You Know You are a Musician in a Black Church When........................

[keysrme2010]

You know you are a musician in a black church when other musicians try to get you to come to their church and come to your church as pretty much scouts!

You know you are a musician in a black church when you playing and the drummer is off beat so you nodding your head extra hard and stomping your foot trying to get him on beat.

[THE WOLFMAN]

When guest musicians stomp on your organ pedals causing several notes to be stuck

......when Db, Eb, and Ab on the organ pedals are constantly stuck.

[betnich]

When they got a picture of Black Jesus over the choir stand.

When pics of MLK and Pres. Obama are next to HIM in the Pastor's office...

[keysrme2010]

When pics of MLK and Pres. Obama are next to HIM in the Pastor's office...

when said are all next to elephants and triangles............DST 1913!

[nessalynn77]

You know you are a musician in a black church when other musicians try to get you to come to their church and come to your church as pretty much scouts!

You know you are a musician in a black church when you playing and the drummer is off beat so you nodding your head extra hard and stomping your foot trying to get him on beat.

I be about to snap my neck trying to get the drummer to pick it up and stop dragging.  And when we follow the preacher, I gotta snap it again to get him to be with one accord, lol. 

[under13]

......when Db, Eb, and Ab on the organ pedals are constantly stuck.

lol

When the Singer says to put them in the key of E, and the organist makes a weird face and puts them in E flat instead.

[jdholliday]

can't do that at my church no more..they come hunt ya down! lol

good 

[nessalynn77]

lol

When the Singer says to put them in the key of E, and the organist makes a weird face and puts them in E flat instead.

Guilty.

[keysrme2010]

I be about to snap my neck trying to get the drummer to pick it up and stop dragging.  And when we follow the preacher, I gotta snap it again to get him to be with one accord, lol.

And get mad when they choose to stay at the same WRONG tempo.. I be about to throw my shoe across the church!

[keysrme2010]

when someone starts shout at an odd time in service and you run back to your instrument to play shout music hoping to jump in before they are done

[betnich]

I be about to snap my neck trying to get the drummer to pick it up and stop dragging.  And when we follow the preacher, I gotta snap it again to get him to be with one accord, lol. 

Sometimes I feel those draggin' drummers should be taken out, and, well...tied to a metronome.

When the Singer says to put them in the key of E, and the organist makes a weird face and puts them in E flat instead.

I think it must be an immutable Organ Law somewhere that says, "At no time shall the Organist consent to play in a Guitar-friendly key"

[jdholliday]

Sometimes I feel those draggin' drummers should be taken out, and, well...tied to a metronome.

I think it must be an immutable Organ Law somewhere that says, "At no time shall the Organist consent to play in a Guitar-friendly key"

whats worse draggin or playing toooooooo fast behind you when preaching?

[nessalynn77]

when someone starts shout at an odd time in service and you run back to your instrument to play shout music hoping to jump in before they are done

LOL, and in my case that includes turning the organ back on, because we haven't fixed that loud hum, so we have to turn it off during the quieter parts of the service, lol.

Sometimes I feel those draggin' drummers should be taken out, and, well...tied to a metronome.

LOL, indeed!  We have one who is a pretty sick drummer, but I swear once he starts at a tempo, he cannot change it.  I try my best to make sure we start right so we won't have to speed up or slow down, because then it becomes an all out war in the middle of service, lol... with the choir shooting glances and making signals, the director, me... he's ready to have a breakdown by the time that's over, lol.

[nessalynn77]

You know you play for a black church when any random body feels compelled to direct/instruct the musicians during a service.  Tryna tell you when to break, etc.

[blyempowered]

LOL!

[RoyalJimP]

LOL, and in my case that includes turning the organ back on, because we haven't fixed that loud hum, so we have to turn it off during the quieter parts of the service, lol. LOL, indeed!

If it is basiclly a "Bb" hum it has bad capacitors in the power supply. A fairly easy fix (had to replace in both of my A-100s built in 1959). Is silent now.
I was driving my sound guy nuts.
 

[keysrme2010]

If it is basiclly a "Bb" hum it has bad capacitors in the power supply. A fairly easy fix (had to replace in both of my A-100s built in 1959). Is silent now.
I was driving my sound guy nuts.

LOL @ Bb hum....

you know you are a musician in a black church when you give the hum of your instrument a key!

[6stringapprentice]

When the choir director never learns the correct titles of the song and you have to guess what song they are talking about

Living on top of the world  =>   Back to Eden

Searched all over  => Nobody Greater

We worship You => Lord You are Good

You ain't seen nothing yet  => The best is yet to come

I'm better, stronger, faster, wiser => Never would have made it.

Keep fighting => It ain't over

I pray for you, You pray for me => I need you to survive OR Be blessed

Watch God change things => Be blessed

"That one song that we sung that one time at that one place => ????????????? 

"That song that goes Ba da DAAAHHH DA Ba DAAAAH Ddaa ba da ba da bum bUUUUUHHHHH"  =>  Souled Out

[keysrme2010]

When the choir director never learns the correct titles of the song and you have to guess what song they are talking about

Living on top of the world  =>   Back to Eden

Searched all over  => Nobody Greater

We worship You => Lord You are Good

You ain't seen nothing yet  => The best is yet to come

I'm better, stronger, faster, wiser => Never would have made it.

Keep fighting => It ain't over

I pray for you, You pray for me => I need you to survive OR Be blessed

Watch God change things => Be blessed

"That one song that we sung that one time at that one place => ????????????? 

"That song that goes Ba da DAAAHHH DA Ba DAAAAH Ddaa ba da ba da bum bUUUUUHHHHH"  =>  Souled Out

STOMACH CRAMP!!!  ROTDL

[Tiptip357]

When the choir director never learns the correct titles of the song and you have to guess what song they are talking about

Living on top of the world  =>   Back to Eden

Searched all over  => Nobody Greater

We worship You => Lord You are Good

You ain't seen nothing yet  => The best is yet to come

I'm better, stronger, faster, wiser => Never would have made it.

Keep fighting => It ain't over

I pray for you, You pray for me => I need you to survive OR Be blessed

Watch God change things => Be blessed

"That one song that we sung that one time at that one place => ????????????? 

"That song that goes Ba da DAAAHHH DA Ba DAAAAH Ddaa ba da ba da bum bUUUUUHHHHH"  =>  Souled Out

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We have just a praise and worship team and that is my mom all the way! And each time, you'll hear me echoing her with the right title. LOL!