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5 SIGNS YOU NEED TO TRY ADDING PADS TO YOUR WORSHIP TEAM | Mike Graff
You may be asking yourself, "OK, I'm hearing to fill your sound, and give your instrumentalists feel like your sound has gone from beginner to
a lot of talk about using ambient pads… but a chance to breathe, to be tasteful with their professional overnight!
how can I tell if I actually need these for our musical choices, and to be an artist once again.
5. YOU WANT TO MOVE INTO MULTI-TRACKS
worship ministry?" That’s a great question.
Here are some tell-tale signs that you would 3. YOUR KEYBOARD PLAYER IS TIRED OF PLAYING TERRITORY BUT HAVE NO CLUE WHERE TO START.
highly benefit from using ambient pads. THE PAD-PATCH THEMSELVES. The idea of having pads, loops, and/or multi-
Perhaps you already have someone playing tracks as a part of your worship ministry
1. YOU HEAR CRICKETS IN BETWEEN EACH SONG IN some type of pad patch on a keyboard. Is there sounds like a cool idea, but it may also seem
YOUR WORSHIP SET. any chance the keyboard-pads-player would daunting to move into new territory. Using
One of the most effective ways worship ministries like to do something else besides holding basic pads are hands-down the easiest way to start
use pads is to create seamless transitions chords for a really long time? Using pads as incorporating pre-recorded sounds into your
between one song and the next. Using an app audio files (instead of making a team member worship service. They aren't bound to a tempo
like Pads Live, Queue, etc. will allow you not play them) frees them to do other creative and or song structure, and most pads out there
only to play pads in your worship service, but meaningful things with their instrument. come in all twelve major keys. You'll be amazed
will crossfade between one song's pad and the
at how easy it is to use pads - many people do
next pad flawlessly. You'll be amazed at how 4. YOU WANT TO "UPDATE YOUR SOUND" BUT DON'T it from their phone! All it takes is a direct box, a
a beautiful ambient pad will completely change EVEN KNOW HOW TO DO SO. cord into your headphone jack… and presto.
the atmosphere of your worship service in No matter if it's organic or modern, folksy or between songs for the better. synthy, there's a good chance that your favorite If you’re seeing any of these signs in your
worship recordings have some type of pad worship ministry, try adding pads to your
YOUR playing underneath each song. If you've never worship ministry today. It’s an easy solution you
INSTRUMENTALISTS TO "FILL MORE MUSICAL listened for it, take time to intentionally listen to won’t want to be without.
SPACE" AGAIN AND AGAIN. your favorite songs. You'll hear the pads almost Our pads fill the perfect range of frequencies for instantly when you focus on them! Adding you and your other instrumentalists to not have pads to your worship ministry not only is easy, to play until they're blue in the face! Use pads but can update your sound in an instant. You'll
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November 2018
Mike Graff
Mike is the Chief Creative of internationally-
acclaimed Coresound Pads, and worship musician/
leader for over 20 years.
CoreSoundPads.com
WorshipMusician.com