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Advent Songs

November 20, 2010 by  
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Hey all, I know it’s been a REALLY long time since I’ve posted.  I’ve recently started a new job as the Asst. Coordinator for the Office of Youth & Young Adult ministry for the diocese of Allentown, PA.  BIG DEAL for me, and especially for my family.  So, I’m still getting settled in, but I [...]

Learning Worship Guitar (Pt. 2)

In part two of my review of the Musicademy product “Intermediate Worship Guitar,” which can be found at www.musicademy.com, I want to give you the highlights of disc two and three, and then take a deeper look at the backing tracks which the DVD has to offer. Disc two is very much just a continuation [...]

Missa Simplex Acoustic Arrangement

Here’s my arrangement of the Missa Simplex with Acoustic guitar accompaniment.  I’ll be posting audio for the keyboard arrangement too, God bless! Tweet This Post

Learning Worship Guitar

As worship leaders we are always trying to better ourselves and learn our art and our instruments better each and every day. While there are many resources that are well prepared, and very effective towards this end, I find they tend to fall into two categories: The first are resources that are aimed at people [...]

Our God -Chris Tomlin

July 3, 2010 by  
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Great song and tutorial by Chris Tomlin from Passion Awakening CD Click title to view video!! INTRO 2x: Em C G D VERSE 1: Em                  C                    G Water you turned into wine Em                 C                       G opened the eyes of the blind Am there’s no one like you D none like you VERSE 2: Em              C                         G Into the [...]

Live Mixing w/Nathan Nockels (Passion Band)

Here’s a great video from Nathan Nockels about how to “mix” a band together using common sense: CLICK HERE to visit FQ Worship Nathan’s wife Christy Nockels leads worship with Chris Tomlin and other prominent worship leaders in the Passion Worship music. Tweet This Post

CW Podcast Ep 16 – Using parts of songs in Worship

June 13, 2010 by  
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Discussion about how to use the various parts of a song in different orders to create a unique flow of worship. Click on the title above to view the video.

CW Podcast Ep15 – Holy God We Praise Thy Name

June 10, 2010 by  
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Tom explains an arrangement of the traditional hymn Holy God We Praise Thy Name, typically used during Benediction and reposition of the Blessed Sacrament. The intro music comes from Marian Grace on her new CD Mysterium check it out at: www.mysterium.com Tweet This Post

CW Podcast Ep12 – Playing with multiple guitars

June 10, 2010 by  
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Tom shows some techniques for playing with more than one guitar in a group using a capo and some music theory. Notes: Key of A (G capo 2) All A’s become G’s, all D’s become C’s, all E’s become D’s, all F#m become Em all Bm become Am’s Key of E (D capo 2) All [...]

CW Podcast Ep8 – Worship with the Psalms

June 10, 2010 by  
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In this episode, Tom shows how to worship the psalms straight from the Bible and/or the Lectionary for Mass, God bless! Arrangement borrowed from CFR’s from Catholic Underground Tweet This Post

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