{"id":1191,"date":"2021-04-13T16:24:53","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T15:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worshipbackingband.com\/blog\/?p=1191"},"modified":"2021-04-13T16:24:53","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T15:24:53","slug":"using-stem-tracks-multi-tracks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worshipbackingband.com\/blog\/using-stem-tracks-multi-tracks\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Stem Tracks and MultiTracks in Worship: An Independent Guide by a Worship Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite having a worship band and being a talented multi-instrumentalist himself, Florida-based worship leader Shawn Thomas has been using MultiTracks in the services he leads for the last five years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\">When talking to musicians in other churches Shawn realised that there was a lot of confusion and misinformation about MultiTracks. He created this video which does a great job in explaining how MultiTracks work and how he uses them in his church. And this was NOT a paid endorsement!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hh4T61mvdFI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\">He blows the myth that they are only for high-tech people, and also that they are something that only big churches use.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\">He explains that MultiTracks are a far cry from the &#8216;canned&#8217; music you might think them to be and goes into detail about how you can easily use them to keep a truly live feel to your worship &#8211; keeping a song going by repeating a chorus or play a section with instruments only while you lead a time of prayer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bard-text-block style-scope\">Shawn also talks about why he chooses to use Worship Backing Band rather than the other MultiTrack providers. And no, we have not paid him to create this video!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite having a worship band and being a talented multi-instrumentalist himself, Florida-based worship leader Shawn Thomas has been using MultiTracks in the services he leads for the last five years. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worshipbackingband.com\/blog\/using-stem-tracks-multi-tracks\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Using Stem Tracks and MultiTracks in Worship: An Independent Guide by a Worship Leader&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1193,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[26,4],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Using Stem Tracks and MultiTracks in Worship: An Independent Guide<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An explanation by worship leader Shawn Thomas of how MultiTracks work and how he uses them in his church. 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