From synth bass to running tracks, worship so reliant on the tracks that they didn’t bother fail. I guess this takes instincts also, say if there
bass being seeing if she knew the signature lines (which are no tracks, I can still play my part, but what
confronted with gear and technology. While this
players
and
drummers
are
she did), nor did they spend any time training can I do to fill the space even more? Because
is all exciting, if you don’t know the notes on the team how to learn or play them – big yikes! now we have something missing. That could
the keyboard or have a fear of train-wrecking What are your thoughts in terms of finding a be the keys player maybe playing something
your team as you’re learning Ableton Live, this healthy balance on integrating tracks so that with the right hand, the guitar player filling
can also be confronting. So, to help break kind of stuff doesn’t happen? up more of that space. I think it’s always just
things down into bite-sized pieces we invited
preparing for it, if the track fails you’ve got to fill
David Curran from Lauren Daigle’s band and [David Whitworth] I think as a collective that up. Just knowing what to do, I think that
Bethel Worship’s David Whitworth to share their group, we want to be able to play the songs just takes asking the question of being in those
expertise on the matter! without tracks whether it’s a tracked version or experiences where it did happen, because you
a non-tracked version. Maybe the keys hook never know. There are so many hooks that are
[WM] First of all, thanks for joining us! I have line will be played by the guitar player while the in the tracks, and if it fails then that hook is
a feeling this is going to be a huge help for a keys are playing something else or vice versa. gone, you’ve just got to play it. If there’s a keys
ton of drummers and bass players, as well as But just being okay with playing a song without player or guitar player who knows the hook,
their teams. using tracks, I think if you start at that place maybe they’ll take it over. I think just being
then the tracks are just an added bonus, it’s just prepared for that is super important.
While I’m a huge fan of running tracks, there the icing on the cake. There are churches out are some downsides. A buddy of spends three there that are very reliant on tracks, churches [WM] So what do you guys do when there is
weekends a month helping various worship who don’t have a lot of musicians to use, and I a total meltdown?
teams overcome their challenges. At one of think at that point you just do the best you can the churches he visited, the keyboardist literally with what you have, and that’s all you can do.
broke down in tears when asked to play a line
[DW] We’ve had plenty of those situations
where something terrible has gone wrong,
from the song they were working on. It turns [David Curran] I think what’s important for and you have to be okay with communication.
out that the leaders at her church had become the musician is to always be okay if the tracks I have a talkback mic, so let’s say I start the
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