Micah Massey
things for building your team. One of the things that week after week, but we’re also going went back and looked at every step in our
that encourages people to push themselves to to do it in a life-giving way. Like, “Hey, you’re internal process – the producing, re-crafting,
be more complex in their musicianship is being really making some great strides, from where branding, and marketing, and looked at how
a part of a team. Having that idea of a team and you were six weeks ago… this is amazing, we we could shorten the time between trying it for
a church family is such an important dynamic still want to work on that pitch a little bit.” And our congregation, and if it does well, putting
as you’re building a community. just being consistent with that week after week. it out on an actual live album. So, we did two
I think our team really appreciates knowing acoustic releases of song where we tried to get
[Chris] John said at the beginning of this that where they stand in the process, but it’s always them into formats where we could test them
knowing the road map for how to get to where given in a life-giving way. on a Sunday morning as quickly as possible.
you want to go is a big part of it, and I think part
There were lots of things we learned from that,
of that road map is feedback. I think with artists [WM] Heading back to the album, which and we took the best songs from that and
a lot of people are afraid to give feedback, or songs would you suggest other churches look transferred them to the album.
they don’t know how to give feedback. They at adding to their worship sets and why?
don’t know how to do coaching, but John
If I was going to take three focus songs from the
has led our team so well. He has this motto, [Chris] No one enjoys listening to albums album, they would be “Jesus You Alone”, “Who
“Consistent honoring and life-giving feedback”. with a Sunday focus more than I do, and at is Like the Lord?”, and “Song in My Heart”. Our
And we really encourage our coaches when Highlands Worship our focus is on writing goal for each one was if a church was looking
they’re having inter-personal dialogue with songs that are singable on Sunday. In 2018 for songs to sing on a Sunday they could listen
team members. It’s consistent feedback, so we asked the question, “How can we shorten to this album and go, “Oh, that one works, that
say someone is playing behind the beat, or the time it takes when someone writes a song one works, and that one works…” because
playing flat, we’re not going to walk away from to putting it up on Spotify and iTunes?” We internally that’s what we’re doing! Our team has
46
March 2019
Subscribe for Free...