Worship Musician February 2018

[ SOUND CHECK ] WHIRLWIND NAMM CONVENTION A BIG SUCCESS! Then on Sunday morning we hosted the annual Musician’s Chapel. Songsmith Bob Bennett Just like the swallows return to the mission at was our guest musician and Christian music San Juan Capistrano each year, the [WM] veteran/industry pillar Tommy Coomes gave team gathers at the Anaheim Convention a thoroughly inspirational, artist-minded talk. Center in California for the NAMM Show It was a great way to bookend this massive (National Association of Music Merchants). event. This year, over 115,000 gear fanatics attended this industry-only convention where over 1,850 The [WM] booth was near the heart of the Lauren Daigle Night of Worship @NAMM convention floor action. What I noticed most as exhibitors showed off their music-minded Pacific Ballroom into worship. Grammy nominee we roamed the halls this year (I put 28 miles on wares. There were over 500 AES (Audio Lauren Daigle closed out the night with an my tennis shoes) was a sense these companies Engineering Society) workshops, NAMM U, amazing worship set. We have all heard Lauren were more than optimistic about their new and TEC Track workshops. Our Editorial on the radio, but boy was I ever impressed products doing well in the marketplace. There Director Doug Doppler hosted three worship with her live performance. The Yamaha sound was a sense that musical instruments are workshops – Silent Stage Solutions for Your system and Rivage board sounded terrific. selling again and it was contagious! Worship Platform, How Technology Can Help Her band sounded equally amazing, thanks You Have Better Worship Team Rehearsals, in part to the Yamaha drums, guitars and Doug and I hand selected thirty of the best and How Your Church Can Expand Its Reach keyboards. The stand out instrumentalist was new products for worship, featured in the first by Broadcasting and Podcasting. Elizabeth Chang, who put the worship into Worship Musician Magazine NAMMY Awards. worship drumming! That said, hearing Lauren’s You will also see many of these products [WM] and CCLI teamed up to co-host vocals live was the biggest treat of the night. reviewed in our upcoming issues… Yamaha’s 9th annual Night of Worship @ That young lady can sing! Her Louisiana folky NAMM. The evening opened up with Orange personality shone through and it was just a joy Lord Bless Ya! County’s own For All Seasons, who skillfully led to have her lead us in worship and ministry. It Bruce & Judy the standing-room-only crowd at the Hilton’s was an amazing night! Get The App Read the full issue on your tablet or phone. The Details The Cast Publisher + Editor: Bruce Adolph Vice President: Judy Adolph Editorial + Ad Director: Doug Doppler Ad Sales Manager: Drew Adolph Production Manager: Mike Adolph Layout + Design: Matt Kees Customer Experience: Brian Felix ©2018 Worship Musician published by Adolph Agency, Inc. February 2018 WorshipMusician.com WorshipMusician.com AdolphAgency.com [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] AAI Office: 253-445-1973 9

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