"Mercy" from Bethel Worship is one of my new favorite songs. The message captures a significant work of God in the Church today. The music is fairly simple, but with enough flavor to make it really interesting. It's sort of a fast slow song. My initial impression was that it was a slow worship song, but when I went to learn it, I realized the tempo is just a few beats shy of some of our most … [Read more...]
Arpeggiator effects for huge synth sounds
Whether you have great technique or are just getting started, arpeggiator effects are a great way to add dynamics, texture, and excitement to your keyboard sounds. In this post, we will cover what arpeggiators do and how to use them effectively in your worship keyboard approach. What an arpeggiator does An arpeggiator repeats the notes you play in a rhythmic sequence. For example, it … [Read more...]
Keyboard technology setup – Mainstage and Ableton
Using technology with your keyboard doesn't have to take a lot of time. In this video, I demonstrate my weekly keyboard technology setup in less than ten minutes, including: compiling tracks and loops into Ableton Live, loading Mainstage patches into a concert, and synchronizing Mainstage patch changes with Ableton scenes. For the first time ever, I also have actual live video and … [Read more...]
Forever [Kari Jobe] – techniques
Hi all, thanks for clicking to the website. If you are reading this, you have probably already seen this video, a cover of Kari Jobe's "Forever." We could break down the performance into a lot of smaller techniques of different types - playing, technology, and vocal. The videos below cover a lot of those techniques. I hope they help you! Playing techniques In this performance, I played in … [Read more...]
