FEATURE
[ TASTE + SEE WITH RICARDO SANCHEZ | Doug Doppler ]
power house team of musicians. Deeper than
the great songs, played by great musicians, is
the heart Ricardo has to bring his best unto the
Lord. Whether you’re a worship pastor, worship
leader, or worship musician, I encourage you
to ruminate on what Ricardo has to say, as his
well runs deep!
[WM] “Taste and See” was recorded live
with only three days of rehearsal with the
band you put together. The vocal and musical
arrangements are harmonically sophisticated,
and super tight. How did you pull this off in
such a short period of time?
[Ricardo
Sanchez] We used Planning
Center Online to send out the charts and MP3’s
to have them walk through it. It goes back to
this philosophy that I have about the difference
between practice and rehearsal. You practice
at home and then you rehearse with the band.
Producer Louie Higuera and I spent a lot of
pre-production at his studio in Nashville. We
came up with the arrangements and where
we wanted to go. Once we got that down,
Louie and I got on a keyboard and laid down
a scratch demo of what we wanted, so the
band was able to practice with those MP3’s for
about a month in advance. Then we had three
days to get together and rehearse what we had
practiced. The rehearsal time was three days,
but practice was about a month.
[WM] Which songs do you feel are going to
resonate best for congregations to sing on
Sunday mornings?
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[Ricardo] “You Are” and “Faith” were ones
If you’re looking for some worship-fueled laden guitar parts, a six eight ballad, and that we thought will translate to every style of
musical inspiration, I encourage you to check plenty of get on your feet and worship songs, church.
out Ricardo Sanchez’s new live album “Taste Ricardo is definitely drawing from his own well. + See”. Having witnessed the recording of this This Grammy nominated, Dove Award-winning [WM] One of the things I enjoyed about the
disc at San Antonio’s Cornerstone Church, singer-songwriter expertly blends the flavors recording was that it felt more like a night of
floored is the word that best described by of Contemporary Worship, Funk, and Rhythm worship than making a live recording. “You Are”
reaction. Although this disc includes delay- and Blues into a potent brew, served up by a was the first song you played and is also the
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