Writing Worship For Musicians
A music masterclass for writers of worship songs.
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Writing Worship For Musicians is a training resource designed for the music-focused songwriters - producer/track, chords/arranging, melody writers - to help them strengthen their natural gifts. It is also going to be extremely helpful for lyrical songwriters to have more musical confidence.
- You want to sharpen your knowledge of the fundamentals of music.
- Become more confident in the writing room.
- Become a better player or live performer.
- You want to better understand how chords affect emotions.
- You want to understand numbers systems and scale building blocks.
- You want to better learn the art of active listening.
- How to create chord progressions for congregational worship.
- How lyrics and chords work together to better impact the congregation.
- Exploring new melody and chord ideas for your worship songs.
- Basic music theory
- Understanding chords and emotions behind chords
- Basic number chart reading/writing
- Active listening
- How to apply this knowledge to create worship songs.
Your Instructor
Krissy Nordhoff is a professional songwriter and co-founder of Writing Worship and Brave Worship. She is a Grammy-nominated, 2-time Dove Award-winning songwriter (YOUR GREAT NAME, FAMOUS FOR). Her songs have been recorded by artists including Natalie Grant, Mandisa, Darlene Zschech, Tauren Wells, Jenn Johnson, Jordan St. Cyr, Dustin Smith, Aaron Shust, Meredith Andrews, Charles Billingsley, Todd Agnew, Anthony Evans, Lacey Sturm, Joseph Habedank, Corey Voss, Michael Farren and many more. She has a heart and passion for training up the next generation of worship songwriters.
Dave Taylor is a music industry professional and entrepreneur. Dave spent ten years at Integrity Music working with artists such as Matt Redman, Leeland, and All Sons & Daughters. Throughout his tenure at Integrity Music, he worked in production, operations, distribution, song marketing, and radio promotions. His most recent experience at the label involved partnering with streaming services like Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Pandora, and YouTube to acquire unique insights and develop methods to help artists and songs gain greater visibility on those platforms. In late 2020, Dave formed 80/20 Music which provides general consulting and streaming promotions to independent artists, labels, and churches.
Holly Salazar is a music industry veteran, with 12 years of experience in music publishing, song administration, music licensing, and A&R. She's also an accomplished songwriter, with 200+ songs cut by Christian, Country, Pop, and TV/Film artists. Holly has a heart for the local church, and songwriters of all genres. When she's not working or writing, you'll most likely find her riding her jeep with the top down, ordering at Starbucks or enjoying a great taco.
Jake DeJarnett has been playing guitar since age 11 and playing in church worship bands since before he became an adult. He has been a guitar instructor for over 10 years. He is also a touring musician and worship band leader for several church congregations.