Beyond Sunday Worship Leader Podcast #174: Brad & Rebekah on Disciplined Dreaming, Networking, & Writing Songs for the Church [Podcast]
Honored to have my good friends Brad & Rebekah Bichsel on the show today. Brad & Rebekah travel the world, leading worship & equipping worship teams.
But this interview is about so much more than music. Sure, we talk about their great new record but the story behind it is even more compelling. They interviewed over 50 senior pastors, asking them the question, “What do our songs need?” From there they went to the writers room to collaborating with many songwriters. The sole desire? To serve the church.
So we talk about that process, but also coffee, networking, songwriting, and more. Enjoy!
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Show Sponsor #1
This episode is brought to you by Elevation Collective, a special new project featuring Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Israel Houghton, Travis Greene, Tye Tribbett, Kierra Sheard, and The Walls Group.
It’s rare for a weekend to go by where I don’t lead a song by Elevation Worship. Their songs are rooted in the life of the local church and are straight up powerful declarations of truth. And this new record breathes such life into some of their best songs like Here as in Heaven, Do it Again, O Come to the Altar, Resurrecting, and more.
Be sure to download “Evidence” on iTunes today!
Show Sponsor #2
This episode is also brought to you by the Pads Live app from Coresound Pads.
Coresound Pads are my favorite pad loops on the market. If you’re looking for a way to raise the quality and sound of your worship team, this is probably the easiest way to do that.
And Coresound now has a powerful, easy-to-use pads-player app called PADS LIVE that helps you transform your worship service’s atmosphere INSTANTLY by downloading and playing their top-rated pad loops on the fly from your mobile device. This is an POWERFUL tool for worship leaders at any-size church.
If you go to PadsLive.com, you can link to download the app for FREE, which also comes with all of Coresound’s Pads in the key of D for free. You can let the pads loop infinitely, crossfade gently into the next pad or into silence, and build songs & playlists. And when you’re ready to unlock all 12 keys instead of just the key of D, you can purchase and download those pads directly within the app.
Now the app doesn’t take promo codes, BUT if you buy a Pads Bundle online from Coresound and use the promo code BEYONDSUNDAY, you’ll get an additional 20% off your purchase. And your online purchase WILL unlock those very same pads within the app, as well as let you download the 20-minute MP3s to use the pads elsewhere.
In This Episode You’ll Hear More About:
- Brad’s top 3 coffee shops in the US (and beyond).
- The balance between dreaming and getting stuff done.
- What pastors want their worship leaders & songwriters to know.
- The power of boundaries & parameters in songwriting.
- How to be a good networker.
- Choosing ministry opportunities based on what God wants, not what we want.
Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Show Sponsor: Elevation Collective
- Show Sponsor: Pads Live by Coresound
- Music: Sound of Heaven by Brad & Rebekah
- Website: Brad & Rebekah
- Website: Mad Cap Coffee
- Website: Intelligentsia Venice
- Website: Stereoscope Coffee
- Website: John Smith Coffee
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