7. I’m not that talented.

In my experience, most musicians I met have enough talent to do what they want to do musically (There are a few exceptions: classical orchestral pianist comes to mind). The problem is we have a hard time seeing the talent in ourselves, and easily recognize it in others.

The challenge for me as musician is to put aside the question of talent altogether, and instead focus on using what I have to maximum capacity. I can’t change my talent level. I can change my work ethic.

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MainStage Mondays: 5 Ways To Slim Down CPU Heavy Plugins

MainStage is a beast of a program, and with that power comes some pretty hefty CPU and memory demands. If you’re seeing the CPU meter maxing out more than you like, try making these plug in tweaks:

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5 Tiny Thoughts About Recording Great Music

1. Revise as many times as you can.

2. Leave it alone.

3. Relisten.

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The Coming Worship Leader Crisis

There is a massive problem brewing in mainstream evangelical churches’ music department all over the US. This came into clear focus for me a few week’s ago. I was having breakfast with some worship leader friends of mine. As we sat in Cracker Barrel waiting for our breakfasts to cook, we talked about what life had dealt my friend, a worship leader at a megachurch until a few weeks’ earlier.

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MainStage Mondays: Using Multiple Keyboards

This week I discuss how to set up a multi-keyboard MainStage setup.

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