God Songs: How to Write & Select Songs for Worship

Softcover, 304 pages.. Song stories and advice from writers and publishers such as Darlene Zschech, Chris Tomlin, Matt Redman, Bart Millard, Craig Dunnagan and Rita Baloche are also included. This instructional book by songwriters Paul Baloche and Jimmy & Carol Owens covers basic songwriting principles like how to develop a song after inspiration comes, 30 characteristics that make a song memorable, 16 shared qualities of great worship songs and 12 keys to unlock writer's block. You will also learn how to gain the listener's attention quickly, find fresh ways of expressing worship and choose just the right words. (Integrity). God Songs also contains advice on how to make your song its best before releasing it, how to get your songs heard and used by others, and ways to minister most effectively w

"A Good Read for Any Worship Songwriter" according to Andrew Thompson. Terrific content. A good discussion starter for anyone interested in learning more about worship songwriting. Solid advice. Obviously some theological streams will find a few things to quibble about - no one can please everyone - but none of this keeps it from being a helpful resource.The only thing that keeps it from being five stars is the unreasonably high price. I bought my copy used and it was still over $25.This would be a must read if it was priced to match the market. ($15-25 New in paperback?) As it is, it's t. Loved the book, wish the subtitle were different Michael J. Wallace I think the previous review was great, so I will only add a few things from my perspective. I loved this book. I have been a church music director for the past two and a half years, and absolutely love Paul Baloche's music. It was such a joy to read this book, to learn about how some of the most popular Christian songs came to be, and to just hear from some of the greats in CCM. I would say that the book is dominated with how to write songs. That wasn't really what I was looking for when I started the book, but I defin. Good suplement for Worship Pastors who are also songwriters There's a growing trend in contemporary Christian churches where the worship pastor(s) introduce original songs to their congregation. While not obligated to, many worship pastors have a creative side that bubbles up in their private worship and other times and for many there is a difficult bridge to cross to take their God-inspired and God-driven musical ideas and melodic prayers and put them in a form suitable for corporate worship; that's where God Songs comes in.As a musician and worshiper who is not a worship past