Worship Podcast
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I don’t know about you, but I love discovering new worship music.
Especially worship music that is creative, real, challenging, honest, and different. Welcome to the music of Aaron Strumpel. Aaron is very prolific artist who wastes no time creating great art over the last 8 years: 6 solo full length albums, 5 solo EPs, 6 collaborative full length albums, and plenty more.
Ever get frustrated by another musician you work with? If you haven’t, you’re lying.
Think about it: musicians of different generations, unique styles, different preferences, varying degrees of skill, different goals – all placed on the same stage. There’s nothing like a worship team!
This weekend I was having a conversation with one of the drummers on my team, a great friend. He’s a good drummer – passionate, great feel, good sense of time, loves Jesus, and has the kind of attitude any worship leader would envy.
But even with all these positives in place, something was amiss. Something sounded off.
So began a great conversation that changed everything.
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This week’s podcast is all about keeping things fresh.
Without a doubt, we all get stuck in ruts. We go through the motions. We get stale in our leadership. In order to be a great worship leader, we need to cultivate a massive imagination – to see more and more of God in His Word and in the world, to learn new musical ideas, to step into what is unknown.
No, it’s not the fact that you’re not talented enough. It’s not the fact that you’re too old, too young, too busy, or too dumb.
On a scale of 1-10, how satisfied are you as a musician…really?
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You know the feeling of discovering an amazing band that not many people know about?
Yea, that was my experience when I first heard the Brilliance a couple years ago. Beautiful, raw, real music for the church that is so different than anything else out there.
So David Gungor and I met over Skype for a conversation about their music, about creating art for the church, the importance of defining a liturgy, creativity, David’s relationship with his brothers Michael (from the band Gungor) and Rob, and tons of great “local church” tips that will stretch and challenge you.