So… if online church (or in other words, “video” church) is the way of the future… and thus we know that many people-hundreds, maybe thousands every week- won’t be in the room… then suffice it to say… we need to do something about that!īottom line- off-pitch, unpleasant-sounding vocals are a distraction to the worship experience. But when you’re watching a video, multiply those flaws by a hundred. Yes, you can still hear some of the pitchy notes in a live setting. Usually there’s a bit of reverb and EQ on the mics… PLUS, the natural acoustics of the room allow the sound to reflect and resonate within the space, which is what our ears are used to hearing all the time-the natural acoustics of whatever “space” we’re in at that moment. Here’s the reality: listening to vocals is way more forgiving when you’re in the room live, hearing it in real-time. “My first thought was-if I really sound like that, I should not be singing. “I can only listen to about 45 seconds before I can’t handle it and I turn it off. I thought I sounded like a cat that had its tail stepped on.” These are some real comments from my Worship Vocalist subscribers this week who listened back to their worship service livestreamed… You may have noticed that… singing tends to sound better in a live room than livestreamed. Which leads me to the main thing that this blog is about. People are on the internet, so church should be on the internet.īoth the worship and the message can and should become easily accessible for people to “happen across it”-whether they’re seeking God or looking for a new church-or for members of your congregation who aren’t able to make it to the weekend service. It can and should become an important and necessary part of the future of our churches-big or small.īottom line: online equals HUGE impact. What I mean is that we should stop treating “online church” (livestreaming services, more social media presence, connecting with our congregations online throughout the week, etc.) as a band-aid. I don’t for a second mean that it should or will replace our gathering together for services. We can’t gather for church like we usually do.īut if you think that “online church” is just a short-term thing… if you’re just hoping to survive through these next (hopefully) few weeks before things “go back to normal”… think again. We’re all at home (at least right now at the time of writing this!). The concept of “online church” and livestreaming worship and sermons used to be reserved for the hip, youthful, tech-savvy (and usually larger) churches… but now it’s what everybody’s trying to figure out FAST!
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