Resources for the resourceful

I'm just going to list a few of the great resources I've used over the years that have helped me in my music ministry. As this blog grows, I'll be citing many of these references.

Next week, we'll discuss keyboards in music ministry – an area close to my heart.

Publications

• LIFE TEEN Liturgy and Music Planning Guide (Available by subscription from http://www.lifeteen.com/)
  
• Worship Musician Magazine (Bruce Adolph Publishing)
  
• Christian Musician Magazine (Bruce Adolph Publishing)
  
• The Liturgy Documents Vol. 1 – includes the GIRM, and "Music for Modern Worship". You can get some of these online:
  
  
  
  • Music in Catholic Worship – a MUST READ for every Catholic music minister
    
  • General Instruction of the Roman Missal – A MUST read for every music leader / director
  
  
• Handbook for Creative Church Musicians - Harold Owen (G.I.A.)
  
• The Complete Idiot's Guide to Songwriting – Joel Hirschorn
  
• The Catholic Lectionary
  
  
  
  • Week- by-week NAB readings available at http://www.usccb.org/)
  
  
• Grape Vine (Indenendent)
  
• The Catechism of the Catholic Church
  
• Integrity's Songwriting DVD – other than being short, incomplete, impractical and vague, it's a good starting point for budding Christian songwriters.

Web Sites:

• http://Worshiptogether.com – Get sheet music, instructions, and inspiration
  
• http://Spiritandsong.com – OCP's contemporary Catholic music site
  
• http://Ocp.org – Oregon Catholic Press, Catholic hymnal and book publisher of Tom Booth and Matt Maher among others
  
• http://Giamusic.com – Catholic music publisher or David Haas and Marty Haugen, among others
  
• http://Wlp.jspaluch.com – Catholic Music publisher of Ed Bolduc and David Yackley, among others
  
• http://Liturgy.com – OCP's online Liturgy planning service
  
• http://printandpraise.com – OCP's assembly edition printing service
  
• http://ccli.com – Christian Copyright Licensing, Inc. – Chief place to get reprint licenses for many favorite

Conferences / Organizations

• National Pastoral Musicians – Annual regional / national conferences for Catholic musicians
  
• LIFE TEEN Priests and Musicians conferences
  
• LIFE TEEN – LIFE on the ROAD conferences
  
• Christian Musicians Summit – National Christian musician and songwriter conference held in Seattle area

Non-Christian based sources worth reading:

• Performing Songwriter – Monthly magazine
  
• Sound On Sound – Great magazine for the advanced musician and amateur recording engineer
  
• Confessions of a Record Producer – Moses Avalon

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