Brent Milligan on arranging Sunday morning worship songs and working with your musicians to sound amazing

If you feel like your church worship band sounds a bit mediocore but you don’t know what to tell your musicians to fix it, this episode should help you. Brent Milligan has worked with dozens of bands and played on hundreds of tracks, and in this conversation we talk about how to work with our bands and arrange the songs we play on Sundays. Many times it isn’t a talent issue—even with volunteers. We just need to teach our band members HOW to play together.

If you feel like your church worship band sounds a bit mediocore but you don't know what to tell your musicians to fix it, this episode should help you. Brent Milligan has worked with dozens of bands and played on hundreds of tracks, and in this conversation we talk about how to work with our bands and arrange the songs we play on Sundays.

Find Brent Milligan online:
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Twitter: twitter.com/BrentMilligan

Here are some of the books that Brent recommended during the bonus round:

• The Call: Finding and Fulfilling God’s Purpose For Your Life by Os Guinness

• Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin

I also mentioned at the beginning of the interview that I used to work for a Christian radio station in Oklahoma City. If you want to see me in action (and time travel back to the year 1998), watch this YouTube video.

For more thoughts on song arranging, here’s two more videos you might check out:

• How to make great music by playing less – the pie analogy

• Thinking of music in terms of rhythms, melodies and atmospheres

If you need help getting unstuck in your worship ministry, starting this month I’m making myself available on Fridays for one-hour coaching calls. For pricing information and to schedule a time, check out the coaching page.

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