Ron lead us through a great time of worship , that I lost my place in the chart . I missed a few cues and hits with the horns . Bummer !! BUT ,,, I never stopped the flow of the groove . There were no train wrecks ! It was just not as perfect as I would have liked it .
I thought to myself . “ You can never let yourself get distracted from the task at hand . Stay focused even in the midst of extreme emotion .” ** Drummers take note again – we are ALWAYS serving the team . Don ’ t get caught up in your own experience . Having a great time of worship with your friends can get your guard down . But it ’ s ALWAYS important to remember you are there to serve and do the job a drummer should do . “ Drive the bus !” ( Musically speaking , of course . Unless you are actually driving the bus . : -) minimal . I made sure this time my click track was clear in my headphones and my mix was working well . So , I thought …
When we started the first tune the band started to look around the stage realizing the monitor mixes were not as they had been at sound check . Imagine that ! Realizing that no one could hear well , and not knowing if everyone was hearing the click , I actually started playing a little stronger so everyone could feel the time better . And so we plowed through the first song . And the second … and so on . As we worshipped , we kept trying to tweak the mix . We found out later some input lines and mix sends had been changed . So the more we tried to fix it we were actually making things worse . Anyway … we just kept playing , smiling , and just getting through the list .
that it sounded great out front . Now imagine if we all had lost our confidence and not played to the best of our ability . I ’ m sure that the audience would have felt a less passionate musical experience .
This aspect of professional musicianship isn ’ t something that can be practiced as much as you learn it over time . I wanted you to have this story in your mind so that as you learn these lessons it will go deep into your musical character . As a worship drummer your role carries a priestly aspect of being a minister of music . You are not just keeping time . You are leading the way into the presence of the Lord “ alongside ” your worship leaders . Don ’ t lose your focus !
Be Blessed ,
Next I played for Don Moen . I have worked with Don for years and have played on many of his recordings . So , I ’ m pretty comfortable with the job . But on this tour half of the band was new to the gig and our sound check had been pretty
Everyone did a great job , and we basically played by faith … because we really could not hear the way we had at soundcheck . Because I dug in a little more it helped to keep the band together . The house engineer even mentioned
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