Monday 22nd June 2020

Calling all singers!! (who have technology at home!)

We are currently considering how to include music into our services once we are 'allowed' to worship back in the building.  This isn't easy because we want to both worship in the building and 'livestream' from the building and music licences are complex.  One solution is that the music we 'hear' at a service (on the basis that we won't be allowed to sing) needs to be 'home-grown' - that fits the livestreaming licence.

So, we would like to try a 'virtual choir'.

The process would go like this.

An organ accompaniment would be recorded and sent out to any interested singer.

The singer, at home, would play the accompaniment on one device using earphones to listen, whilst recording their voice onto a mp3 file on another device (this way they would keep in time and tune with the accompaniment!)

The singer would send the mp3 file in and we would mix all the voices together, along with the original organ accompaniment. (We are not videoing this - it's just your voice we are after!!)

On the Sunday service at church the finished 'Virtual Choir' hymn would be played through a loud speaker, words projected so the congregation could follow along (silently, I'm afraid), and this would also be webcast.

Quite a lot of work but, I think, very worthwhile - and we'd get better at it as we went along!

So, if you are up for a challenge - have a good singing voice and could cope with the technology - drop me an email and say you would be willing to be part of our AFC Morning Worship 'Virtual Choir'.

I look forward to hearing from you!

May you, today, know God's peace and joy in all you do.

Ian