Hello again! we’ve just released a new video (actually, two) that will guide you in setting up Reason for creating worship loops and backing tracks for your church worship team or band. Let us know what you think, and if there’s anything we’ve left out! How to Create A Loop In Reason – Part 1 How to Create A Loop In Reason – Part 2

This is a guest post from Will Flora, a great friend and worship leader on the theological aspects of using loops in worship. As a worship leader it is very important to understand two things: worship is not just music, it is how we live our lives in a manner pleasing to God (Romans 12) and music is an awesome way to do that (Ephesians 5:18-21).  So how can we use music as our expression of thanks...

“We’ve got loops. We’ve got the equipment. We’ve got musicians who say they’re ready to go. What now?” Don’t worry, this seems to be an issue every worship leader deals with in the beginning stages. How do you begin to rehearse with loops–much less be ready to play with them during a service? What are some tips and tricks to putting everything in place?...

Well, it’s Christmas time again–are you ready for another round of Christmas carols and standard hymns played the exact same way you’ve always played them? Yeah, neither are we. This post is a special: We’re linking to all the Christmas loops we currently have reviewed here at LoopingWorship.com. If you decide to use one for your worship service, please send the creator a jolly...

This entry is part of a series, Using Loops in Worship» Well, you’ve got some loops made and edited–now you need to figure out how to get them played from the platform. This automatically leads to some problems–like how to get the loop to the mains/FOH mixer, and how to split the headphone signal between different members–which we’ll look at in this article.  Entries...

This entry is part of a series, Using Loops in Worship» Now that you’ve read through the getting started posts, it’s time to get down to the real deal: setting up your worship environment for using loops. Note: these are all products that we’ve used and fully support at LoopingWorship.com, and we’ve included affiliate links to each product to help pay the bills! Here’s...

This entry is part of a series, Using Loops in Worship» Put simply, a loop is a backing track for a band or an artist to play/sing over. While the term “loop” used to literally mean a repeated section of music (a riff, a motif, etc.), the modern use of the word seems to mean that there is a backing track that is played while other stuff is going on. Worship leaders sometimes incorporate...

This entry is part of a series, Using Loops in Worship» If you’re like most worship leaders, you can be rather busy sometimes! You may have no idea how or where to look to get started with loops in worship, or you may just be the person assigned to finding out more about it. Either way, this post will help you get started on the right foot: what questions should you ask, and where to find...

This entry is part of a series, Using Loops in Worship» So you’ve heard the buzz: all the COOL worship leaders are using ‘loops’ during their worship sets. Maybe you’ve played around a bit with Propellerhead’s Reason software, or made some cool tracks in GarageBand, but you’d like to learn more about these ‘loops’ and if they’re for you,...