Comments on: Worship Leader Training – Songwriting Critique Review

By: Billy Chia

Billy Chia — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 13:32:00 +0000

Wow, talk about high pressure.

By: Michael W. McKinnon at better than blank

Michael W. McKinnon at better than blank — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 07:02:59 +0000

[...] is Fred McKinnon. I have only met through the blogosphere, but he seems pretty hip for a guy from Georgia. Anyway [...]

By: alex

alex — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 06:57:46 +0000

[after watching the youtube song]

ok, you can fricken sing! I’m gonna call you Michael W. McKinnon from now on…

great female vocals & harmonies…

I think I will put it on my blog just because.

By: alex

alex — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 06:52:44 +0000

wow Fred, you’ve got some cajones! I am going to check out the YouTube. I do agree with the critique on this point – I ain’t gonna sing “I want to be your bride”, (at least publicly) ha ha ha! Love ya man! (even though I don’t know you that well). Great post, I’ve been thinking about the webinars for a while – sorry I missed this one. Peace brother!

By: Ben Harrell

Ben Harrell — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 21:07:40 +0000

It really was an excellent critique. It seems to me that the only real complaints were sort of nitpicky in nature, which tells me that there were no real problems with the song. Still, I LOVE LOVE LOVE that song. You’re gonna have to help me get some of my stuff into one of those things.

By: Daddy

Daddy — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 17:59:49 +0000

Enjoyed reading the critique. Hope (and believe) it was helpful. Am forwarding this to Eric!

By: mandy

mandy — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:55:19 +0000

fred: wow wow wow …….
that’s amazing. i’m SOOOO excited that you had the chance to have this song picked through — what a blessing! i’d love to have someone pick through one or two of mine.
but, it’d be a tough undertaking. wow. glad you shared this experience with us!
blessings on that song!

By: Shannon Lewis

Shannon Lewis — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:35:13 +0000

As I told you last night, that is an EXCITING honor – hope I can maybe slip a few of mine in the mix there someday. BUT, though those were some great critiques – and mostly helpful – always take their opinions with a serious grain of salt…though I usually like many of the artists they showcase on their ‘worship c.d.’, usually the SONG they pick to put on them is my least favorite by each artist – I usually only even like one or two tracks max on those song-discovery discs. That’s just to show how incredibly subjective the whole thing is. I’d love to hear a new studio recording of ‘restore my heart’ someday, but the old one is still a good song.

By: FreedbyJC

FreedbyJC — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:35:13 +0000

WOW sounds liike quite and experience Fred. You have to remebr tha you have had 10 years of expereincing the Spirit and the movement of Christ throught that song too…they are hearing it with the experess puepose of critiquing it. If they had been at WUTS and heard it start they would not be cruitiquig but worshipping. Perspective has a lot to do about music. We had several of out PT panicing over a new song “IN MOMENTS LIKE THESE” and seemingly missed the pure worship power in the song…

Have you had a chance to check out the teleseminars [http://www.worshipteleseminar.com]? I missed the first couple of session but now you can download them after the sessions. They are awesome… The one about harmoinizing had me totally baffled as to how the two ‘volunteers’ kept it together until they mentioned at the end that they both have perfect pitch…. now THERE is a gift from God!

How to hear more of you on SongDiscovery soon. Its an awesome resource for new praise music.

By: Shelly

Shelly — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:02:24 +0000

Dude! That’s intense. But I think I love it for how incredible picky in its constructive criticism it can be. We can only learn through such and I’d rather have the opportunity to know. Wow…humbling, but awesome!