ship, Jesse Shuster is someone
to keep an eye
on. In a catchy,
straightforward
melodic beat
that beelines
toward a chorus
of drawn-out
praise proclaiming God”s worth, “Glory”
opens the CD. Ironically, it’s a slam-dunk
closing song for any service of worship.
Then “There You Are” (featured on Song
DISCovery® volume 61) is an up-tempo
tune to train our hearts on Christ and His
strength. But make sure you get to the end
where the standout track, “Full of You,” is
a quiet anthem that cries out for a greater
portion of God’s Spirit.
A worship pastor in Idaho, Shuster’s
songs are tested and diverse enough that
multiple worship styles will find purchase
in Flow. As well, the CD is enhanced with
chord charts—a nice little addition for a
CD that you will be able to bring into your
service of worship, right away.
and dependent on pure vocals and song
strength more than on fancy production.
The standout track that came from his own
pen is the folky “Love Unconditional”; it’s
got the rolling Don Henley melody and
sweet harmonies that will make it a go-to
on-the-road cry-of-your-heart song to get
your day on the right track.
WL TAKEAWAY: Pick this one up for your
personal listening or to give to a worshiper with
a more country-folk drive in their musical taste.
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Adding to th eir family of worship
instruction DVDs, Andy Chamberlain and
his Musicademy have produced a Worship
Vocals course. And like the others, the focus is on the instruction. Content is king,
and the DVD wastes no time in getting
into the vocal training. You are instructed
in breathing, use of your body in singing, falsetto and vibrato, as well as given
warm-up exercises, some beginning to
musical theory, singing with a band and
tips for honing your BGV skills—even
what foods you want to eat or avoid.
Like its counterpart training DVDs,
the Worship Vocals Course is filled with tips
from prominent worship artists. Leeland
Mooring, Vicky Beeching, Brenton Brown,
Tommy Walker and more share how they
get the most out of their voices. As most
worship teams are comprised of non-pro-fessional musicians, many of who, likely,
had little to no formal training, Musicademy offers tools to leaders to pass on to
their teams. You can also grab the warm-up CD from Musicademy, which works as
a nice companion to the course that you
can listen to in your car.
WORSHIP
VOCALS
COURSE
Musicademy
WL TAKEAWAY: Enhanced with chord charts
and lyric sheets, this is a great find for worship
leaders for the couple of songs that will make it
into your master set list.
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CURT
COLLINS
Curt Collins
FSS Music Group
Boomer country rock has a distinct
ability to say what it means and mean what
it says. It stands as a wonderful respite to
the current trend of ambient rock that has
a tendency to turn cryptic as often as it
delves into the realms of non-conformity.
Curt Collins is a straightforward songwriter with an earnest handle on the power
of Springsteen-esque turns of phrase. And
this eponymous release does everything to
stay true to those roots.
His cover of the Harry Chapin classic,
“Cat’s in the Cradle” is a good indication
of Collins’ musical posture—narrative,
WL TAKEAWAY: Grab a copy of this course for
your whole team, each time you get a new singer
have them go through the series and you’ll know
that everyone has some quality training.
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