Song Agenda for Chapel Feb 20th

Great to be with you all in practice on Thursday - really enjoyed that practice!
Here's our songs for this Wednesday:

Our Redeemer Lives   Key of E

• Intro - as we do it with the bass/E. Guitar runs
• Verse 
• Chorus - 
• Instrumental - like intro
• Verse
• Chorus - 2 times
• Bridge
• Chorus - breakdown
• Chorus - full on
• Outro - like intro

You Are Good   Key of E

• Intro - full band - shots and then full chorus chords
• Verse - sing in unison
• Pre-chorus - sing in unison
• Chorus - sing in unison
• Instrumental - like intro
• Verse - sing in harmonies
• Pre-chorus - harmonies
• Chorus - harmonies
• Bridge - breakdown - as we practiced
• Pre-chorus
• Chorus - hold the note and all come in on 'Hallelujah'
• Tag - 'for who you are' 3 times
• end

Proud   Key of C    No Drums/Percussion on this song

• Intro - Guitars
• Verse 1 - Kat solos
• Chorus
• Verse 2 - Saegeas solos
• Chorus
• Bridge - 'oooooohhhs'
• Verse 3
• Chorus - 2x

Avalanche    Key of C

• Intro - Branden Acoustic
• Verse 1/2 - Hanna solos
• Chorus - all sing
• Verse 3 - Satai solos
• Chorus
• Instrumental to bridge
• Bridge - 2 times
• Chorus
• Outro - like intro

Song Agenda for Chapel Jan. 16th

Hi Everyone!

Worship is about faith.  A lot of times we end up singing what others 'make' us sing in church, or in chapel.  How can that be from the heart?  I wont deny, it absolutely takes extra effort on the part of everyone who had no choice in the songs in a church or chapel service to sing those words/play those songs like they mean it.

I want to commend you all for doing just that.  For singing and playing with everything you have - not because you had to, but because you want to.  That makes God happy.  Its never perfect - if our expectation are set for perfection, we're bound to be disappointed.  Its about heart.

I'm praying that each of you will get your own personal 'word' or 'experience' from God.  Once God becomes REAL to you personally, everything changes.  Sometimes we lose that.  I certainly have, and I want it back.  Will you join with me Wednesday morning as we sing/play together... for God and to God?

Here's the songs:

You Are Good (Bethel)   Key of G

• Intro - E. Guitar solo with full band
• Verse 1
• Chorus
• Instrumental - like intro
• Verse 2 - with shots
• Chorus - 2 times
• Bridge - 2 times
• Chorus - with shots
• Chorus
• Outro

You are Good  (I.H.)    Key of E   YouTube: Drum Cover

• Intro
• Verse - singers in unison
• Pre-chorus - 'People...'
• Chorus
• Instrumental
• Verse - singers harmonize
• Pre-chorus - 'People...'
• Chorus
• Pre-Bridge instrumental (shots)
• Bridge - 2 times
• Pre-chous
• Chorus - hold the E until 'Halellujah' and then full band back in
• Tag - 'For who you are' 3 times

How He Loves   Key of E

• Intro - full band
• Verse 1 - Band quiet - singers in unison
• Instrumental - like intro
• Verse 1 - Band bigger - singers harmonize
• Chorus - 2 times
• Verse 2 - Band quiet, building
• Bridge - 'He loves us....'  - 2 times
• Verse 1

I Will Exalt    Key of D      No Bridge!!!   For time reasons I think we won't do the bridge

• Intro - Keys
• Verse
• Instrumental - same as intro
• Verse
• Chorus - 2 times
• Verse

Songs for Dec. 5 Chapel

Hi Gang,
Here's the songs to get ready/familiar with for the Dec. 5th chapel:

Joy to the World  Key of G/A

Angles we have Heard on High   Key of E

Avalanche   Key of C

Tremble   Key of C

Nov 7 Chapel Song Agenda

Great practice Thursday everyone.  Here's our song agenda for next week's chapel:

My Redeemer Lives    Key of E

• Intro - as we practice
• Verse 
• Chorus
• Verse
• Chorus - 2 times
• Bridge
• Chorus - 2 times
• Outro

Holding Nothing Back   Key of G

• Intro - E. Guitar & drums start.  Then rest of the band full on
• Verse 1 - Singers in unison.  Band pulled back.  Drums do 8's on high-hat (not 16's until pre-chorus)
• Pre-Chorus - 'Nothing...'   Drums 16's on HH.
• Chorus - Singers in unison.  Band full on.  Remember to hold the C chord going into 2nd verse
• Verse 2 - Singers in unison.  Band pulled back.  Drums do 8's on high-hat (not 16's until pre-chorus)
• Pre-Chorus - 'Nothing...'   Drums 16's on HH.
• Chorus - Band full on
• Instrumental - E. Guitar Solo.  Band plays chorus chords
• Bridge - 3 times - 'Free to live'.  As we practiced
• Chorus - Band holds the note until 'free' then drums come in with shots on D chord
• Chorus - full on
• Outro - Just like Intro

Came to My Rescue   Key of G

• Intro - A. Guitars & bass chugging.  Keys play organ & pad.
• Verses 1&2 - drums - listen to the recording to have an idea what to do here.  Guitars chugging
• Chorus - singers in unison.  Just keys and A. guitars
• Intro - again.  Drums full beat with bass drum every beat.
• Verse 3 - full band chugging
• Chorus - 2 times
• Bridge - 6 times - quiet first time.  Build each time.  Shots on the last 2 times.
• Chorus - quiet.
• I realize we went to the bridge again in practice.  We'll feel this out and see how things go with time....

