David Santistevan

The Songwriter’s Guide To Becoming Prolific And Writing Like Never Before

January 27, 2012 in Songwriting with 9 Comments

If I told you that you could write hundreds of songs that would change the world, would you believe me?

It’s possible, but far from easy. Many of you are epic songwriters.

Still, others of you want to be epic songwriters, but aren’t doing anything about it.

How Do You Connect Older Musicians With The Younger?

January 24, 2012 in Worship Leaders with 17 Comments

The old and the young. Can’t we all just get along?

One of the most common frustrations of leading a local church worship team is connecting the generations – to actually work together.

Oftentimes they look like lepers trying to avoid each other than a team working together.

Why is this?

5 Ways To Increase The Unity On Your Worship Team

January 23, 2012 in Leadership with 5 Comments

If there was one thing you could pay for to get a massive result, what would it be?

For my worship team, I’d pay for unity – a team of hard working, Jesus loving, sold-out for the Gospel, passionate musicians.

If only it was that easy.

While you can’t pay for unity, it’s a value worthy of your best effort.

How To Have Difficult Conversations With A Worship Team Member

January 20, 2012 in Worship Leaders with 18 Comments

We all have to do it at one time or another.

Embracing confrontation and having difficult conversations is something every leader needs to get comfortable with.

How To Sustain A Lifetime Of Creativity

January 19, 2012 in Creativity with 4 Comments

Don’t you just love the feeling that comes with releasing your art for the world to see?

Maybe you just published a blog post, or wrote a book, or released an album. It’s wonderful to ride the wave of compliments as they come cascading over your life.

You’ve arrived…

Or so you thought.

10 Fresh Worship Albums To Inspire Your Creativity

January 18, 2012 in Music with 22 Comments

Worship music nerds of the world, unite!

It’s a day of music sharing.

Here are a number of albums that I’ve been loving:

The Easy Life Is Not Worth Living

January 16, 2012 in Leadership with 6 Comments

When my schedule gets busy, there’s something I long for more than anything.

Something I crave when I struggle to catch my breath. What is it? A break.

A time to step away from the hustle and bustle – to rest. But that rest has eventually become an obsession.

10 Ideas For Writing Theologically Sound Worship Songs

January 13, 2012 in Songwriting with 28 Comments

[From David: This is a guest post by Arny Sanchez, who blogs at The Analogous Truth. You can follow him on Twitter here.]

If you’re a worship leader, theology is important. Massively important.

Especially if you want to write worship songs. Without a steady diet of immersion in God’s Word, our songs will easily degrade into self centered memoirs to our own passion.