Looking forward....

Looking ahead, here's how things sit:

• Our next chapel is November 5th.  That's means there are 3 Thursdays left before that chapel - one of them is a day off from school!  
• Our next chapel following that is December 3rd.  We will put together at least one Christmas song for that chapel.
• Plans are being made for a 'BCS Night of Worship' on Saturday, May 23rd.  Our band tentatively has an extended set that evening.

I think we have a pretty good bead on our set for the next chapel.  Please be praying for that chapel and how God would have you involved (aside from singing/playing).  Testimony?  Read a scripture?  Pray?

• You Are Good - Israel Houghton    Key of E    We have this song very close to ready.  Drummers need to think about the percussion intro and try and emulate the drum beats drummers do in the different parts of this song.   Instrumentalists need to ensure that our 'shots' are quick and short - not held!  Bass - there's a cool slide up (to E) you can do in the verse on the word 'forever'.  Listen to the music and you'll hear it.
• You Are Good - Planet Shakers    Key of D  This one is almost ready as well.  Drummers, remember the syncopated snare beat in the verse (he does it on the video).  Also in the instrumental the bass drum needs to stay with the beat while you hit the snare and a cymbal in time with the shots.  Remember that a lot of the shots in this song are 'pushed' - that is instead of landing on the beat, they actually land a half beat before.  Keys, there's two parts to remember in this song - the 'broken chord with no 3rd' for the chorus that I showed you, and then the 3 note 'ditty' (B, A, G#) for the instrumentals.  
• You Are Good - Kari Jobe   Key of D  This is probably our weakest song of this set, mostly because of the two things - timing of changes for the singers, and the chord progression of the instruments for the pre-chorus.  Singers, we'll work on the timing together (listen to the video for now). Instrumentalists, the chords you need to know for the pre-chorus are:  D, D/E (slide the D chorus up 2 frets), C#m, F#m, Bm, Bm/A (Play an Am slid up 2 frets), G, E.  These chord changes come pretty fast, so practice them - they consistently change on every second beat.
• Healing is In Your Hands - Christy Nockels    Key of D   Keys, you're doing a great job on this song.  Keep it up!  I think this song is getting close as well.  We just need to get more comfortable with the tempo and dynamic changes as a group.

Here's a link to the page with those YouTube videos:

http://worshipwake.blogspot.ca/2014/09/welcome-to-our-team-first-thoughts-and.html

Please practice those songs!  The more comfortable you are with them, the better.

Songs we have 'in the bag' that we could do in a pinch for a youth group or church service if the opportunity presented itself - You should play/sing these songs every once in a while to remind yourself how they go....
- Amazing Love - Key of E
- Freedom Reigns in This Place - Key of G
- I Found a Love - Key of G
- Nothing is Impossible - Key of E
- You Are Good (Bethel) - Key of G
- Everyone (Desperation Band) - Key of E

Also, please start working on these songs below for the future (some of them we've done before):

You Are Glorious  (Key of B)   This song rocks.  It gets progressively more intense all the way to the end.  Drummers, you'll definitely want to pay close attention to all the different beats in the different parts of this song.  I'm sure you'll find the very last bit of the song 'fun'.   :-)

Joy To the World  (Key of G, then up to A)  We did this one last year, but in a different key.  Electric Guitar - let's nail the E. guitar part in the 'joy, unspeakable joy' part this year as its really cool and rather easy. 

Angels we have heard on High  (Key of D)   I think I have a fun arrangement of this song for us to do.  It not like this below but it will be easy to learn.