Author: Matt
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Check Your Armour – Breastplate of Righteousness
Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, Ephesians 6v14 This is the 2nd in the Check Your Armour series, where we’ll explore how we can use the “breatplate of righteousness”, in a practical (and musical) way. So, what does a breastplate do? A…
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Pray when you’re down
I’ve struggled a lot recently. A LOT. It’s been 5 years since I was diagnosed with cancer. I went into surgery 2 days later and then had chemotherapy after that, 3 days before Christmas. Oh what joy 🤒 Two weeks after chemo I left the house for the first time. Previously, I had been extremely…
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Using Audacity to Record
If you need to record a track, (say a vocal take at home), you will need to use proper recording software and a recording setup to get the required quality. There are various simple recording programs like voice recorder available, but these are generally for note taking and so far, I haven’t found any that…
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How to Learn Music (how to play)
Learning “Music” is a few different things. I’m just going to cover the basics of playing here, and other aspects of music in future blog posts. Learning to Play Music Learning what music is and how to play it can be a very daunting thing if you’ve never really done it before. It may seem…
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Check Your Armour – Belt of Truth
A good belt supports you and protects you. It helps you to carry heavy loads and still stand firm afterwards. In a similar way, so does the truth.
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Writing a song
I’ve had quite a few questions recently from people wanting to know how to go about creating a song, from writing the lyrics to producing the music. It seems that many people feel they are being led to worship in a much more personal, and meaningful way. However, some people have little, or no experience…
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What is Worship?
To me, worship is 2 things: What you were built for (the reason God made you). Valuing God Firstly, from Genesis it is clear God made us to be in partnership with him on the earth. To be good stewards of all things on his behalf. So what am I stewarding? What did God make…
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Where do I start?
Recently, someone contacted me out of the blue about worship singing. She wasn’t sure where to start, or what to do, but she felt led to do this, hence this post. So what is the very first step? And the one after that?? The first thing to do… Actually, the first thing to do is…
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Performance Praise
Lately, there’s been a spate of high profile worship leaders turning away from the Christian faith. Marty Sampson of Hillsong and Jon Steingard of Hawk Neslon to name two current examples at the time of writing, and people are asking “What’s going on?” I’ve watched a couple of youtube videos featuring talking heads, or the…
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Being Grateful
In life, lots of us often take many things for granted. A roof over our head, for example, or food on the table at meal times. It’s easy to forget that our hearts beat and our lungs breathe continually without us having to think about it. But every moment is a gift. A friend of…
