Music on stage/Alter /platform
Music on stage is first practiced before stage, in places like; your mind, heart, your eyes, your ears, your
nerves your bedroom or rehearsal places
The moment you discover you’re talent in music, it calls for a strong relationship between you and her,
launching deeper in love
Use your ears, eyes, mouth and tongue, your voice, your mind, your heart and body to grow your
relationship with her and become a close friend
There are times you feel like you don’t want to sing or listen to her, may be your voice is caught up,
instrumentalist are not on point or no morale, just know the enemy wants to separate you and don’t
allow it to happen push on and check on her at least three times a day
Close yourself indoors and start singing while you prophesy healing to the people of God
Be free with yourself first if you goner be free with people on stage
Be free with your fellow workers in the music ministry
1: Communication
Having healthier interaction with yourself and people around you will make you a free worshiper
A musician who is not free with using his body, soul, heart, spirit and voice can never inspire
We must learn to be inspirational, influential, adorable, punctual, and relational with revelation and
wisdom
After you have got all this your stage is goner be wow
Communication on stage
During stage/alter, communication is advised to be used by signs, Godly body language or instrument
melodies
However there are three important senses used for communication during stage.
Let’s take a look on this
(a) Tongue (mouth and voice) ; tongue, mouth and “voice” on stage is mostly used
when inviting the backers and instrumentalists in a harmony form
when inviting the congregation with words like “come on lets sing together”, “you got,
it lets go” and other inspiring, lovely and prophetic words , don’t use your mouth to
command the congregation negatively, there you will be operating out of the spirit of
God and your worship will be wasted, remember people’s lives depend on you during
worship and you got to be loving and spiritual, sanctify yourself for God’s glory, As a
worshiper note that you ‘re a spiritual Doctor whether on pulpit or during your daily life
James 3:10-12 cautions us to be careful with what come out of our mouth, good water
and biter water cannot come out from the same spring remember what comes out of
your mouth comes from the heart , the Bible encourage us to guard our hearts with
diligence, above all be careful what you think because your thoughts control your life ..
proverbs 4:23
always put a smile on your face and never stay stressful all the time
(b) The eyes. ; during worship on stage eye contact is more important when communicating
1: to the instrumentalists, this can be either a change of song, calm down the music, raise the
music, get the right notes; this happens depending on the atmosphere and so requires a high sense
of discernment, instrumentalist, backup team and soloist must be able to discern for the effective
worship
2: with the congregation eyes act as a door for an effective worship, it’s good to open your eyes
while conducting worship because you got to know whether people are still following or not
perhaps they are confused of where to enter in or they don’t know the song
You will also know what is happening in their lives just by mere expression of their faces or their
actions
Signs
A team can decide on what sign to use and its meaning during worship and this must be shared to all
choir members and instrumentalists i.e.: this signs can be either by a certain voice scream or hand or
finger, anything you come up when it is not an abuse in your culture or in that new environment
Note: this signs are not shown to the public, must be done honestly
Melodies or rhythms can also be used as a communication by the instrumentalists
Other body language can be: move of the soloist and the shakings of their bodies
2: Discipline on stage and out of stage/platform
(Proverbs 1:7), (proverbs 10:17), (1 Corinthians 9:27)
Conversations on the platform during praise and worship is not advised
You need concentration to produce good fruits that people will enjoy
There are destructive moments during worship for example microphone feedback
Choir is advised to keep going, don’t show the mess because the engineering team already know what
is happening
There are times when a member goes off key, don’t show the mess but keep going and look for a nice
way of bringing them on the note
Learn to respect the leaders, the elders and all people while on and out of the platform
Know protocol and follow order
Greet people and show you love them, believe in them and don’t pass on them
Listen to the voice of God and pray for his people
Questions
What do you speak about your worship leader and other choir members in their Absence?
Do you have a bad feeling about them? Is it Godly?
Do you respect them?
Do you love them?
Would you defend and correct them?
How do you correct them?
What do you do before and after stage?
How is your relationship with God?
How far are you in the word of God?
Do you love prayer?