Lead Worship Well

Israel Houghton is a Grammy award-winning recording artist, songwriter, producer and worship leader, as well as a composer and multi-instrumentalist. He formed Israel & New Breed in 1995, which was started to be more of a movement than a music group. Chris Baker has a unique interviewing perspective as he’s been a part of Camp New Breed for years. They discuss the origins of New Breed and how stewarding the longevity of a cross-cultural movement comes from practicing the presence of God and always having the posture of a disciple. https://israelandnewbreed.com/Follow us @multitracks // @multitracksgospel // @leadworshipwellwww.multitracks.com

Matt Redman is a GRAMMY®-Award winning worship leader and songwriter who has been a leading contributor to the global Church’s songbook over the last 20 years. He joins us to speak on the evolution of songwriting in the worship space (the growth of co-writing and how it’s being taken more seriously) and how the theme of the cross has been a common thread thoughout his career, but that he’s excited to have the theme of the resurrection (and the joy and freedom it brings) be more a part of songs today. He also talks about the recording process and unique setting for his latest live album, Lamb of God, his role in passing on to the new generation but also being refined by them, and more. “We don’t just worship the God of today (the God who is) - we worship the God of yesterday, today and forever.” 🙌 We were honored to have this conversation with Matt! Be sure to check out our latest sessions with him on our YouTube channel. "Lamb of God" session: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF51o6CV598https://mattredman.com/Follow us @multitracks // @multitracksgospel // @leadworshipwellwww.multitracks.com

Faith City Music is a collection of worship leaders whose united gifts are marked by a diverse sound, passionate creativity, high energy, and authenticity. This eclectic group was formed by Grammy Award Nominated Artist and Vocal Powerhouse Tim Bowman Jr., and includes a range of dynamic artists like Kierra Sheard-Kelly, Maranda Curtis, Bri Babineaux, Kim Burrell, and a host of others. During the pandemic, Faith City Music’s influence grew by providing innovative, creative, exciting, and impactful worship encounters every Sunday at the ministry they call home: Spirit Of Faith Christian Center pastored by Mike & DeeDee Freeman.We are joined by several members of Faith City Music to talk about the inception of the collection and how they hope every listener can identify themselves with one of their members. They also speak on their debut record, Welcome to Faith City Music, self-awareness in leadership, and how they honor gospel’s legacy with their unique song arrangements.Learn more about Faith City Music: https://www.ccmmagazine.com/news/tim-bowman-jr-faith-city-music-announce-welcome-to-faith-city/Follow us @multitracks // @multitracksgospel // @leadworshipwellwww.multitracks.com

“I’m a person trying to pull Him down and pull you up.” We were honored to host Todd Galberth on our latest episode! Chris Baker and Todd talk about how to follow “the river” over simply following the setlist while leading worship and how to balance the identities of being an artist, but more so being a worship leader. He also speaks on some powerful moments while capturing his latest album, Encounter. www.toddgalberth.comFollow us @multitracks // @multitracksgospel // @leadworshipwellwww.multitracks.com

We are excited to share our first episode of 2023! Recorded right before the Christmas holiday, Chris Baker spoke with Nate Moore, Kirby Kaple and Ryan Ellis of Housefires as they unpacked the conception of their group: how Housefires grew out of a desire to create approachable resources for their community and how they’ve fostered humble collaboration by encouraging vulnerability. They also touch on their upcoming album, How To Start a Housefire, coming out this Friday! You’ll be able to stream the record everywhere and find all the resources you need on MultiTracks.com. Follow us @multitracks // @multitracksgospel // @leadworshipwellwww.multitracks.com

