LeftyP Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 We had a great Easter morning service on Sunday. The church was packed (we can seat 150 people) and we played five great songs; Come People of the Risen King. See What A Morning. Who Is This Man? (Kids' song from Emu Music) Living Hope. Glory To Jesus (Thine Be The Glory) A good band line-up of male and female vocals, semi-acoustic guitar, bass guitar (me), oboe (my wife), drums and keyboard had the congregation singing loud enough to cover up all my mistakes! There were fun and games for the kids while getting the Easter message across and hot cross buns and chocolate egg nest cakes with tea and coffee. People stayed long after the service had finished for fellowship and food. Then some of us met up at a church member's house for a meal in the afternoon. The group consisted of; Three people from Egypt (our hosts), five from India (four of whom worked in London but were visiting one of our church members) one guy from Brazil with his English wife and their two boys plus five of us from the UK. We had great food and fun games. Our church contains people from all over the world, from South Africa and the Philippines to Asia and Eastern Europe. A few months ago we had an afternoon get-together where the various nationalities brought food from their countries and we learned about how they were trying to adapt to the British culture. There were some funny situations recounted. I can recommend Filipino Chicken for lunch! Christian fellowship at its best. I feel blessed to belong to such a diverse yet united family. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard R Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 42 minutes ago, LeftyP said: congregation singing loud enough to cover up all my mistakes! My kind of congregation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 @Rosie C I saw this and thought of you. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie C Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 3 hours ago, Owen said: @Rosie C I saw this and thought of you. Mmm, that looks a sweet instrument. My first one will be much more of an economy model, but if it plays well I might look at getting another made to a higher spec. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 a mandocello does not look like I thought one would look like hearing the word! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie C Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 2 minutes ago, LukeFRC said: a mandocello does not look like I thought one would look like hearing the word! They do vary a lot. I've attached photos of my current two, and @Owen has likely seen my build thread for one built from an Gibson SG style guitar. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Rich Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 Never let things get on top of you, our Pastor has been signed off with "mental and physical exhaustion" for the past 2.5 months, he has been signed off further and as this overlaps with his planned sabbatical, this means that we won't see him back in action until September (if at all). Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life ? - Luke 12:25 NIV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie C Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 Sound advice! We have a service tonight for the licensing of our new priest. I'm sad to see the old one leave, but change might be good. My back's playing up (again) so bass guitar instead of upright for me (again). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon C Posted Sunday at 21:43 Share Posted Sunday at 21:43 A bit of an unusual service for me this evening. The worship leader asked if I’d play bass in the 1st set and piano in the second one (the keys player left for the Youth Stream after the 1st set). I used to do that fairly regularly but haven’t much in the last 4 years or so. The WL also asked if I’d sing in both sets. I’m fairly sure I haven’t played both instruments in the same service and sung before. As it turned out I didn’t sing in the second set as I didn’t have enough time in the rehearsal to get sound levels sorted for the 2nd set. In the second set I couldn’t hear my voice, so left all the vocals to the WL who did a good job. We’ll get it right next time. We got some good feed back afterwards, including from some fellow musicians, so overall we were happy. i gave my Ric a runout. It’s just had the nut re-cut and a set-up, so I decided to check it out in a live situation. It worked pretty well. I think my G&L L2000 will probably remain my main worship band bass, but I enjoyed playing the Ric tonight. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonK Posted Monday at 07:53 Share Posted Monday at 07:53 10 hours ago, Simon C said: A bit of an unusual service for me this evening. The worship leader asked if I’d play bass in the 1st set and piano in the second one (the keys player left for the Youth Stream after the 1st set). I used to do that fairly regularly but haven’t much in the last 4 years or so. The WL also asked if I’d sing in both sets. I’m fairly sure I haven’t played both instruments in the same service and sung before. As it turned out I didn’t sing in the second set as I didn’t have enough time in the rehearsal to get sound levels sorted for the 2nd set. In the second set I couldn’t hear my voice, so left all the vocals to the WL who did a good job. We’ll get it right next time. We got some good feed back afterwards, including from some fellow musicians, so overall we were happy. i gave my Ric a runout. It’s just had the nut re-cut and a set-up, so I decided to check it out in a live situation. It worked pretty well. I think my G&L L2000 will probably remain my main worship band bass, but I enjoyed playing the Ric tonight. Yes I also quite like switching instruments for different songs. We have a teenage drummer so when he goes out for the youth meeting I've been switching from bass to cajon which works quite well (or "the box" as random people in the congregation call it). Mind you next week they've asked if I can play something on acoustic guitar as well during communion, but I'm not quite sure I can get all the gear in for three instruments given I couldn't possible not use two pedal boards... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass_dinger Posted Monday at 16:57 Share Posted Monday at 16:57 On 27/02/2024 at 08:44, GoodShowSir said: And another for the KZ ZS10's, which I got after reading the IEM thread from a recommendation. My wife has some too and loves them, she plays the flute. I got a pair for my birthday, and like them for home practice. On my recommendation, the leader got a set to try out, and used them within 2 hours of them arriving - zero stage volume for him! On that recommendation, another leader got a set. I need to make a little box for the IEMs and the jack extension lead, to protect the kit. I won't be able to try them until June, but I am pleased that others (especially the guy with the loud amp) now have IEMs too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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