[Daniel] First off, I make sure that the lyrics and repeat a chorus, repeat a bridge, or if you want message. We ask God what He wants us to
notes that I am playing or singing are secondary. us to add a new spontaneous thing at the end, play and we'll have a list and a bunch of songs
Don't ever show up and have the need to God, we want to be prepared for that. We want already set in the back of our minds that we
look at the lyrics or the notes. You want to be to be closely connected as a team, so if You all know. That way halfway through a set if the
prepared, and you want to practice and know lead one of us, the rest of us can follow so that Holy Spirit speaks to you and is like, "Guess
what you're doing, and a talented musician You get the praise that You're due and we're what, you're already playing the right chord
will tell you that you never want to step up on not just focused on the notes and the lyrics." progression, start singing this..." We can get on
stage and not know what you're playing next
the same page as a whole team now and play a
or forget the lyric. So make sure you have that, [WM] Do you think about the meaning of the song we've done at least once or twice, so it's
mainly because if we're serving in the house lyrics when you’re singing them? not a total curveball.
on what He's doing and not on what we're [Daniel] Yes, absolutely. Honestly, we’ve [WM] What are a couple of the songs you’re
supposed to be doing. That should already be gotten to the point now where we're picky with doing now?
understood. So on our teams we come with the songs that we choose because there's so our music memorized, lyrics memorized, we've much worship music being produced, which [Daniel] We try to keep a pretty diverse range,
already had at least one solid practice so that is an incredible thing nowadays. There are so we love the stuff that's coming out of Bethel,
we know the flow of what we're doing. We can many churches that produce high-quality music we love what's coming out of Hillsong, and we
show up on Sunday morning as a team and that now part of our job as worship leaders is to love the stuff that’s coming out of Elevation.
pray together, and say, “Okay God, we’ve got say, “Okay Lord, what songs are you speaking Personally, for the last service, we had at
our part. We can get up on stage and play all of about? What is the song that people can walk Dwelling Place, I led "Raise a Hallelujah." I love
these songs forwards and backward, and now off the streets for the first time, hear these lyrics that one, I love the simplicity, the relate-ability,
that were prepared Lord we want you to play and music and connect with it?” Not always and connectivity. It's easy for the congregation
us as instruments, you use us. If you want us to too theologically complicated, but a simple to pick up on, and it's easy as a band to learn,
of God we want to make sure we're focused
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