swamped

I went to Meijer on my birthday (Feb. 17) to buy the new record from the Fray. Before that... would have to be last summer.

126 - but many of those only publish once a week, or are daily comic strips, etc. Probably 40-50 that I really read.

This is so key... using the newest, trendiest stuff well only matters if we know what we're going to do when it isn't new or trendy anymore.

I try to stagger tunes to keep them from getting too tired. If there's a great new song, we might play it 5 or 6 times in two months, but then only once a month after that.... there are some great songs that have been sung to death in a lot of churches that our folks (including me!) aren't tired of yet because we only get them out a few times a year.

I think that the key isn't so much volume, but the quality of the mix - hence the lower decibel level. I thought our service was running a little quiet this morning, but the mix was tight and the congregation responded really well.

I've got the custom molds, but I'm the only one on our team. I got mine from http://www.hearyourself.com.