Worship Teams
How to Think Sonically and Improve the Sound of Your Band w/ Ross Fishburn
If you’re a worship musician, it’s important to think about where your instrument fits in with the rest of the band. Ross Fishburn from Equipped Worship joins Matt McCoy to discuss how to think sonically and improve the sound of your band! What does “thinking sonically” mean? In order to think sonically, we first have… View Article
The Importance of Collaboration with for KING & COUNTRY
An important part of songwriting as a worship leader is collaborating with other songwriters! Luke Smallbone from for KING & COUNTRY joins Matt McCoy to discuss his top tips for cowriting. 1. Come in with a humble heart Choosing to collaborate when writing songs doesn’t mean that you aren’t good enough to write a song… View Article
How to Legally Stream Services When Using Tracks
You most likely already know that you need a CCLI license to sing songs at church and display lyrics. But what about if you’re using multitracks in your services and streaming them online? With more and more churches streaming their services online, it’s important to make sure you have the proper licenses in place. Nate… View Article
Leading Worship During & After COVID
These last two years have presented many challenges for churches and worship leaders. Andi Rozier from Vertical Worship joined Matt McCoy to talk about common problems worship leaders are facing and how we can move forward. Don’t rely on production When the COVID19 pandemic first hit, the whole world and every church was affected by… View Article
3 Tips for Leading Worship from Keys
We usually think of the person leading worship as a guitar player. However, many churches have a keys player or piano player lead worship. David Pfaltzgraff from Sunday Sounds sat down with Matt McCoy to talk about his top three tips for leading worship from keys. 1. Practice Transition Moments When you are transitioning between… View Article
How to Grow as a Worship Musician
Whether you’re a new worship leader or have been leading every Sunday for 20 years, it can be challenging to know how to improve as a worship musician. Jason Houtsma from Worship Artistry joined Matt McCoy to talk about why we should want to continue to grow and his tips for how we can. Why… View Article
Avoiding Comparison as a Worship Leader
As worship leaders it can be easy to look at other churches, worship leaders and worship artists, and compare ourselves to them. It can be a struggle to avoid comparison and not turn worship leading into an idol in our lives. Matt McCoy sat down with worship leader and songwriter Jon Egan to discuss how… View Article
Implementing Administrative Systems in Your Worship Team
If you are a Worship Pastor, you know that playing an instrument and singing is only about 10% of the job. Usually worship leaders begin leading worship because they’re musical, but then find they need to be a leader, theologians, pastors, shepherds, etc. Alex Enfiedjian from Worship Ministry Training sat down with Matt McCoy to… View Article
Tips for Worship Leaders, From a Pastor’s Perspective
As a worship leader or worship pastor, having a good relationship with your senior pastor is very important for your worship ministry. We often hear about the relationship between a worship pastor and senior pastor becoming strained and negatively impacting both leaders, and sometimes even their church. Pastor Dave Davis sat down with Matt McCoy… View Article
Navigating Seasons of Change as a Worship Leader
Are you in a season of change or considering a transition? Whether it’s a move to another city, changing your role at your church, or changing churches, these seasons can present a lot of challenges as a worship leader. We can doubt ourselves and think we may be doing the wrong thing. We may be… View Article