Synthsation – Apple Mainstage and Logic X Patches by Abel Mendoza
Abel Mendoza’s line of patches called Synthsation represent 100’s of perfect crafted Logic and Mainstage patches for modern worship applications.
How to Play Pads in Worship Team Director
UPDATE: Worship Team Director is no longer available in the app store Sadly Worship Team Director is no longer available, and hasn’t been actively developed for a long time. It is not clear if the developers (Gateway Church) are going to bring it back, so we are now recommending the app ‘Soundboard Studio Lite’ to…
How to Import Pads to an iOS Device
In order to use Pads with an iOS device, you’ll first need to transfer them. The process is pretty simple: Download the Pads to your computer (you can do this one of two ways – download the .zip archive link containing all 12 mp3 Pads files, or download each key file individually). You can find…
How to trigger Pads (or any audio file) in ProPresenter
[button link=”http://www.worshiptutorials.com/pads/” size=”large”]Purchase Pads here[/button] In the above video, I walk through the process to set up ProPresenter to play any audio file (specifically Pads) during a song or any other service element. How to set it up The process if pretty simple and straightforward. Import the Pads (or other audio) into ProPresenter in the…
Why some people say you shouldn’t use capos, and why I think they are wrong
If you play guitar long enough (and if you use a capo), you will inevitably run into people who tell you that you shouldn’t use a capo ever. Or they’ll scratch their heads and ask why you’d ever use one in the first place. The most common things I’ve heard are this: Why not just…
Acoustic Guitar Pickup System Review: K&K Pure Western Mini and Ultrasound DI Plus
In this video I review the pickup system that I use for my acoustic guitar. The guitar itself is a Martin D-35 which did not come with pickups installed. Pickups: K&K Pure Western Mini pickups These are transducer pickups. They attach (via glue) right under the bridge of the guitar (on the inside of body…
Electric guitar rig for worship music
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…
Vox Night Train and Gretsch G5120 Review/Demo
I don’t always lead worship on electric guitar… But when I do… I play a Gretsch G5120 through a Vox Night Train Get the headstock decals you see on my Gretsch here from Paul Setzer (awesome guy and an awesome product). Just send Paul an email at the link on the page and let him know you…
Tempo – Metronome App
If you’ve ever played music with other musicians before, you don’t need me to tell you just how important timing is. The bottom line is this: you need to be practicing to a metronome. It’s one of the first pieces of advice I give to anybody who takes guitar lessons from me. As soon as…
5 Reasons You Should Transpose Your Songs
Transposing music may seem like a pretty complicated process. You have to know some music theory. You need to be familiar with what chords go in what keys, etc. It’s a lot easier just to play the songs in the keys they were recorded in, right? Well, not always. Many times, playing the songs in…
How I Make My Tutorial Videos
I’ve had a few questions here and there about what gear I use to make videos. I actually use different gear depending on the type of video I’m making, so in this post I’ll cover the tutorial videos. When it comes to making a decent video, you want to consider 3 main things (among others):…
5 Reasons You Should Memorize Your Songs
Memorizing a stack of worship songs may seem like a tedious task for sure, especially if your song-book is over 100 songs, but here are five reasons why you as a worship leader should memorize everything. 1. You will become a better musician This may seem obvious, and it is probably the most important reason…