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ANCIENT OF DAYS (E) - with Lit's My Own Worst Enemy riff
OUR LOVE IS LOUD (E) - Crowder
O PRAISE HIM (Bb) - Crowder
BEAUTIFUL (Bb) - song by Sam Lane, and for this week I have added an instrumental middle part based on the end of Jimmy Eat World's song "For Me This Is Heaven". Should be fun.
ONLY YOU (C) - Crowder
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How long does it take you to match up all of those secular riffs to your selected worship songs, Adam?
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Originally Posted by psalm63adam ANCIENT OF DAYS (E) - with Lit's My Own Worst Enemy riff
OUR LOVE IS LOUD (E) - Crowder
O PRAISE HIM (Bb) - Crowder
BEAUTIFUL (Bb) - song by Sam Lane, and for this week I have added an instrumental middle part based on the end of Jimmy Eat World's song "For Me This Is Heaven". Should be fun.
ONLY YOU (C) - Crowder
you truly are the church of crowder.
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Originally Posted by Nate How long does it take you to match up all of those secular riffs to your selected worship songs, Adam?
It varies. Here's an excerpt from my blog, when someone else asked me about what I do:
I think that a lot of the reason I do what I do in worship has to do with me being an INFP when it comes to the Myers Briggs test. I am pretty high in all categories, but especially high when it comes to the P category. What that means is that I love spontaneity, hate routine. Which means that if I have to do a song the same way all the time, it will drive me crazy. Even if I can change the order we do the song (start with the chorus), it makes me happy.
When I throw in riffs from different secular songs, I do so because of these reasons:
(1) It changes the song. See above for reason why it's necessary for me.
(2) Because the church I work for (as well as the last church I worked for) has the mission to share the good news of Jesus with unchurched people, I feel that throwing in these riffs will connect them with the song in a way that the normal G-C-D-C (as you said) routine wouldn't. Sometimes it works (putting the ending of Coldplay's Fix You at the end of Better Is One Day), sometimes it doesn't. (Putting the ending of Fix You at the end of Here I Am To Worship)
(3) Because I love regular music. I don't listen to Christian music - except for some worship stuff.
I don't know if I really have any secrets per se, but during the week, I listen to a lot of regular music, and I also "chew" on the worship songs that we are going to do on Sunday morning. As I chew on these songs, sometimes a riff from a secular song will come to mind. Other times, I will hear a riff from a song that I really, really like, and I will let it stay in me for a long time until it finds the "right spot" in a worship song. For example, for the last two weeks, there is a beautiful riff from Jimmy Eat World's song "For Me This Is Heaven" from their CD "Clarity" that keeps popping up in my head and won't go away. It will stay there with me until I figure out where it should go.
Hope that helps - it's not an exact science, and that's what makes it so engaging and beautiful to me.
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Coolness. Another question: How often do members of your church (or visitors?) comment to you about the riffs? (in other words, does anyone besides yourself and your band actually realize what you've done... hehe)

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We used to play the riff from Steve Miller's "The Joker" to The worship song Every move I make
I make in you
you are my way Jesus.
Most people had no clue what we were doing but when we played that riff they started singing the worship song. I hope when they are out and they hear the riff on the radio or wherever they start to sing the worship song.
Metalica's unforgiven works really well with the begining of Matt Redman's Facedown but I worry if I actually did that it would be really going over the edge.
I've had one member of the congregation slam me for the use of a secular song in the worship. I asked him the question I ask myself everyday, how did Jesus like your worship today? because he was so flustered by the use of a secular riff he refused to worship the rest of the service.
In His Service, Joe
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Originally Posted by Nate Coolness. Another question: How often do members of your church (or visitors?) comment to you about the riffs? (in other words, does anyone besides yourself and your band actually realize what you've done... hehe)
Well, I haven't done it too much here in Ohio, but when I do, I usually have 4-5 people come up to me and ask "Was that...."? And when I tell them yes, they usually say "Wow, I never thought I'd here something like that in church." It's usually someone around 25 years old or so, but there is this one high school girl who catches everything that I do. I was playing during communion, and a couple of days before I was trying to figure out what to do and I started playing with a cut capo on my guitar and figured out the main guitar part to Coldplay's "See You Soon" - well, of course she came up to me and said, "You played Coldplay's See You Soon during communion today". I taught it to her, because she's learning guitar. And now she's starting to be on the worship team - which makes sense, since her brother, father and mother are all on the worship team.
Anyway, a long answer, but yes, people do recognize them.
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Originally Posted by psalm63adam Anyway, a long answer, but yes, people do recognize them.
Haha. Awesome.
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Saturday Morning Mens meeting
The progression starts with asking the Lord to change our hearts, then open our eyes and as he opens our eyes we fall down in worship to see the love or God that is greater than pen or tongue could ever tell.
Lord make a man of me (A)
Open the eyes of my heart (D)
We fall down (D)
The love of God-hymn(D)
Sunday Worship
Freedom - Evans (G)
Undignified - Redmann (G)
O praise him - crowder (G)
How Great is our God - (C)
Jesus Be the Center - (D)
The Love of God - (D) I'm hoping it will spark something in the men that attended the previous service, most of the time I hear the women worshipping in service but it would be awesome to hear more of the men.
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Reformation Sunday - October 30, 2005
In Christ Alone My Hope is Found - D
Before the Throne of God Above - Eb
Offertory: It is Well with My soul (4Him arrangement) - C
A mighty fortress is our God (two versions: we have a guest pastor from Germany who will sing it in German, then we will conclude it using the RUF arrangement)- Bb
Great is Thy Faithfulness - C
Holy Holy Holy – C, D
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Originally Posted by Tony Reformation Sunday - October 30, 2005
Wow! I almost forgot!
I know for sure we'll be doing A Mighty Fortress, then.
A mighty fortress is our God (two versions: we have a guest pastor from Germany who will sing it in German
Now that is freaking awesome.
In His love,
Nate
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Reformation Sunday - October 30, 2005
What is the meaning behind reformation sunday?
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Originally Posted by Jumpinjoegraham What is the meaning behind reformation sunday?
Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the church in Wittenburg on October 31st, 1517. Many Protestants of the Reformed persuasion (those following Luther-an and Calvin-ist doctrines) celebrate this momentous event in the history of the church on either October 31st or the previous Sunday. We worship leaders like to play Luther's most beloved hymn.
In His love,
Nate
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And some of us Not-So-Reformed Protestants, too.
Luther had some great thoughts on music in worship. Definitely worth a little Google time.
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Originally Posted by Tony And some of us Not-So-Reformed Protestants, too.
Indeed. The Reformation was about so much more than the stereotype of "Reformed = predestination."
Luther had some great thoughts on music in worship. Definitely worth a little Google time.
Yes. This looks like a good starting place for such a study.