Our electric guitarists are split into 2 sections: Lead & Rhythm. Lead guitar focuses on learning the riffs and lead melody lines to a song. Rhythm focuses on being the foundational support to help carry the song by mainly playing chords.
Electric Guitarists
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What is this Role?
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Why does this Role Exist?
This role exists to:
- support and endorse the vision of Senior Leadership and Creative Pastor.
uphold and promote the culture, core convictions and positive name of Life Church both within the church and the community.
support in every way possible the smooth running of Life Church services.
advance the cause of the Gospel of Jesus
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Mid-week Responsibilities
- Connect with other electric guitarist to discuss parts and roles for each song (ie. who plays ambient parts, open chords, power chords etc)
- Setup tone and fx to capture the vision of each song (in liaison with other guitarist & the MD)
- Maintain gear (ie. replace guitar strings if they are old and rusty)
- Learn and memorise songs and all parts with a metronome (We don’t use sheet music on stage and we play along to a click track for all services)
- Attend rehearsal if there is one (communicated by the MD)
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On Sunday
- Arrive to soundcheck 15 minutes early to bump in, set up gear, tune up and be ready for team prayer
- Once you've set up - start helping other Musicians or Production team.
- Follow MD’s instructions during rehearsal to help ensure a smooth run through.
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What Gear is Required?
- Electric Guitar (Common brands that we use are Fender & Gibson)
- Amplifier (Fender Blues Jr, Vox AC15 etc. No Quad stacks)
- If you don’t own an amp then you may use an amp modelling interface such as the Line 6 Helix, Kemper, Axe FX etc
- Tuner - Either in pedal form (TC Electronic Polytune, Boss TU3) or a clip on tuner with spare batteries.
- Guitar Pedals/FX - At a minimum the type of songs we play require 2 overdrives (1 light gain and one medium-hot gain), a delay pedal and a reverb pedal.
- Cable to go from guitar to pedals. And another instrument lead to go to amp/DI box. 10ft cables are long enough. Any additional cables required to connect interfaces to system (ie. Stereo balanced cables to DI, patch cables etc)
- Guitar capo for songs that require it.
- In ear monitors - We use in ear body packs to hear everything on stage, no Foldback wedges. We recommend the Shure SE215 to start off. These use a 3.5mm jack. No headphones such as Beats by Dre etc