Venting...

[pal]

Dear Val,
Don't feel intimidated by the devil's tactics. Yes I have been in the same situation. Those kind of musicians can play the jazzy chord tones, but they can't play simple stuff that we consider simple. Don't stress yourself out about it, but take it to God in prayer. There is a reason you are going through, maybe it is time to leave or visversa. Concult God in everything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Be blessed my brother, and stay encouraged in the Lord.

In Christian Love
Cathy

[Fenix]

You speak the sho nuff truth. I wish musicans would really learn accompaniment and not playing as loud as the air can tolerate. Musical ettique is a perfect idea for church musicians. We have a drummer at our church who drowns out the pianist and the choir. He even drowns out the prayer at alter call. He has been told to stop but to no avail. Musical ettique (thank you, Lord).

How on earth is that ven possible?  A drummer? Drowning out the rest of the instruments? Drummers are supposed to be the epitome of accompaniment.

WOW. 

[musallio]

How on earth is that ven possible?  A drummer? Drowning out the rest of the instruments? Drummers are supposed to be the epitome of accompaniment.

WOW. 

It happens man..If there is echo & no 1 is controlling the sound from the drums properly, the guy could be bashing you all voiceless

In such situations, I would just step aside & sing along & listen to the playing..

Dear Val,
Don't feel intimidated by the devil's tactics. Yes I have been in the same situation. Those kind of musicians can play the jazzy chord tones, but they can't play simple stuff that we consider simple. Don't stress yourself out about it, but take it to God in prayer. There is a reason you are going through, maybe it is time to leave or visversa. Concult God in everything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Be blessed my brother, and stay encouraged in the Lord.

In Christian Love
Cathy

I experienced an almost similar  (but different)situation today at home ...well, I was the only one playing.
This guy who's been playing for +12 years started singing a song & I just played along..
He stopped & asked me if I was playing the song he was singing, i said yeah..
He told me I wasn't..Fortunately my sister was there..we both looked at him startled *If sis wasn't there I'd think there is something wrong with me *

Anyway, I thought for a sec or 2 & invited the dude to play..he started playing some jazzy stuff that sounded off, with an off beat, but we quickly caught onto the beat & sang along..he had to lead the singing though because that's the only way we could tell where we were in the song

It's one thing to play a song the way it is & another to add one's own spices & delicacies or pull off a George Duke on a gospel song & expect every1 to hear the song like that..So I was kinda annoyed..but I made a note to self to never to kick people just because their spices are different to mine..


& Val..we used to have a player who would put his volume above the rest...even if he walked in late, he'd change the volume to full-noise..need I say that the other guy in the synths was always forced to retire to the pews

[ferrente]

This is sorta piggy backing off of Monalisa's post of "don't you hate it when..."

This past Sunday, our church was invited to sing at another church. As a faithful musician, I tend to follow the choir everywhere they go. Well at the church, there was a keyboard and an organ. I played the keyboard (don't know how to play the organ). I started playing for the choir and the musician for the church that we went to hopped on the organ and completely drowned me out. I don't mind others playing along, but geesh....don't try to show off and out play me and play louder to the point where you can't even hear me. If I had known that, I would have stayed at home The director was like "Val were you still playing because I couldn't hear you at all."

Anybody else had this experience?

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have had this happen many times!!!!!!!!!!

For the lack of a better word this really SUCKS!!!!!!!!

I know how you feel.

[ferrente]

We need to teach our musicians 'Musicians ettique"

So True!

[ferrente]

I know what you mean. We had a pastor bring his organist to our church, and I was on keys. he was out playing me, and was so out of pocket to his pastor told him to get up. And he also told him that He SUCKED. I was like

WOW!!!