Sure it's early to plan for Easter. I mentioned Easter to my wife and she said, "stop that, I'm not through fa la la la laing yet"! Ha! But I did find something interesting recently from Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing. One of their recent musical releases (The Christ, The King, The Risen Savior) has an interesting soundtrack option. You can get the orchestration CD without the rhythm section. One of the versions of the musical soundtrack has the drums, bass, electric guitar, piano / keyboard removed from the orchestration CD. Which means your worship band can play with the orchestration. I thought this was an interesting twist to simply recorded soundtracks. Particuarly for those chruches who do not have strings or brass available for musicals. Normally our choir simply sings to a stereo soundtrack and we add our drama and dance performance to it. This way, a worship band could play as well. I thought that was a great option. I have the musical ordered and we'll see how it goes. In addition to the rhythm section sheet music, there are rehearsal CD's for the individual worship band members as well. For the drummer, the full mix is in the right ear, and the drums are in the left, so the drums can be deleted or added to assist your drummer learning the musical. The same with the bass, electric guitar, and piano / keyboard. We'll talk more about this new feature after the musical arrives. Have a very Merry Christmas and..... happy Easter planning.
- Tim Covert
Tags: Christian Music, Easter, Music, Musical
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