ELECTRIC GUITAR
ELECTRIC GUITAR CREATES TEXTURE AND FAMILIARITY IN WORSHIP.
Tone is important in playing electric guitar. We use overdrive tastefully, delay in an understated way, reverb that’s not too heavy and have an overall clear and full sonic quality. We can play lead lines but can create atmosphere when we aren’t the lead. We can improvise when needed, but do so tastefully. We are always aware of what the keys players are playing so we complement each other rather than step on one other. Electric guitarists often take some kind of melodic line in worship, and it’s our job to neither undersell nor oversell the melody. Improvisation of melody is fine so long as it fits within the mold of the song.
COMPETENCIES WE’RE LOOKING FOR IN ELECTRIC GUITARISTS:
· Ability to play to a click
· Ability to play a song lick for lick
· A basic understanding of the Nashville Number System
· Ability to utilize overdrive, delay and reverb to create a full sound
· A basic understanding of the major scale
AUDITION SONGS
Awake My Soul (Hillsong) - Key of F
What A Beautiful Name (Hillsong) - Key of D
VIDEO SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Please submit your videos through YouTube. Under privacy settings, select “UNLISTED” and title it as “YOUR NAME – ANTIOCH INDY WORSHIP AUDITION.” When you fill out the worship serve form below, there will be a place for you to paste the link to your YouTube video. You are welcome to submit videos of a recent (within the last 6 months) live performance as well.
