Healer – Hillsong – Loops and Clicks

May 21, 2013 — Leave a comment —  In Loops
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  • Song: Healer
  • Artist: Hillsong Live
  • Album: This Is Our God
  • Key: A
  • Tempo: 77 BPM, 4/4 time

This is a simple backing loop that works well with a solo musician or full band. The loop includes pads, synth, and rhythm and lead electric guitars. It also includes a custom click and vocal cue track.

The downloads below include the following files (you can also download the mp3 of me playing to the loop below):

  • Loop only
  • Loop/Click split (click panned L and loop panned R)
  • Click/cues only

There is a 2 measure count-in before you start the intro.
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Barre Chord Basics: An introduction to playing Barre Chords

May 1, 2013 — Leave a comment —  In Guitar Lessons
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In this video lesson you’ll learn the four basic barre chord shapes and how to use them to create major and minor chords all over the fretboard.

Introduction

Barre chords are created by using one finger to press down some or all of the strings. Typically, you use your index (1) finger to press down all the strings and then form chords underneath. There are four basic shapes that you can use to form any basic major or minor chord. The four shapes are E, E minor, A, and A minor. They are just what they sound like – form an E, Em, A, or Am shape underneath the barre that you make with your index finger. You then move them up and down the fretboard to form the chord you want.
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Sunday Set List: April 21, 2013

Apr 24, 2013 — Leave a comment —  In Blog, Sunday Set Lists
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View all Sunday Set-List posts here. I lead worship weekly at Newhope Church in Central North Carolina – my home campus is in Garner, NC.

SET-LIST

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Passion Song – Sean Carter – acoustic

Mar 25, 2013 — 2 Comments —  In Song Videos
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My friend Sean Carter has written an incredible song viewing the last week of Jesus through the lens of the Apostle John. This is my acoustic version.

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Electric guitar rig for worship music

Mar 21, 2013 — 2 Comments —  In Blog, Gear and Reviews
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Most guitar players are crazy when it comes to gear, and I’m no different. I’m constantly buying/selling/trading/longing/hoping/etc. My acoustic setup has remained unchanged for a while now, and I’ve finally settled into an electric guitar rig that I like.

I’m 100% a rhythm player, so I don’t have a lot of mod effects that would give me really weird sounds. When I play, I focus much, much more on singing and leading than fiddling with pedals. I usually just have two or maybe three basic tones that I stick with for a whole set, and I really don’t like to stomp on anything during a song. Anything that takes my focus away from leading is bad, in my opinion. I do a lot of drive control with the volume knob on my guitar as well. Here we go.
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Nothing Is Impossible – Planetshakers – Tutorial

Mar 20, 2013 — 3 Comments —  In Tutorials
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Nothing Is Impossible - PlanetShakers - charts

Arrangement: Planetshakers (live)
Keys included: G (capo), A, B, C

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Chord Diagrams

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Nothing Is Impossible – Planetshakers – Loops and clicks

Mar 19, 2013 — Leave a comment —  In Loops
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Loop Details

  • Song: Nothing Is Impossible
  • Artist: Planetshakers
  • Album: Deeper
  • Key: A
  • Tempo: 142 BPM, 4/4 time

This is a simple backing loop that works well with a solo musician or full band. The loop includes pads and synth rhythm and lead tracks. It also includes a custom click and vocal cue track.

The downloads below include the following files (you can also download the mp3 of me playing to the loop below):

  • Loop only
  • Loop/Click split (click panned L and loop panned R)
  • Click/cues only

There is a 2 measure count-in before you start the intro.
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Sunday Set-List: March 10, 2013

Mar 14, 2013 — 2 Comments —  In Blog, Sunday Set Lists
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View all Sunday Set-List posts here. I lead worship weekly at Newhope Church in Central North Carolina – my home campus is in Garner, NC.

SET-LIST

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Ambient Pads for Worship

Mar 8, 2013 — Leave a comment —  In Blog
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Many of you here and on YouTube have asked me about the pad tracks that play under many of my acoustic song videos. Many times I record my own (all my loops, for example, are my own recordings), but today I’d like to share an awesome resource with you to use for ambient pads. I’ve used these ambient pad bases on many songs, and they are great.

Meet Karl Verkade

Karl creates awesome ambient/experimental type music, and he has a collection of base pads that you can download and use underneath songs, which works great in worship settings.

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Download Karl’s Ambient Pad Bases

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Sunday Set-List: March 3, 2013

Mar 6, 2013 — Leave a comment —  In Sunday Set Lists
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View all Sunday Set-List posts here. I lead worship weekly at Newhope Church in Central North Carolina – my home campus is in Garner, NC.

SET-LIST

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I’ve included a Spotify playlist so you can listen to the songs.