Agenda for first 2017 rehearsal, templates.

notes/Rehearsal Band.txt

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+Rehearsal Band
+
+Commitments expected:
+
+* 2 hours weekly personal practice.
+* Regular (biweekly) practice with the full band.
+* Play twice a month: Wednesday, Sunday PM
+* Set list a month in advance.
+
+Practice Pattern:
+
+* Initial chords provided.
+* Each member of expected to listen and learn their own part from the reference
+  material.
+* Each member should learn the context of their part relative to the music as a
+  whole. "How does my part serve the music?"
+* Corporate practice should have a defined agenda.
+* Two phases to learning material:
+  - Learn pieces piecemeal. Focus deeply on each section.
+  - Highlights. Hit the intros, transitions, endings. Review rough parts.
+* Reasons for practice and commitment are given and justified. We practice
+  because we want to, not because we have to.
+

notes/first-meeting-recap.md

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 Welcome to the new life music team! Each of you has expressed interest in
 working with the new rehearsal band format experiment. For those of you who
-were not able to make our kickoff meet
+were not able to make our kickoff meeting, here is a summary of what we
+discussed:
 
 **Why are we starting this band?**
 
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   - Start working on the major parts of the song.
 
 
-Finally, thank you all for your interest in this new endeavour! We am looking
+Finally, thank you all for your interest in this new endeavour! We are looking
 forward to the opportunity to work with each of you.
 
 Thanks,

notes/music-thoughts.txt

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+Less separation between band and singers. We have a worship team.
+
+Preparation:
+
+- Have a predetermined repertoire.
+- Rotate songs in and out.
+- For every song
+    - music for all parts with detailed notes
+    - overarching song structure and feelings
+    - isolated part recordings (especially for singers)
+- Have periodic music clinics to learn new songs entering the repertoire.
+- Make practice amenable to self-service.
+- Balance practice vs. sound-checks.
+- Dedicated practice should be only for polish and final fit.
+
+Delegation:
+
+- Multiple worship team leaders. Worship team leaders are responsible for
+  directing the band and singers during worship.
+- New songs can be suggested by anybody. They would also be a great candidate
+  to prepare the song for the repertoire.
+
+Principles:
+
+- Freedom in worship comes when we don't have to worry about the music.
+- Worship team leads worship. Our main goal is to facilitate the worship of
+  others.
+- Excellence feeds inspiration.
+- Consistency breeds excellence and make room for improvisation.
+- Everyone is learning. Evey level should be able to contribute.
+- Each part has a purpose. Deviation from the part should still adhere to the
+  part's purpose.
+- No part is more important than the whole.
+- After we have built the house, then we have room to embellish it.