Worship Guitar Boot Camp

A collection of lesson and concept videos designed to help you build and
develop the skills needed to positively contribute to worship times at your church. These lessons and concepts help you reach what I call “flow”, or the state where you're no longer trying to not mess up. You're on the offense with your playing. You know what you want to play and how to play it. Your tone and technique are so dialed in that there’s nothing left to do except worship our Holy God and enjoy the moment.

NEW! Playing through the mess of effects. Playing with so much delay and reverb can be a huge hurdle at first, especially if you monitor yourself using in-ear monitors. You have to push through, and this video demonstrates why.
Practicing picking patterns/arpeggios. Repetitive picking patterns and arpeggios are useful in so many situations. Add delay and reverb and they can create a wonderful foundation for Christ-exalting lyrics to lay on. Yet another tool for the tool for the toolbox!
Tips for playing with TONS of reverb. I love reverb. These tips will help you love it, too.
The magic of major sixths and minor sixths. These are the best chords shapes to fall back on for huge sounds.
Tips for dialing in delay. There are a few parameters you have to know and know well to get the most from your delay pedal.
Picking dynamics. Hard, soft, straight, angled and why it matters more than you think.
Left-hand vibrato. This is the one most people spend the least amount of time on. But get this wrong and...ugh...Let's get this part right!
Dialing in the perfect reverb tone. Long tails? Short tails? Bright? Dark? High mix? Low mix? If you've had trouble with your reverb tone, this video is perfect for you.
An approach to overdrive pedals. Methodology and order. There's no accidents in the way we order pedals and select them in the first place.
Pickup selector switch. Is there a right or wrong?
Chord inversions made easy. This is easily the most effective way to improve your playing in this genre. You have to get this right!
Tips for transposing. Transposing it an inevitable part of playing on the worship team. May as well get good at it!
The basics of delay tap divisions. It’s no secret that delay is a huge part of this style of guitar playing. Understanding the basics will improve your ability to dial in the right delay.
Stop playing all the strings. This video helps us get out of our own way by simplifying chord shapes; which, oddly enough, helps us improve our tone and stick out in the mix even more.
Muting technique. To "Stop playing all the strings", we have to hone our muting technique.
Chord shapes for sWeLLs. Ambient playing is fun, especially when you know the best chord shapes to play...
Building swell tones. . . and fun things to add to swells! This video explores the basics, and some more advanced, flavor-adding pieces to add to your swells.
Seeing the Root, Third and Fifth of each chord. will help you better understand the neck and immediately improve your ability to improvise.
Applying the Root, Third and Fifth concept. A full video on applying the above. Learning + effective application is everything!
3-heavy vs. 5-heavy chords. Something as simple as the tonality of each chord can help you stick out or fade away into the mix.

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NEW! Playing through the mess of effects. Playing with so much delay and reverb can be a huge hurdle at first, especially if you monitor yourself using in-ear monitors. You have to push through, and this video demonstrates why.

Practicing picking patterns/arpeggios. Repetitive picking patterns and arpeggios are useful in so many situations. Add delay and reverb and they can create a wonderful foundation for Christ-exalting lyrics to lay on. Yet another tool for the tool for the toolbox!

Tips for playing with TONS of reverb. I love reverb. These tips will help you love it, too.

The magic of major sixths and minor sixths. These are the best chords shapes to fall back on for huge sounds.

Tips for dialing in delay. There are a few parameters you have to know and know well to get the most from your delay pedal.

Picking dynamics. Hard, soft, straight, angled and why it matters more than you think.

Left-hand vibrato. This is the one most people spend the least amount of time on. But get this wrong and...ugh...Let's get this part right!

Dialing in the perfect reverb tone. Long tails? Short tails? Bright? Dark? High mix? Low mix? If you've had trouble with your reverb tone, this video is perfect for you.

An approach to overdrive pedals. Methodology and order. There's no accidents in the way we order pedals and select them in the first place.

Pickup selector switch. Is there a right or wrong?

Chord inversions made easy. This is easily the most effective way to improve your playing in this genre. You have to get this right!

Tips for transposing. Transposing it an inevitable part of playing on the worship team. May as well get good at it!

The basics of delay tap divisions. It’s no secret that delay is a huge part of this style of guitar playing. Understanding the basics will improve your ability to dial in the right delay.

Stop playing all the strings. This video helps us get out of our own way by simplifying chord shapes; which, oddly enough, helps us improve our tone and stick out in the mix even more.

Muting technique. To "Stop playing all the strings", we have to hone our muting technique.

Chord shapes for sWeLLs. Ambient playing is fun, especially when you know the best chord shapes to play...

Building swell tones. . . and fun things to add to swells! This video explores the basics, and some more advanced, flavor-adding pieces to add to your swells.

Seeing the Root, Third and Fifth of each chord. will help you better understand the neck and immediately improve your ability to improvise.

Applying the Root, Third and Fifth concept. A full video on applying the above. Learning + effective application is everything!

3-heavy vs. 5-heavy chords. Something as simple as the tonality of each chord can help you stick out or fade away into the mix.