Tremble   Key of C

• Intro - Keys, Guitars - Am.
• Verse 1 - C.B. solos.  Drums HH & Bass drum
• Chorus - band reserved.  Drums HH & Bass drum
• Verse 2 - S.M solos.  Drums - add snare
• Chorus - 2 times, building
• Bridge - 2 times building
• Chorus - Band & Singers full on
• Instrumental - keys have a part here....  Have a listen to the song.  
• Bridge - 2 times
• Chorus

Next Chapel - Nov. 7th

Hi everyone,
Our next chapel will be Nov. 7th.  Given our success at going over some of the new songs last week, I'd like to try and get the following new songs ready for next week's chapel:

Holding Nothing Back   Key of G




God, I Look to You   Key of G




Jesus We Love You  Key of G  (the one we didn't do last time)

Tremble   Key of C

Chapel Oct. 10

Hi everyone!
Great practice this past Thursday!  I feel like we're starting to play as a team as well - practice felt good on Thursday for all the right reasons.  :-)  Do you realize that with the songs we're comfortable with at this point we could do an hour long set for something like The Burn already?!?  Any interest in that?

Anyway, we've got chapel this coming Wednesday and as discussed, we'll try and have better transitions between songs...  here's our song agenda:

Deep Cries    Key of E

• Intro - Bass drum until everyone is clapping.  Then Branden E.Guitar solo with big full band
• Verse 1 - Only drums, bass and singers.  Everyone else pull back until 'We're stirring...'
• Chorus - full band - singers in unison
• Verse 1 - full band, but single notes (no chords).  Singers harmonize
• Chorus - 2 times.  Band full on
• Bridge - 'We're falling...'  shots and actions
• Bridge 2 - 4 times  ' Jump, Dance, Jump, Shout'
• Instrumental - E. Guitar solo by Branden 
• Chorus - 2 times - band full on

Let God Arise    Key of E

• Intro - Branden E. Guitar, then band joins him
• Verse 1 - as we practiced - singers in unison
• Pre-chorus - 'Our God is a God who saves' - instruments bounce off those notes
• Chorus - singers in unison
• Instrumental
• Verse 2 - full band
• Pre-chorus - 
• Chorus - 2 times
• Bridge instrumental 
• Bridge - really pre-chorus 'Our God is a God who saves'  Drums, to ensure you don't build too fast
• Chorus - band stops as we practiced
• Chorus
• Outro - E. Guitar solo

Right out of this song, Satai has piano/pad layer going and start bridge 'oh what a Savior' of....

Come to the Altar    Key of E

• Instrumental - bridge by Satai.   I'm switching to A. Guitar
• Bridge - 2 times, start quiet and build
• Verse 1 - quiet, voices in unison
• Chorus - voices in unison
• Verse 2 - voices harmonize
• Chorus - 2 times - hold E chord at the end.  
• Bridge - Satai starts like instrumental, and band builds like instrumental
• Chorus

Jesus We Love You    Key of G

• I'll start on A. Guitar, band can join
• Verse 1 - drums - just cymbal so we can keep time, Bass we need you here.
• Chorus - mostly voices
• Verse 2 - drums full beat, band everyone play
• Chorus - watch me for the Em to go into bridge.
• Bridge - several times - start quiet and build
• Chorus - only voices until  'Love' in 'oh how we  LOVE You' then band joins in

Chapel Wednesday!

Hi Everybody,
Great practice last Thursday.  We've got chapel on Wednesday!  Please try to be at the school at 7 to help set up and get organized (new team, new IEM group for monitoring - don't forget your headphones)

I've attached the chord chart for Reckless Love for those of you who don't have it.  The others you should have.

This year worship in chapel needs to be done at 8:50.  Keeping this in mind, our 4 songs for this week are:

Happy Day   Key of G

• Intro - E.Guitar, and then full band like we practiced.
• Verse 1 - Singers in unison
• Chorus - Singers in unison
• Verse 2 - shots like practice
• Chorus - Band full on - singers harmonizing
• Bridge
• Chorus - breakdown with drums
• Chorus
• Outro - E.Guitar with band

You Are Good  Key of G

• Intro - E. Guitar starts.  Band joins, like we practiced.  Wait for Chelsea's strum before we start singing
• Verse 1 - Drums (bass drum and hihat), bass, guitars chugging, and singing in unison
• Chorus - Mostly a cappella - Drums (bass drum) and bass.  Singers in unison and CLAPPING
• Instrumental - like the intro
• Verse 2 - Full drums with instrument shots like we practice.  Singers harmonizing
• Chorus - 2 times - everyone full on
• Bridge - 2 times - start quiet and build, like we practice
• Chorus - 2 times, no stopping, everyone full on
• Outro - like the intro (and like we usually do)

Reckless Love  Key of C   Chord Chart

• Intro - Keys, Guitars, Bass guitar, Drums.  Keys, remember the riff there.  If you don't you can listen to the video - after the first verse and chorus
• Verse 1 - H.B. solos,  drums - cymbal to keep tempo
• Chorus - everyone sings, but quiet and harmony only
• Instrumental - like intro
• Verse 2 - drums full beat
• Chorus - 2x - full band, singers harmonizing
• Instrumental - E. Guitar solo
• Bridge - 4x - really quiet to start.  H.B. solos first time
• Chorus - 2x - big
• Instrumental - like intro

How He Loves   Key of E

• Intro – Keys, Guitars, Bass & Drums – quietly
• Verse 1 – E.B. solo – Band quiet
• Verse 1 - again, band a bit bigger, Singers in unison
• Chorus – Singers unison
• Bridge - band big
• Verse 2 – E.B. solo first time.  Singers join following
• Chorus – ‘He loves us’ – 2 times – full on