The main tool, in my experience, for improving a band's performance over time is implimenting a click track. If you're already running an in-ear rig (avioms, wireless IEM's, etc.) there's no reason in my mind why click shouldn't be a part of what's happening. And I'll get to some reasons. However, if you don't have money for personal mixers for each player or professional in-ear systems for everyone on stage, there are some less expensive ways it can be done. When I was in

So this is a loose followup to my blog about getting your congregation to sing. (http://www.jeremiahtoole.com/#!Worship-Getting-Your-Congregation-to-Sing-Part-1/dz3jt/55a9a9ce0cf25b8bf7ec01b8) It seems like a lot of us have trouble getting high-energy or fast-tempo songs in our worship set that have great lyrics. And I'm not saying that I've figured this out - it's definitely the most difficult thing for me in choosing songs for our congregation to sing. It seems like there

Starting from scratch is a difficult thing to do. It's been a very long time since I've been a part of something completely brand new, and I've never been in a role of responsibility in this type of adventure before. It's been almost two months since my wife and I moved from Colorado to Birmingham, Alabama to be a part of the new ministries her home church is launching including a new campus. Now my wife and I are not new to the church campus world - we were very involved wi

I have a lot of conversations with guitarists who are getting into effects pedals and wondering what they should purchase and what order they should wire everything in. There are a couple different schools of thought out there concerning hooking up a pedalboard or chain of pedals, but here's how I do mine. 1. Compressor, Whammy, and/or Fuzz​ Compressors can get really noisy when they're placed later in the chain. Also Whammy pedals and Fuzzes "prefer" to have the guitar sig

As I’ve spent some time thinking about the first thing to write about, I’ve come up with a lot of decent ideas. However, I feel like this is the most important foot to start on. (Also, it's not likely that many folks will read this in the end, so I doubt I need to sweat over it this much.) I’d also like to lead off by saying that just like anything I’m writing and will ever write, this content isn’t anything new. These writings are just a compilation of ideas I think are