Kudos to the FC Rock Band
April 15th, 2006 by Steve Parker | Posted in Production
I decided to write this in response to the Summitview Good Friday service last night. The service took place during the normal Rock time, so the normal Rock band took charge of playing for worship. Part of the logistics of the evening included a huge projector screen which was rolled out from the ceiling down into the middle of the stage for the duration of the service. So if there’s a huge screen in the middle of the stage, where are you supposed to put a full band?
Well, the solution was to put the band behind the screen and just have Dennis lead worship sitting on a stool in front of the stage near the audience with just a mic, an acoustic guitar and a floor monitor.
So herein lies the challenge: the band is crammed behind this screen in the dark, nobody can see the worship leader and the worship leader is all by himself out with the audience.
Like I said, Dennis was leading worship on this particular evening, when just a few months ago Travis had him lying on the floor with his hands on Dennis’ stomach teaching him how to breathe with his diaphragm so he could start singing for The Rock. Now Dennis is leading worship as the only male vocal without being able to see his band. Wow Dennis. The band was behind that screen the whole time just playing, never seeing the audience, completely disconnected from the whole room.
The feeling in the room that evening was incredible. During the last song (Agnus Dei) probably 90% of the audience had their hands in the air. I’ve never experienced worship like that before. Props to Dan for mixing so wonderfully, the sound was amazing.
So really the whole purpose of this article is just an outlet for me to rant and rave about these amazing people whom God has allowed me to be involved with. The band was able to play near perfectly in a completely foreign situation in front of an abnormal audience for a Friday night. And they sounded astounding. Big thanks to Travis, Dennis, Katrina, Melinda, Chelsea, Josh, Jared, Rae, Kristian, Matt and Dan for allowing God to work through you so powerfully, and thank you for letting someone like me be involved.
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That’s a great example of being a servant over a musician. The musician in me says “that sucks”, the worship leader in me says “that sucks”, but something even greater in me says “that is awesome”.
Musicians that are willing to take a backseat to an inanimate object no matter what the purpose of it is shows some great servanthood.
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