BJ McCurdy from Media Outreach explains why you should be recording your pastor's sermon: Most churches these days will record the audio of all or at least some portion of their worship service. I am going

Worship leader Gary Durbin shares how he makes an effort to use Scripture in his praise sets. Continue

Every once in awhile PraiseCharts.com's Ryan Dahl and I will convene somewhere and have an epic meeting of the minds where we discuss trends in music, worship, technology and the Internet. Last week we

Tony Morgan has some great thoughts about his recent visit to Starbucks and how it relates to church outreach. Continue

Last month my website HymnCharts.com was 10 years old. I started the website soon after I became a church music director for the first time. As most of you have found, mixing hymns with contemporary

Joe Cameneti Jr. of allaboutworship.com talks about when worship leaders start worshiping the act of leading worship: I’m convinced that songwriters, worship leaders and even music enthusiasts can fall so in love with the act of

Matthew Starner talks about using tracks with the church praise band: Generally speaking, I’m not in favor of replacing key instruments digitally. Our normal team consists of drums, bass, electric guitar and keyboard. Even if one

Url Scaramanga from outofur.com discusses a possible cause of the decline of the Crystal Cathedral - nepotism: The post mortem on the Crystal Cathedral continues. The iconic southern California megachurch pastored by Robert H. Schuller once

I'll often hear the question "Should my praise band copy the professional recording we hear on the radio and on worship CDs?" Sure you should, and here's why: Amateur praise band musicians tend to overplay,