February 1, 2010

Good Morning

Are you tuned in? I hope you don't miss this...

Today during the NOON hour is the start of the Valentine's Day "Giving You Some Love" contest on the Reverence Channel! For the next two weeks, Monday through Friday we will be giving away lots of great prizes during selected programs 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

There are over 50 daily prizes in all!

And EVERYBODY who wins one of the daily prizes will also receive a free one year subscription or renewal to Creator Magazine compliments of Creator!

And the Grand Prize is One FREE Registration to the MusiCalifornia Conference, INCLUDING Round Trip Air (for one) from ANYWHERE in the US and HOTEL accomodations at the Hilton Hotel Universal Studios during the Conference!

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. Each contest hour, we will be making an announcement of what the prize is for that hour. Sometime during the hour, you'll hear a special sound, the special phrase of the hour, and which specific email (for instance the "third" email) will win the prize. When you hear the phrase, you'll need to email it to: contest@creatorleadershipnetwork.com. Don't lose that email address! That's all there is to it

How do you qualify to win the Grand Prize? There are two ways: If you win one of the daily prizes, you are automatically eligible. If you don't win a daily prize don't give up hope. You can also become automatically eligible by making a purchase at the CLN Store anytime between now and noon (pacific) on Friday, February 12, 2010. You can find a link to the store at the CLN site, or by clicking on the "Creator Store" button on the Reverence channel player any time you hear something you'd like to purchase. THIS WEEK we will be giving away prizes on the following programs (all times Pacific):

MONDAY
Noon - The Just Pure Laughs Clean Comedy Show - Hosted by Dan McGowan
1 pm - Fred Bock Music Hour - Hosted by Stephen Bock
2 - Doug's Master Class - Hosted by Doug Lawrence
3 - Creator Radio - Hosted by Vern Sanders
4 - Creator Tech Talk - Hosted by Wade Odum

TUESDAY
11 am - Notes of Encouragement - Hosted by Steve Amerson
Noon - The Just Pure Laughs Clean Comedy Show - Hosted by Dan McGowan
1 pm - With Hearts & Hands & Voices - Hosted by Mark Lawson
2 - Doug's Master Class - Hosted by Doug Lawrence
3 - Creator Radio - Hosted by Vern Sanders

WEDNESDAY
1 pm - Fred Bock Music Hour - Hosted by Stephen Bock
2 - Doug's Master Class - Hosted by Doug Lawrence
3 - Creator Radio - Hosted by Vern Sanders
4 - Creator Tech Talk - Hosted by Wade Odum
5 - With Hearts & Hands & Voices - Hosted by Mark Lawson

THURSDAY
11 am - Notes of Encouragement - Hosted by Steve Amerson
Noon - The Just Pure Laughs Clean Comedy Show - Hosted by Dan McGowan
1 pm - Let Music Live! The Sacred Sounds Of Shawnee Press - Hosted by Joseph Martin
2 - Doug's Master Class - Hosted by Doug Lawrence
3 - Creator Radio - Hosted by Vern Sanders
4 - Creator Tech Talk - Hosted by Wade Odum

FRIDAY
10 am - Creator Tech Talk - Hosted by Wade Odum
11 am - Notes of Encouragement - Hosted by Steve Amerson
Noon - The Just Pure Laughs Clean Comedy Show - Hosted by Dan McGowan
1 pm - Fred Bock Music Hour - Hosted by Stephen Bock
2 - Doug's Master Class - Hosted by Doug Lawrence
3 - Creator Radio - Hosted by Vern Sanders


Standard reminder about the Reverence Channel player: The first 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.

Want to listen to the Reverence Channel on your ipod touch or iphone? Listen via ootunes! - Get their iphone app here

A big THANK YOU to those who have ordered my Ebook 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.

Take our NEW survey this week! This is the first week for a very sensitive topic...you'll have to take the survey to find out what it is. 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.


In this week's Monday Morning Email...

Do you remember what you were doing 10 years ago? (I do...I was newly retired and loving it!) Bob Burroughs gives us a little history lesson of the technological changes over the past 10 years, plus anthem reviews, This Idea Will Work... and more. To read this week's MME, just click here.



Finally...

This week, reflect on all the good things that you have participated in over the past 10 years...and please tell your friends and colleagues about Creatorand MME too

Blessings,

Vern Sanders
Publisher
Creator Magazine

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