Being Part of A Team

Often times I am awed by groups that sound so together and in sinc with one another. I have often wondered just how they achieve that oneness, and I found that often times they have played long enough with each other that they instinctively know where the other is going. They are able [...]

The Land of the INTERVALS

Ahh intervals; the distance between two pitches in music. These must be understood before you can really progress much further without holes in your learning. The worst thing for a musician is to have holes in your learning! When you understand intervals, you can find any chord named just by knowing the [...]

Scales, Chords, Progressions, Songs

That will be your rally until Jesus comes! In all seriousness this should be the way you approach learning to play by ear. It even helps your understanding when learning to read music or if you already read music. Today we will focus on scales.
Scales:Everything in music is based on a [...]

When Neccessity Has Been Laid At Your Feet

Choosing to serve God means putting your entire life in His hands. That means the things that you get your direction from Him. He decides what you do with the life He gave you. I found myself in a church that was small and had beginning musicians just beginning to play for [...]

The Best Thing I Ever Did!

The absolute best thing I did when God told me to start learning the piano was to get online and hunt for information on music theory. I found many different resources, but one stood out to me more than others. It was Jermaine Griggs course: Hear and Play. No matter what genre [...]

Welcome

Welcome to Becoming a Church Musician. This blog will reflect my journey to becoming God’s musician. The musician He desires for me to be. I am writing this to also help others on their journey to find the place God has for them in music ministry.
First a little background about myself. I [...]