Grammy-nominated Gospel artist, author, and speaker Anthony Evans is known for songs that merge a message of faith with a contemporary sound. The son of Dr. Tony Evans, founder and pastor of Dallas, Texas' Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship, as well as a high-profile radio and television host, Anthony Evans started his career in 2001 as a background singer for Kirk Franklin. Launching his solo career in 2004, Evans has released several albums since then and really broadened his reach when he competed on NBC’s The Voice in early 2012 (Season 2). In August, Anthony released his latest book When Faith Meets Therapy which he co-authored with his personal therapist, Stacy Kaiser. Anthony and Stacy take the conversation around mental health and faith to a next level, sharing insights from Anthony’s personal experience with therapy as well as poignant takeaways from Stacy. In this conversation, Anthony and our host Chris Baker discuss how being a preacher’s kid created external pressure but never internal pressure, how Anthony led the trend of taking CCM songs and putting them into the cross-cultural context, but the majority of the conversation centers on When Faith Meets Therapy coping with grief, shame, and doing the work off stage so it pours into your identity and posture on stage.“You have to feel it to heal it.” Listen today! Follow us @multitracks // @multitracksgospel // @leadworshipwellwww.multitracks.com

Jackie Brewster is a certified Enneagram coach and Experiential Specialist. Jackie focuses on helping individuals, couples, leaders and teams uncover and discover who they are and how to grow towards health in their personal lives as well as in their corporate roles through the teachings of the Enneagram and Biblical truths. Jackie gives us an overview of the origins and the impact of the Enneagram, how your number is rooted in childhood messaging, and how that number can help awaken you to your behavioral patterns to drive you toward acceptance, knowing, and love. She also speaks on how the Enneagram specifically intersects with worship leading: how your type affects your worship-leading style, your reflection after a service, the correlation between song selection and Enneagram number, and more. Follow us @multitracks // @multitracksgospel // @leadworshipwellwww.multitracks.com

Christine D’Clario is an award-winning Latin CCM artist and worship leader. In her formative years, she suffered significant abuse and loss which eventually led her to the church. After straying from her faith in college, D'Clario suffered an extreme bout of depression and contemplated suicide. Citing a divine interaction, she eventually pulled herself out of the darkness and began exploring her faith through music.We were so blessed by Christine's vulnerability in this conversation on how grief and trauma intersects with faith, and how prioritizing mental health is crucial for the Church. "The Father put a mirror in front of me and said: 'you have a great big heart, and I created it that way, because I need you to have big heart to connect people to me.'" Follow us @multitracks + @leadworshipwellFollow us @multitracks // @multitracksgospel // @leadworshipwellwww.multitracks.com

Yancy is a Dove Award-winning worship leader, songwriter and producer of hundreds of songs that make Jesus loud. She is a powerhouse at leading and teaching kids how to worship and creates popular worship resources for churches and homes around the world. Kristian and Yancy caught up at Experience Conference on the authenticity of kids worship, how valuing kids ministries permeates into all aspects of spiritual life, the importance of accurate reporting and her latest book, Sweet Sound: The Power of Discipling Kids in Worship. We champion Yancy’s heart for kids ministry and hope this conversation encourages intentionality and prioritization for this area of the Church!Learn more about Yancy: https://yancyministries.com/Follow us @multitracks // @leadworshipwellFollow us @multitracks // @multitracksgospel // @leadworshipwellwww.multitracks.com

Our closing guest for SUMMER OF SOUNDS is none other than Luke Anderson. Luke was a part of Elevation Church for over 10 years and has played drums on several Elevation Worship albums and tours. Luke is also a drum instructor, a sessions musician, and creates drum samples for MultiTracks.com.Mike and Luke chat about Extremely Small Drums (our April Fool’s collab) & not taking yourself too seriously, his tenure at Elevation Church, how the audition process is still necessary and refining in the worship space, and urges against letting the thing your called to become your identity. This is a special one! Thanks so much to Mike Graff of Coresound for hosting this series. We’ll be back for Season 4 this fall! Follow us @multitracks, @multitracksgospel, @soundsbymultitracks + @leadworshipwellhttps://www.multitracks.com/producers/Luke-Anderson/https://www.multitracks.com/producers/Coresound/Follow us @multitracks // @multitracksgospel // @leadworshipwellwww.multitracks.com