January 25, 2010

Good Morning

An attitude of gratitude...

I'd like to thank all the people that attended my sessions at Music Atlanta, and especially those who took the time to do a station ID forCreator Reverence on the Creator Leadership Network. I think you might be interested in just who did these, so tune in here, and perhaps even hear your own voice, or the voice of somebody you know. Next up? I will also be speaking at MusiCalifornia (April 5-8 in Los Angeles), the National Church Music Conference (April 13-15 in Indianapolis), and Podium 2010 (The Association of Canadian Choral Communities, May 20-23 in Saskatoon, Canada). If you are attending one of these conferences, look for me and you too can have your 15 seconds of fame by recording a station ID for CLN.

I also want to thank those who ordered my Ebook last week. Titled The Choir in Modern Worship, the book covers, among other things, The Future of the Choir in Modern Worship, Three Things that mark a Successful Choir in Modern Worship, Musical Skill Development for the Choir in Modern Worship, and Creativity for the Choir in Modern Worship. The reviews have come back quite positive on this book (he said, modestly), and it is now available at Creator's website. It will sell for $14.95, but right now you can get it for the special price of just $9.95 (that's 33% off!). And...since it is an Ebook, you can immediately download it upon purchase. We got some questions about HOW to download the book after your purchase. Here's what you do:
click on the My Account tab near the right top of the screen.
Select My Orders from the dropdown menu.
Scroll down past the FAQ to the order information.
There will be the words "Order Details" within the information boxes.
Click there to follow a link.
Scroll down past the FAQ again.
There will be a download icon - has a down arrow in it.
Click the download icon.
It will then ask you if you want to save the documents or open them.
Select Save. This will allow you to choose a place to save the article on your computer. To order the Ebook, Just click here.

• Just one more week until the start of the Valentine's Day contest on the Reverence Channel! We want to show you a little love! Starting next Monday, February 1, we will have a Valentine's Day contest at Creator Reverence and the prizes will include lots of things that you might be interested in. Here are some of the prizes we'll be giving away:

  CDs of the National Lutheran Choirand A set of Paul Manz improv CDs compliments of MorningStar Music

  A complete Set of Bock's Best Piano Books and A Crystal Cathedral Golden Collection for Organ compliments of Fred Bock Music Company

  10 free one year subscriptions to Creator Magazine compliments of Creator

  A Heavyweights of Comedy DVD compliments of Dan McGowan

  10 free registrations to the MusiCalifornia Conference April 5-8 at the Hilton Hotel Universal Studios in Los Angelescompliments of MusiCalifornia

  Plus a few surprises and a cool GRAND PRIZE!

  How do you get one of these great prizes? Well...as you might imagine, you'll have to listen to Creator Reverence , so stay tuned...we'll have all the details in next Monday's MME...

• Take our survey this week! Due to the response, we're going to go one more week for the topic: At our church congregational singing is lead by... Please go to our home page and take the survey, and check back at the end of the week to see what the results are.
• Interested in our EXCLUSIVE CLN offer! Hugh Ballou’s new program The Transformational Leadership Accelerator: Fast Track to Leadership Excellence provides church musicians with leadership tools to equip for the leading in a difficult and varied arena. His offer to CLN members is great: Sign up for this program and get 3 (yes 3) audio and print programs for free – each worth $30. You get to try Hugh's leadership program for $1 (yes, a lousy buck) to see if you like it. If not, then cancel and keep the $90 worth of programs you received...just go here.
• Considering Concert Ministry? Already on the road? The January/February issue of Creator is all about this subject. Guest Edited by Steve Amerson, there are articles by Babbie Mason and many others. If you don't have a subscription to Creator, now's the time to get one. Just click here. If you register and log in at the site, you can get our best rates.
• Want to listen to the Reverence Channel on your ipod? Listen via ootunes!Get their iphone app by going here. Here's a thumbnail version of what's on our streaming audio channel this week. Each program runs at in both the AM and PM scheduled time. For a complete and most up-to-date broadcast schedule go here and bookmark the page.

Here are this week's scheduled programs (all times Pacific):

Fred Bock Music Hour - Mondays and Wednesdays at 1 ~ Tuesdays and Fridays at 8 ~ Thursdays at 6

Doug's Master Class - Every day at 2

Creator Radio - Every day at 3

Creator Tech Talk - Mondays Tuesdays and Fridays at 4 ~ Wednesdays at 10 ~ Thursdays at7

Notes of Encouragement Featuring the Music of Steve Amerson - Every day at 11

The Just Pure Laughs Clean Comedy Show - Every day at 12

With Hearts & Hands & Voices - Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 5 ~ Tuesday at 1 ~ Thursday at 8

Let Music Live! The Sacred Sounds Of Shawnee Press - Monday, Tuesday Wednesday and Friday at 6 ~Thursday at 1

Standard reminder about the Reverence Channel player: First, the initial time you use it, you may need to "refresh" (F5 key) once in order to get the audio. You'll know you will get the audio if you see the colored buttons (green for play, red for stop, and brown for mute...plus the two purple buttons which control the volume...). There is no need to hit the play button in most cases...the audio will start automatically once the player completely loads. You may need to download one or more programs: Silverlight (for the player) and Firefox (the preferred browser). Look for links to download these free programs on the home page and programs page.

In this week's Monday Morning Email...

• Ever find yourself short of time, or needing to change from your scheduled music because of external circumstances? Here's help, as this week we feature a tutorial on Do It Yourself Hymn Anthems. To read this week's MME, just click here.

Finally...

This week, get two things: your ootunes app to listen to Creator Reverence on your iphone, and my Ebook to help develop your choir for the demands of modern worship...and please tell your friends and colleagues about Creatorand MME too

Blessings,

Vern Sanders
Publisher
Creator Magazine

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