Worship Central

wow!!
its half 1 in the morning (as the clocks jus went forward lol)

Have been in London all day today at worship central which is hosted by HTB.

Sometimes i can get stuck in the same cycle off stuff within worship so its so nice to be able to go somewhere else and just get loads from it and learn and gain ideas, which is just what i did today!!
Not only was today just a general topup, which i needed, but i have also learnt loads about how we should be helping each other so much more than we do.

Interestin ideas that were used today:
At HTB they have an organ, and today, Tim hughes and his band led worship beautifuly using not only an organ but several stringed instruments, gives the worship such a fantasic feel.
I love the idea of using old methods of worship and mixing them with new ones. Wish we could do more of that really.

Paul Evans was drumming, love watching him, he makes worship drumming look so easy. (even though he started Happy Day with the drum beat of Beautiful One by accident!)
His drumming ability is good, but his knowlage of what makes a good worship drummer is outstanding.

Now here comes a bit of a BIG stantment!.....:

I think i have put my finger on what exactly it is that makes a worship drummer go from good, to very good. Worship drumming is in fact all about the builds, if you can build a song right, and get a driving feel to it that just makes people want to clap along or start stamping or whatever it is they do, thats where the most powerful moments are when drumming in worship.
And to do this best, its all about where you put in your bass drum, and at what pace you do this at, this is something i have been working on for a few months now, trying to get more options of how to use the bass drum better, and it really really works, its proberbly the most powerful part of the drum kit, its what stirs up peoples hearts. So, a bold statment, but i think worship drumming is all about the bass drum :)