One of the biggest reasons we get turned down is because we are doing the exact same thing as other people on our team. In a live setting, this turns into a volume war that someone wins and others lose. In this episode we talk about why that happens and how to easily fix it.

People often get turned down trying to do something that isn’t necessary in the first place. Today we talk about how to play in a way that keeps you in the mix but feels like it’s following the overall dynamics of the sound by getting louder without actually being louder.

If you get stuck in the cycle of pride, you’ll convince yourself to turn yourself off and then feel like you’re awesome. So today we tackle the sensitive topic of what we do when we are not as good as we’d like to be. What we do in this moment is a big deal, maybe the biggest deal, because it affects so much of what we do as worship leaders. Worth a listen.

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Unfortunately, people are not very good at going from a recording to a live performance. So, today, we give you a practical example of how to adapt a recorded song for a live environment. We walk you through a multi track recording and demonstrate how the change in systems between recorded music and live music always get’s people turned down.

When it comes down to the pivotal moment that determines if people are going to get turned down, most ministries are missing the right people and processes to connect their team to reality so they can play the right part, at the right time, using the right sound. Check out more resources at musicandministry.co

Today we jump into one of the biggest reasons that people get turned down and it’s something that most everyone tries to do…replicate the recording. What most people don’t realize is that there are some major differences between recorded music and live music. It’s much like the difference between a movie and a play – same story, same audience, and sometimes even the same venue but yet they are very different. It will take more than one episode to unpack it all, but you got to start somewhere. Let’s dive in!

Bad Systems cause people to be destined to be turned down before they even get started. Today, Co-founder Steven Reed, walks us through the typical way that most people get ready for a service and points out the stops along the way that inherently cause a lot of people to be set up for failure.

The podcast is back in both video and audio formats. Today we are starting a new series entitled “How to Not Get Turned Down” because that’s something that happens at most every church in the developed world. The crazy part is that there is good chance that it’s happening to you and you don’t even know it. So let’s get it figured out. Check it out here or on your favorite podcast platform.

We sat down with Jenn Johnson from Bethel Church to talk about her new book about finding balance in life and ministry. Lot’s of laughs.