x:Worship 15

September 25th, 2007 by Jaybrams

text-fessional for Sunday, September 23, 2007

Wow. Its been awhile since installment number 14. We went through a month or so of just myself and Josh on acoustic. Last week was supposed to be our first week back as a full band, but I ended up not being able to be there. I hear that the team did a decent job of filling in on short notice, and I appreciate it.

This week was my first week back with a “full band” but it was exactly full. I played acoustic, James played drums, travis played bass and that was it… Josh couldn’t make it, and well… we don’t have singers anymore for various reasons.

One of our new focuses is to make sure the volume is appropriate for the space and place. Sounds basic, but when you have a handful of youth who are used to rockin’ it out, it can be a challenge. In this regard… and every regard really, practice went outstandingly.

Then, the inevitable happened… something changed. It wasn’t any of the team members, it was the sound system… and it was my fault, i guess. The wireless mic that the speaker uses was really really quiet, and they were struggling getting it boosted… Remember, we don’t have a sound man… so me, being so nice, simply boosted the mains. But I totally am an idiot because i did not readjust the team’s mics or my acoustic channel…

So it was way too loud.. but at least you could hear the vocals … which has been a problem… so onto the set.

No One Like You - G - It went well despite not having an electric. I like this song even though it is on the verge of “old.” It was actually a last minute addition, so i picked it more out of comfort.

I Can Only Imagine - E - Medium tempo, bit of a “train” feel on the drums at the beginning and end. Sounded nice. I’ve done the tempo before, but James added the train feel. “Old” is incorrect for this song… “timeless” is more accurate.

Indescribible - F#m - I do this one a full step down from the original… or what I learned as the original. Just easier to sing. And I do sing right along with it in the original key, but why worry about “am I flat? or Sharp?” when you can just sing it and enjoy it by dropping a step down. First tme we’ve done it in youth, but its a common enough song that everyone joined right in. Goodness abounds.

Let My Words Be Few- A - Kept the capo on 2 so i could transistion right into this on out of the last one. It went well. I moved James over to the auxillery drums (congas, whatever… wish we had a jimbay (sp?)). That went nicely. Nothing too special here.

So, over all i thought it was a nice set. It was good to get back together, i just really wish I wouldn’t have pushed the volume inadvertantly. I had to struggle with feedback from my guitar, even after I adjusted my EQ pedal volume nearly all the way. If we had someone at the board, this could be resolved… but such is life.

Looking forward to moving forward and intro’ing some new songs…

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