Category Archives: Youth Bands

Ideas about working with young musicians

Is There a Difference Between Performance and Worship?

This weekend, our youth worship band led worship for our church. They played as well as I’ve heard them play and it did not feel like a “show off the youth day” and more of a normal worship service with … Continue reading

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A Teenager’s Survival Guide to Worship Drumming

tweetmeme_source = ‘RT @jasonbhuffman’; This is a concise guide to playing drums in a worship band. It will discuss some of the absolute most important principles when it comes to worship drumming (and in most cases drumming in general). Playing … Continue reading

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New E-Book on Working with Youth Worship Bands

tweetmeme_source = ‘@jasonbhuffman’;I’ve been working with teenagers and youth bands for the better part of fifteen years, teaching them about the musical aspects of worship and how to play as a group. I’ve really tried to find resources that would … Continue reading

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Youth Bands: Taking Summer Off

I’ve always had a fear of cancelling certain activities and events for extended periods of time out of fear that when it came time to start them up again that we would be building from the ground up. This came … Continue reading

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Simplifying and Improvising in Youth Group Meetings

This summer, we tried something new in our youth program. After giving it some serious thought and after listening to what some other youth workers, pastors, and leaders were doing with their groups for the summer, we decided to go … Continue reading

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