If you lead worship, you know who Elevation Worship is. Over the last decade they have led the charge on building great team culture and writing powerful original songs for churches.
Today, we welcome lead producer/songwriter Mack Brock to the show. It takes so many people to pull off large projects like Elevation’s new “There is a Cloud” but Mack, more than anyone else, sees the project through from start to finish.
In this chat we talk about the new album, writing for church, picking songs & sets, worship culture, & more. Enjoy!
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In This Episode You’ll Hear More About:
- Mack’s role at Elevation Church – what a typical week looks like
- What the audition process looks like at Elevation Church
- Distinctives of the Elevation Worship culture
- How to recruit musicians
- How Elevation plans their sets and pick their songs
- How to introduce new songs to your church
- The process for creating demos for original songs
- Wrestling for the best lyric
- Stories behind some songs
- The prophet Elisha and what he has to do with worship
- The unconventional ways of God
- The most important part of a live recording
- Leading and connecting with people as a worship leader
Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Show Sponsor: Coresound Pads
- Music: There is a Cloud by Elevation Worship
- Website: Elevation Worship
- Twitter: @mackbrock
- Twitter: @elevation_wrshp
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David, this podcast with Matt Brock was one of my favorites and personally, was so helpful! Having been a worship leader at a smaller church for only 2 years now, I still have SO much to learn and I felt that this podcast was very beneficial. You asked all of the right questions! Some of your podcasts I feel don’t apply to me because you discuss song writing and the like and my team is nowhere near ready for that. But this… this was something I took notes on! Thank you so much! And don’t worry… I still listen to the podcasts that don’t necessarily apply to me, because I want to be ready for when God opens those doors!
I think Mack might be referring to the prophet Elijah not Elisha. Just a minor thing but kinda important