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#452839 - 05/30/18 06:35 PM Yamaha PSR-S975 in a Church Setting
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#452842 - 05/30/18 07:00 PM Re: Yamaha PSR-S975 in a Church Setting [Re: Mikem]
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LOL. Who said arrangers were for old farts smile
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#452859 - 05/31/18 04:58 AM Re: Yamaha PSR-S975 in a Church Setting [Re: Mikem]
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Very good and practical
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#452868 - 05/31/18 06:05 AM Re: Yamaha PSR-S975 in a Church Setting [Re: Mikem]
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Anyone here use or seen an arranger keyboard used in a church?
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#452884 - 05/31/18 08:24 AM Re: Yamaha PSR-S975 in a Church Setting [Re: Mikem]
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I use an arranger for Christmas and Easter specials. I used my KN7000 for years when I was the organist and music director in a small Methodist church, then moved over to the church Hammond Concord for the regular service. That is why I love small churches, you can swing it(reverently of course), and the congregation loved it. I have played many churches with big pipe organs, but I felt stilted.


Edited by Bernie9 (05/31/18 08:24 AM)
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#452887 - 05/31/18 09:10 AM Re: Yamaha PSR-S975 in a Church Setting [Re: Bernie9]
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Originally Posted By Bernie9
I use an arranger for Christmas and Easter specials. I used my KN7000 for years when I was the organist and music director in a small Methodist church, then moved over to the church Hammond Concord for the regular service. That is why I love small churches, you can swing it(reverently of course), and the congregation loved it. I have played many churches with big pipe organs, but I felt stilted.


Thanks for sharing your experiences Bernie. Were you playing with the audio accompaniment? Any other players or singers involved ? You definitely have my respect for playing on the church organs too. I think that would scare me to death!
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#452889 - 05/31/18 09:18 AM Re: Yamaha PSR-S975 in a Church Setting [Re: montunoman]
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Any freeware with those 18 songs or similar on that yamaha list?
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#452892 - 05/31/18 10:40 AM Re: Yamaha PSR-S975 in a Church Setting [Re: montunoman]
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Originally Posted By montunoman


Thanks for sharing your experiences Bernie. Were you playing with the audio accompaniment? Any other players or singers involved ? You definitely have my respect for playing on the church organs too. I think that would scare me to death!


Montunoman
I use full accomp as it was just myself, although I had a piano player with me for regular playing. The pipe organs are a bit intimidating at first, and there is latency to contend with, but you get used to it. I will admit to using presets on the big ones, however.
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#452897 - 05/31/18 01:02 PM Re: Yamaha PSR-S975 in a Church Setting [Re: Mikem]
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I used to offer special worship songs on congregations as solo or sometimes with a singer, guitarist or another instrument using Ketron Midjay or Korg PA900 and a Bose Compact L1.
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#452944 - 06/01/18 10:56 AM Re: Yamaha PSR-S975 in a Church Setting [Re: Mikem]
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I play my keys almost exclusively in church for worship , choir practise and teaching . I may have shown this clip before but this is me with my family and friends jamming after choir practise https://youtu.be/

And here is a more recent 2013 clip which shows how I use an arranger to teach and accompany the choir https://youtu.be/7XMViQseCqs

The last clip is a performance my group did for a special dinner for some of the elders and shut ins of our community .

I don’t know why so many worship leaders have been asleep on these incredible instruments but I would not be able to do most of what I do or it would be much more slow and cumbersome without an arranger . All the styles and sequences you hear were created by me on the instrument . Hope you enjoy .

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#452945 - 06/01/18 11:53 AM Re: Yamaha PSR-S975 in a Church Setting [Re: spalding1968]
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Originally Posted By spalding1968
I play my keys almost exclusively in church for worship , choir practise and teaching . I may have shown this clip before but this is me with my family and friends jamming after choir practise https://youtu.be/

And here is a more recent 2013 clip which shows how I use an arranger to teach and accompany the choir https://youtu.be/7XMViQseCqs

The last clip is a performance my group did for a special dinner for some of the elders and shut ins of our community .

I don’t know why so many worship leaders have been asleep on these incredible instruments but I would not be able to do most of what I do or it would be much more slow and cumbersome without an arranger . All the styles and sequences you hear were created by me on the instrument . Hope you enjoy .



Very Nice Spalding clap keep up the great work I really was inspired watching this..take care.

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#452947 - 06/01/18 01:03 PM Re: Yamaha PSR-S975 in a Church Setting [Re: Mikem]
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Keep up the good work Spalding!
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#452969 - 06/01/18 11:30 PM Re: Yamaha PSR-S975 in a Church Setting [Re: Mikem]
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I forgot to attach the last clip of the performance we did for our seniors dinner . This was October 2017 . https://youtu.be/ZhZqh5VFwhA

These are all my sisters and brothers and my daughter .

Music is such a powerful way to bring people together , old and young , rich and poor etc . I have been blessed to able to share it the way I have .


Edited by spalding1968 (06/01/18 11:38 PM)

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#453022 - 06/02/18 09:46 PM Re: Yamaha PSR-S975 in a Church Setting [Re: Mikem]
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Where I am there is too much snobbery or ignorance about using a TOTL Arranger in church. They still refer to them as home keyboards etc. even though I have shown them to be able to run rings around synths in fast set ups and playing on the fly etc. Plus learning new songs they still defer to the Digital Pianos for church worship.

The Arranger is still great ( IMO) for even playing second fiddle to the Digital Piano as another instrument or for pads etc when you have a band too. It also comes into it's own on camps and smaller venues because it suits fun/ casual settings.
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