As publisher of [ WM ] Worship Musician I have worked alongside our different email blast distributors and have had long standing relationships with them . Each of our five main distributors have a conviction to serve the local church directly by serving worship leaders , worship bands and tech teams with their products and / or services .
OnSong is one of those companies . If you receive this digital magazine from OnSong each month already , then you know full well who they are and what they do for you . However , that leaves 80 % of our readers who receive the magazine from Worship Together , MultiTracks , Faithlife Proclaim or FILO who may not be aware of OnSong or how it can make your worship team function better .
We decided to change that by connecting with our friend Dakota Kibler , and asking that direct question .
[ WM ] Dakota , what is OnSong ? And why does a worship team need an OnSong group subscription ?
[ Dakota Kibler ] If you haven ’ t already heard about OnSong , it ’ s the best performance app for musicians . Available on iOS / iPad devices ( and soon available for all Macs ), OnSong lets you digitize your chord charts into a lightweight , compact solution to get rid of those heavy , bulky song binders . But that ’ s just scratching the surface .
An OnSong group subscription provides you and your entire worship team with benefits that you just can ’ t find anywhere else . For example , you might need to make a last-minute song addition for the end of a Sunday service . OnSong ’ s Quick Pick feature lets you search and add any song from your library to your set in a matter of seconds . Is it a new song that ’ s not in your OnSong library ? OnSong works with SongSelect , Planning Center , Dropbox , Google Drive , and other services so that you ’ re only a few taps away from importing and loading exactly what you need .
But wait , maybe you also need to transpose that song down a step for one of your singers . No problem , just pick your desired key and let OnSong do the rest instantly . Would attaching a click track or a backing track help you out ? You got it , OnSong allows you to easily assign those things to any song you ’ d like . Ready to send that song to the rest of the band ? OnSong ’ s Beam function lets you wirelessly and instantaneously share that set with the rest of your band - even without a WiFi connection !
And that ’ s just getting started with the practical benefits of OnSong ! For instance , OnSong ’ s Console feature lets you make edits to your songs and set-lists from the convenience of your computer , perfect for when you ’ re spending the week getting ready for Sunday .
If you ’ re looking for some advanced solutions , OnSong is MIDI-compatible and can save you tons of time by automatically switching your guitar and keyboard patches whenever you switch songs . If you ’ re at a home church or remote setting , OnSong can also connect to an Apple TV or Chromecast device to stream and project your chart ’ s lyrics so that the congregation can get involved . The list of features goes on and on , but in the end , an OnSong group subscription provides you with all of these benefits and more , for every single