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Written by Bryan Nelson | posted in behind the scenes, setlists, worship | 0 Comments

We do some fancy stuff at our church, like lots of churches do. We synchronize two bands with loops and click tracks, we do a light show in a 3-story building with live musicians, we write some of our own kids music.  And we aren’t in the top tier — ’cause there’s lots of churches doing way more creative stuff than we are.  The point is not the fancy stuff — but what effect (if any) the fancy stuff has on the kingdom of God.

Beyond the fancy stuff, there’s a lot I simply don’t know and haven’t done. One of those is guitars — even though I lead with one the majority of the time.  Being late to the guitar game, I’m amazed at how a simple change in instrument creates interest.  Up to this point I’ve used a Variax 700, but am using a loaned American Telecaster with humbucker pickups.  In the last two weeks I’ve had more questions and comments about the guitar.  It’s funny, cause I really don’t know that much about it — but obviously there are people out there who really care.

I care about quality. Yes, I care about good guitar tone.  Yes, I care about playability.  Yes, I care how it looks and feels when you play.  But I simply don’t know enough history in guitars to know what people are into.  Case in point, up until last year I thought the guy who invented noiseless pickups had the last name “Humbucker” — until someone pointed out they simply “buck” the “hum” and are noiseless, thus called humbuckers.  Who knew?  I didn’t.  Five years ago I didn’t know what pickups where.  If you are reading this and you don’t know either, welcome to my club.

Setlist for August 22, 2010

1. ___ TEST AND SOUND CHECK TRACKS BELOW
2. Test – click LEFT and loop RIGHT
3. Sound Check – Full Band
4. Sound Check – Vocals
5. ___ WORSHIP SETS BELOW
6. Set 1 – August 19, 2010
7. ___ PAUSE click here (cue)
8. ___ Spacer (10 minute silence)
9. Set 2 – August 17, 2010
10. ___ PAUSE click here (cue)
11. ___ END click here (cue)
12. ___ SINGLE CLICK TRACKS BELOW
13. GREETING This Is Our God (INSTRUMENTAL) – loop and click 81 BPM
14. Come Thou Almighty King – loop and click 135 BPM
15. You Shine – loop and click 128 BPM
16. As the Deer (funky) – loop and click 90 BPM
17. ___ PAUSE click here (cue)
18. The Power of the Cross – loop and click 68 BPM
19. Your Grace Still Amazes Me – loop and click 65
20. Majesty (Passion) – loop and click 75 BPM
21. ___ END click here (cue)
22. ___ FULL SONGS BELOW
23. Come, Thou Almighty King (E)
24. You Shine
25. As the Deer (funky)
26. The Power of the Cross
27. Your Grace Still Amazes Me (C)
28. Majesty
29. This Is Our God