So I’m two weeks removed from a conference we had at our church where we had Monty Hipp come in and talk to us. This was the second time I’ve had the pleasure of listening to him speak about worship culture and what we as individuals can do to either ask for annointing or take our annointing to its intended fullness. Remember, annoiting can come and go. I just don’t want it to leave because of something I did or didn’t do. Take a break and think about what you’re called to do for a sec. I’ll be waiting here patiently.
Okay. Now that you’re stewing some thoughts around, I want to challenge you to ponder something. You’re part of a worship band or if you don’t have a fixed group, you’re at least a part of a bigger collective. When was the last time you openly prayed for one of these people? I’m not talking about the old “Hey, you’re in my prayers.” I’m talking about praying for them right then. Amazing things happen when you do this. Stronger connections are formed, the group itself becomes more focused on worship, and you don’t have to worry about remembering it later.
So how does this relate to worship drumming? When was the last time you had someone pray for you before you started playing? I’ve talked about prayer as preparation before, but I think this can take it to another level. It hit me this week as I’m preparing for worship this weekend. We’re playing “Faithful” by Kristian Stanfill this weekend. Needless to say, his drummer is crazy talented and has come up with some really creative parts that I want to nail 100%. To be honest, I feel like I’m only going to hit the 90-95% range.
So if you would like to take up this challenge with me, post a comment. If you have other helpful insight, please feel free to post it as well. I’d love to hear your thoughts.
Other craziness:
We’ve had some cracked cymbals over the years and I was looking for someone to cut them down in diameter rather than just modifying the cymbal for the specific defects. After some unsuccessful searches, I finally came across Saluda cymbals. They are a great operation. Not only do they make some really nice sounding cymbals, but they offer a variety of services like cutting down cymbals. Hopefully we’ll get some great sounding cymbals out of this experiment.
I also just bought a marching snare (Yamaha 14″x12″ SFZ) and I’m waiting for that to arrive. I’m excited about the possibilities for recording and performance. I’ve wanted an auxilary snare that I can bring in for effect and my main snare at home is very similar to the ones at church and my piccolo snares wouldn’t cut it.
So I’ll make an update when all the stuff arrives and what kind of impact its making. That’s all for now.
God bless,
Michael
