by Mark J Martin | Sep 17, 2015 | Archived
If you were to isolate the greatest challenges that face music ministries in the 21st century, at the top of the list would be the challenge of leading different generations to worship God together. Some ministries split services. Some adjust style to fit newer...
by Mark J Martin | Sep 16, 2015 | Archived
On Monday, I talked about Seth Godin’s concept of “Show up every day.” Musicians can get stuck easily. Whether through fatigue, high expectations of ourselves, or too many responsibilities, it’s easy to get paralyzed and start spinning our...
by Mark J Martin | Sep 14, 2015 | Archived
I write on this site mainly about church music and playing the piano. But today and Wednesday, I’m going to talk a little about productivity. And this will have application to your music. We musicians can be overwhelmed with the amount of rehearsals we have,...
by Mark J Martin | Sep 10, 2015 | Archived
I relaunched markjmartin.com earlier this week with a new design. The old design was too basic, and, especially on a computer, wasted a lot of real estate on your computer screen. Take a look at the new design. It’s a lot easier to navigate. As I post more...
by Mark J Martin | Sep 7, 2015 | Archived
When I taught piano, I encouraged the parents to give the kids an opportunity, after they had practiced their lesson material, to just play around on the piano. Why? You learn by discovery. Playing by ear exercises the improvisation muscles. Discovering tunes on your...
by Mark J Martin | Sep 3, 2015 | Archived
The Bible is full of both/and truths. But we try to make them either/ or’s. God is a Being who can have two seemingly contradictory truths exist together at the same time. For example, in our limited brains, our heads explode when we think of how Christ is both...
