Making Your Praise Band ROCK! - Tom Brooks Music

209 Pages·2012·17.92 MB·English

Making your Praise Band
R O C K !
Yonsei University - Institute of Worship Arts
Spring Semester - Class VI
Instructor - Tom Brooks
10 Steps to make your
Praise Band ROCK!
1. Draw a ‘Line-in-the-Sand’ - “Urgent” versus “Important”
2. ‘Clear the Cloud’ - You’ll need Hand-cuffs / wire cutters /
padlock / etc...
3. To GROOVE or not to GROOVE... There is No Question!
4. Chart your Course - Write it Right! ...make Players responsible
5. Teach your Children well - listen, adapt, follow, respect, love
10 Steps to make your
Praise Band ROCK!
6. ORCHESTRATE! ...in a Rock-n-Roll way {Gab’s plate}
7. You CAN improve! ...as a Band + as an individual - God’s Grace
8. Just like Diet and Exercise -
9. Band Close / EYE-to-EYE / Monitors low (ears vs. wedges)
10. NIKE! - Just DO IT!!!
10 Steps to make your
Praise Band ROCK!
1. Draw a ‘Line-in-the-Sand’ - The BIG Meeting
“Urgent” versus “Important”
URGENT IMPORTANT
to you to you
URGENT IMPORTANT
to others to others
10 Steps to make your
Praise Band ROCK!
2. ‘Clear the Cloud’

...Clean out the low Mid Range (‘Mud Range’)
>HAND CUFF Keyboard Player’s Left Hand behind his back
>WIRE CUTTERS - cut off lower 2 strings from all Guitars
>PADLOCK - remove Bass Pedals from organ; lock in basement
***Leave the Bass Range to the Bass Player
10 Steps to make your
Praise Band ROCK!
3. To GROOVE or not to GROOVE...
There is No Question!
“What does it mean?!?!?”
{let’s talk later}
{{Korean Piano Girl}}
10 Steps to make your
Praise Band ROCK!
4. Chart your Course - Write it Right!
...make the Players responsible to get it right
Put all the information CLEARLY right in front of them
==> NO ‘ROAD MAPS’!
10 Steps to make your
Praise Band ROCK!
5. Teach your Children well

- listen, adapt, follow, respect, love
>YOU as a Player...
>YOU as a Teacher -
***I hereby Deputize YOU...
==> Go back and teach this Seminar to your BAND!
10 Steps to make your
Praise Band ROCK!
6. ORCHESTRATE!

...in a Rock-n-Roll way
Simple Effective Band Arranging
{Gab’s plate}
10 Steps to make your
Praise Band ROCK!
7. You CAN improve!

...as a Band + as an individual - God’s Grace
8. Just like Diet and Exercise

- don’t worry about ‘over-doing’ it