Imagine a garden salad.
A perfect garden salad.
A nice plate with the right proportions of lettuce, olive oil, salt, pepper, tomatoes and olives.
Now imagine a plate with one cup of salt, a single leaf of lettuce, no tomatoes, no olive oil and no olives.
Which would you want to eat?
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Imagine a worship band.
A great, cohesive band performing a song with the right proportions of low, mid and high frequencies. A song where you can hear each instrument clearly weaving in and out at different times with different musical parts.
Now imagine a song where the lead guitarist is soloing over the singer, the bass can’t be heard, the beat is wavering and the cymbals are like a drill to your head.
Which would you rather listen to?
Each musician in a worship band (imho) should have a musical part to add to a song – like ingredients to a salad. Not all salads need the same ingredients – not all songs need the same instrumentation.
Just like the best chefs don’t overdo flavors, the best musicians don’t overplay.
Don’t use every seasoning you have in your pantry for your salad.
Don’t play every technique and sound you know in a song.
make space – make music
