JOBI KINGS' BLOG

Are You Worshiping in Public or Private? By   Mark Cole  - July 19, 2017 How are you doing in private? How is your relationship with God, your spouse and your family? Are you paying the price in private to be successful in public? As a Christian, are you developing your private time with the Lord? Are you reading the Word daily? Are you spending time at the feet of Jesus on a regular basis? Do you need to hear from God? You can hear from God today. All you need to do is open a Bible and read! As a Christian musician, are you paying the price in private to be successful in public? Are you practicing your instrument so that it becomes a natural part of who you are? Are you so comfortable with playing that you can focus on worshiping God at the same time? Have you memorized the music so you can freely worship? As a Worship Pastor, are you worshiping God in private? Or has your worship time just become a public thing? If you honor God in private, He will honor you i

Stop Hating Your Church By   David Santistevan  - July 16, 2017 Church is imperfect. Leaders are imperfect. You are imperfect. And it’s really time to get over the backbiting, the bickering and the slandering of your church. I have a better idea: What if you decided to love it? I remember when a friend was struggling in his marriage. The feelings weren’t there. They were fighting often. Tension was high and romance was low. Do you know what turned it around? He decided to love her. He decided to appreciate her. He made a decision to romance. He learned that what you invest in, grows. What you appreciate, appreciates. My wife had to stay home with our sick daughter this weekend. But Tyler came with me Saturday and Sunday. He hung out for all 8,000 rehearsals. We sang together. We talked to people together. I’m glad he can grow up in a church. Not a perfect church. But a church, nonetheless. To Press In or to Withdraw? Here’s what I’ve noticed in my own life: Wh

What About Sex Before Marriage? By  Rashawn Copeland  - July 17, 2017 “He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.” – Thomas a Kempis The Culture. A couple months ago I was talking with a group of college guys about our cultures obsession with sex and its effects upon our generation. After listening to one guy exuberantly shout (for what it seemed like an eternity) trying to prove his point that our society “idolizing sex,” as he said this I just sat back to really process what he was saying. The initial assumption, of course, is that because our culture focus on sexuality, we’ve placed sex on a pedestal and elevated it way too high. But the truth is that our culture has brought sex down too low!  Bringing sex down too low would be saying it only holds physical significance for a moment.  However, keeping sex in its rightful place would be to understand the spiritual significance of sex in and of itself.  When we lose

The Energetics of Singing – How Attitude Affects Your Vocal Range by Laura on September 2, 2012 in Energetics of Singing , Singing Lessons I’ve been giving singing lessons for about 10 years now. What I have discovered is that one of the major things that affect our singing ability is our attitude! Singing is a form of communication. With all types of verbal communication, the listener receives many other messages as well as what is literally being said. For example, (lets move away from the singing area), someone might tell you how beautiful your dress is, but what you can feel is something different. You might feel that they actually don’t like your dress and are being patronising. Or you might feel that not only do they love your dress, but they’d love to get to know you better. What you can feel but not necessarily see is called the metaphysical… beyond the physical and basically it is what is actually going on in

 SINGING WITH MIND BODY AND SOUL In this section you will learn about stagecraft: how to sing with a band, how to memorise lyrics, how to combat stagefright. The key throughout is to remember why you started in the first place: because you love singing. While there are many different tricks and techniques, there are few hard-and-fast rules. So once you have an understanding of the technical side of performing, it's imperative you watch others perform, noting which elements you like and which you dislike. You can then try some of those things out in the company of friends and family. Singing on stage When you're singing on stage, you're not only combining language and music - you've also got to deal with spatial awareness and be aware of the people around you. There's a lot going on, so watch the conductor if there is one. Enjoy the feeling of being on stage, look around you in rehearsals to get used to the size of the performance space and think how

BECOMING A BACKGROUND SINGER Career Description   The B ackground Singer provides backup to other Singers and musicians in recordings, commercial jingles, or live performances. Background Singers can be employed by a group, or they may freelance. Those working as freelance Vocalists go about their business in a slightly different way. Specifically, they must build up a strong reputation as a great singer who is flexible and available when they are needed. Being a Background Singer requires irregular hours, but these usually are not extreme every single day. One of the most difficult aspects of background singing is having to walk into a recording studio, look over a song, learn it flawlessly and then perform it perfectly–all with little time to rehearse. The Background Singer must also be able to harmonize with a group of Singers with whom he has never before worked. Being versatile is a must, because they may have to perform different styles of music throughout t