If the MOM is bringing songs that have not been rehearsedor performed in months then what do the new choir members do? Do they just mouth the song or what.
If you perform every week, then rehearsal is a must every week. Rehearsal should consist of songs for the following sunday service.
Very true.
Lately, I've been laying down the law on the choir directors and the bass player.
I got on the choir director's case a couple of Sundays ago when she pulled a song from the woodworks and it sounded horrible. It had been so long since I had heard or thought about the song and I didn't know what to do, so I didn't play. The bass player tried to play it but his notes were off and there were lots of gaps in the music.
The choir director called me to the back afterwards and told me that God had given me a gift and was telling me to use my ear and such things as that. She said that sometimes the songs that we practiced don't fit the mood of the service and thats why she switched up the songs at the last
minute second. She proceeded on to say that I should be professional and try.
My response was that it is not professional to play things you haven't practiced or know. Also, I stated that if I was going to be professional, then she would have to be porfessional as well and stick to the "gameplan".
She then said that she is led by the spirit to have the choir to sing certain songs, whether it has been practiced or not. Singing the wrong songs at the wrong time, even with the right music can block the spirit. Then feeling as if she had won this "debate" she turned and started to walk off.
I retaliated saying that singing the right song at the right time with the terribly wrong music can also block the spirit. People might be paying attention to how wrong the music is and not pay attention to the choir.
She has not spoken to me since... :
My bass player still is not practicing like he should. He has been playing for more than 20 years and I've been playing for about 4 years and I try to talk "theory" with him and hes like,
and in my head I'm like,
He does not know the most common scales(minor(s) , blues, e.t.c.) and I use a lot of these in my playing. He is reliable though, he comes to almost every rehearsal and service(his dad is the pastor), but that doesn't do any good if he isn't learning, practicing the right way. I don't think he listens to the CD's I burn him, which costs me money(iTunes, Blank Discs, e.t.c.). I always have to give him his bass line and this takes a lot of time because he doesn't listen to the CD's, and he doesn't write what I tell him down. So I tried e-mailing his bass line to him, which failed because he doesn't listen to the songs.
So now I'm thinking about just giving him the cold shoulder and let him realize that he needs to practice on his own. I am the MOM but its not like I can fire him, 'cause I don't have that authority, the pastor does. And its not like he's going to get fired 'cause he's the pastor's son.
I don't know what I should do about all this. I mean, I can leave, but thats my home church. All my fam goes there and I can't leave all that behind.
So here is my question, fam, what should I do about all this mess?