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Writing and Producing Music for the Church

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Writing and Producing Music for the Church

Does your church want to start writing its own music? Do you already write your own music, but now you want to release it? Matt McCoy sat down with producer Andy Walker to hear his tips for writing and producing music for the church. Whether your church is ready to release your own album, or… View Article

Leveraging Your Songwriting Strengths

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Leveraging Your Songwriting Strengths

Few songwriters are self-contained these days. Some are better at finding the “big” ideas, some at writing lyrics, and some at writing melodies. This dynamic creates the need for writing in a community to bring out our best gifts. Learn about the different types of songwriters to understand your style and effectively leverage your songwriting strengths to see greater results.   A few… View Article

Discover Your Best Songwriting Process

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Discover Your Best Songwriting Process

In part three of this four-part songwriting series, we share six key principles along with a bonus pdf download to help you discover your most successful songwriting process. Pro-level songwriters may not always be able to break it down for you, but they certainly have a songwriting process that works well for them. Over time,… View Article

Engaging Worshipers with Your Songs

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Engaging Worshipers with Your Songs

Prolific songwriters have developed a process that works well for them time after time. If your writing output is low, here are three key principles for discovering what could release an overflow of creativity and, in turn, writing songs that truly engage worshipers. Lisa, a Christian songwriter I recently mentored, told me that when we… View Article

Adding New Skills to Your Songwriting Inspiration

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Adding New Skills to Your Songwriting Inspiration

Great songwriting is built on timeless principles and techniques of communication. While finding inspiration is a key element, fulfilling a specific call to draw believers into deeper worship shouldn’t be left up to chance. Set yourself up for a lifetime of powerful songwriting and lose the frustration of a hit-or-miss approach in part one of… View Article

Breaking Down Walls by Stepping Outside the Lines

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Breaking Down Walls by Stepping Outside the Lines

Maverick City Music is a community of songwriting worshippers with a unique sound with a passion and mission to facilitate change and affect generations.