by John mike | Jul 31, 2016 | Blog, The Minstrel's Blog
As I sat down at my keyboard at church today….I realized that I’ve been playing for the same church for almost 22 years! Which in this day and time most musicians won’t stay at a church for 22 months nonetheless 22 years…I realized that...
by John mike | Mar 12, 2015 | Blog, Homepage, The Minstrel's Blog, Uncategorized
I’m definitely not saying that musicians should not strive to be better…to practice, to perfect etc. I myself put hours of time weekly into practicing and learning and perfecting my craft….Honestly that is a given when it comes to playing any...
by John mike | Sep 15, 2014 | Homepage, The Minstrel's Blog
Seems like a pretty simple concept right? But how many of us actually put this into practice? How many times do you sit down at the organ or keyboard, or pick up a guitar or drumsticks when you get to church and just start playing without an inkling of giving...
by John mike | Sep 7, 2014 | Blog, Homepage, The Minstrel's Blog
Any musician knows that in order to get better at playing you need to practice. We all know that practice prepares us for performance, that it helps us perfect new concepts, chord progressions, licks and runs. So we spend hours going over these things trying to get...
by John mike | May 14, 2014 | Homepage, The Minstrel's Blog
*Please note that you don’t have to play a musical instrument to be considered a Musician or a Minister of Music I’ve had this question posed to me at least a dozen times…What’s the difference between a Minister of Music and a musician? Well,...
by John mike | Apr 13, 2014 | Homepage, The Minstrel's Blog
For about 20 years I have been playing for churches. I have met many musicians, ministers of music, worship pastors and “MD’s”(musical director) all with varying styles and levels of playing. As a music teacher I have trained and taught many church...
