According to a Barna survey in 2021 they found that the majority of churches in the US have an attendance of less than 90 adults. And these smaller churches are more likely to have low income families attending. Only 2% of all churches have a regular attendance of 1000 or more. So, the expectation that churches pay their musicians a full-time liveable salary, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and retirement benefits is simply an unrealistic expectation. Like Kell said, what you make playing in church should be one part of your total financial plan.
100% facts I haven’t nothing against full time musicians but I understand the life I want to live requires more than one income ..we as musicians have to think about the future I don’t want to be 65 an having to go to rehearse for a gig no shade 😂
I played the piano at church for years, when I was growing up. I would never imagine accepting any money for that. It was my praise offering, my way to worship. I don’t believe anyone should be paid for church work.
@@guinhomusico9504 no sir the kit sampled as mentioned in the video is “Yamaha live oak customs” hence the name “Oak-wood” these samples are from a good friend of mine drum kit. See my latest video and we talk about the process of recording these drums.
I’ve been through some of it all as a musician. I struggled with the idea of getting paid as a musician for years and even the idea of only playing gospel music. Long story but God provided opportunities for me to get paid to play which slowly broke that mental barrier off of me. Even now I believe God has given everyone talents, gifts, abilities or however people want to call them for others and also to help sustain you. Not muzzling the oz is a principle. Each person needs to seek God on how they fit the bigger picture of the kingdom and how we fit in it. The church is just one aspect of the kingdom and not the whole of it. God needs his people everywhere. No matter what God has given you it’s ok to enjoy the benefits of his blessings. Let the word, the Holy Ghost and your conscience guide you on who he made you to be. We all will make good and bad decisions.
This happens because instead of you giving your gift to God and allowing him to use you in your gift in YOUR church that you stay in, alot of musicians want to go church hopping and playing in gigs to perform and make a name for themselves while simultaneously getting finances when a real gospel musician especially old school knows it's not about the money it's about winning souls to Christ. (I'm from an really old school pentecostal church if you know you know).
This vst makes me wanna buy an electronic drum set just to use it🔥🔥🔥sounds really good……very realistic which I love✨🔥🔥🔥it would be good to get an 8” tho……that would be fire🔥🔥🔥
IF GOD HASNT LED YOU TO MUSIC MINISTRY GET OUT AND DONT LOOK BACK! IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR FULL TIME WORK IN A SMALL CHURCH YOU ARE DELUSIONAL. THOSE JOBS ARE FEW ARE FAR BETWEEN! DO IT BECAUSE YOU LOVE GOD AND HIS MUSIC…OTHERWISE YOU WILL BE PAINFULLY DISAPPOINTED ☹️!
I used to play Bass in Church for about two years give or take. I got payed maybe $30 for that Sunday but to be honest, I didn't care if I got payed or not. I told the Worship Leader that I did not want any money. But he insisted. Well fast forward and 2020 happened. And very bad situations and complications happened and I stopped playing in Church. This made me sit back and reflect on the songs that we were playing. And based on my convictions, I could not play music in Church ever again. Now if I tried, I would absolutely fail miserably. I would probably make a lot of mistakes in my playing. So the days of playing in Church at all, are completely over for me. Never again.
