Sometimes we sing about God's love , mercies , grace and loving-kindness but the music totally does not reflect these moods. More than often the music would be hard-thumping and power-chorded, that we often don't feel what we sing in the music.
On the other extreme, sometimes when we sing about God's majesty, power and wrath, we get let down by lame music.
As most church musicians are male teenagers, lots of their playing are loud and lack finesse. They cannot play lovingly or tenderly when it comes to slow love songs to the Lord.
It is unfortunate but true that female musicians ( including female drummers ) play with more grace and finesse than the guys. Perhaps female are more sensitive to the loving feeling compared to the guys, especially male teens who have yet to fall in love.
A few things musicians need to know to create certain moods.
- Songs about Love , Grace , Mercy etc
- drummer - dont play bass drum , play rimshot , try not to crash at all
- the bongo player could play gently instead of the drums.
- pianist - more fills than chord , less notes and lots of sustained notes, more minor than major chords
- lots of strings and acoustic guitars esp. classical guitar
- synth player - some atmospheric and tinkle sounds
- most importantly - everything is played gently and lovingly
- Songs about Majesty , Power and Wrath
- drummer - steady and firm beat
- pianist - resolute major chords, lots of notes
- electric guitarist - power-chords, distortion
Here is an example how the mood of a wonderful worshipful song sung in a church service was ruined by the out-of-sync thumping of the bass drum !
The song would have sound so much better if the drummer would have been sensitive and not play for the song.
Many times the drummer has to exercise self-control and resist temptation and not to play to ruin the worshipful mood.
This next video is a better video - without drums.
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