitian lyrics, IMO (though we play it anyway; I don't get to pick the music!). Some of the bands/artists I like are:

 

Third Day

Plumb

Sonic Flood

David Crowder Band

Tim Hughes

Jeremy Camp

Kutless

Switchfoot

Newsboys

Stephen Curtis Chapman

Rebecca St. James

Susan Ashton

Relient K

Daniel's Window

Grits

P.O.D.

Sanctus Real

K.J. 52 (my kids introduced me to this one)

[learn'r]

Originally posted by Old_Joe_Clark I got religion!!

 

 

I actually wish there was a GOOD place for His Musicians to gravitate to.

 

I had a chance to go to a PK seminar/jam ...... other things kept me away. He is now in Nashville. I understand a new CD is close to release.

[learn'r]

 

Originally posted by DonK We play a pretty diverse variety of stuff at my church, heavily weighted toward what's often called CCM (Christian Contemporary Music). A lot of what goes under the moniker of CCM is pretty bland pop with Chrisitian lyrics, IMO (though we play it anyway; I don't get to pick the music!). Some of the bands/artists I like are: ...........

 

 

I want to come to your church!

I liked your list.

 

I think the worship part of the service is the most important.... not because I am so entangled in music but because it is here we Praise Him ... ear candy for our Lord.

 

I haven't heard if we helped CM1000, but it was sure nice to see a few like folk gather for a thread. If things go well we'll gather for a big jam.

[KATMAN]

Originally posted by DonK We play a pretty diverse variety of stuff at my church, heavily weighted toward what's often called CCM (Christian Contemporary Music). A lot of what goes under the moniker of CCM is pretty bland pop with Chrisitian lyrics, IMO (though we play it anyway; I don't get to pick the music!). Some of the bands/artists I like are:

We play a lot like that. More often,if we listen to a song and find out that the words are good but the music is bland,we'll re-arrange it to meet our style of play. I'm happy we got a Pastor who loves guitar music. I love love it even more when I hear the words,"We more distortion and volume on the guitar"! I guess a lot of songs we do are CCM,but the way we play it's more like Jesus Rock-n-Roll!

[zb0430]

We need more guys like Phil Keaggy, if you ask me. For some reason I just LOVE that song, don't know why. Some songs just captivate you, right?

[guit30]

My Church, Calvary Chapel of Philly plays the most incredible praise music, plus the musicians for the main team are awesome, they only use acoustic guitars though, plus bass, drums, (electronic)keyboards. Our church seats 2000 and we fill up 3 morning services and an evening service. Recently we had the Kry play worship for a Sunday.

I play for A monday night Bible study worship team, we still use the main sanctuary

Love my Church

Jim

[play4him]

Here's a couple of other guys to check out.

 

Paul Baloche at Leadworship.com

Brian Dorksen at briandoerksen.com

 

Both of these guys have a lot of information on their sites, as well as video material and free chords to a lot of their songs.

[DonK]

 

Originally posted by play4him Here's a couple of other guys to check out. Paul Baloche at Leadworship.com Brian Dorksen at briandoerksen.com Both of these guys have a lot of information on their sites, as well as video material and free chords to a lot of their songs.

 

 

Those are good resources. A couple more are:

 

pwarchive.com

 

tommywalker.net

[DonK]

 

Originally posted by learn'r I want to come to your church! I liked your list. I think the worship part of the service is the most important.... not because I am so entangled in music but because it is here we Praise Him ... ear candy for our Lord. I haven't heard if we helped CM1000, but it was sure nice to see a few like folk gather for a thread. If things go well we'll gather for a big jam.

 

 

Thanks, I realized I left one my favorites, SuperChick, off the list. They were a little bit bubble-gummish on their first couple of CD's, but their last one, Beauty from Pain, is really good.

 

I'm up for a P &W jam!

[zb0430]

Originally posted by DonK Thanks, I realized I left one my favorites, SuperChick, off the list. They were a little bit bubble-gummish on their first couple of CD's, but their last one, Beauty from Pain, is really good. I'm up for a P &W jam!

 

Amen, brotha!

[kwakatak]

bump

 

There's some good stuff here.

[rangerrick]

try www. ksbj.org to get a feel for the music and styles, my favorites are Michael Card, and Rich Mullins they speak to me agape' rangerrick

[rangerrick]

Originally posted by learn'r

 

 

I actually wish there was a GOOD place for His Musicians to gravitate to.

 

see christianguitar.com agape' rangerrick:idea: