by dgillham » Wed Aug 02, 2006 8:21 am
Of course you will not see the need. In the same way that I do not see the need to display guitar chords and would not use such a feature etc etc. I wonder how useful a translation feature might be to most of our churches too. But because we do not see the need, does that mean we shouldn't?
Hymn singing consists of two basic operations. The music and the words. It can be argued that we have perfectly good hymn books so we do not REALLY need projection software at all. In YOUR case you have a perfectly good band, two ministers, a young people's singing company and probably a Songster brigade too. Why would you need any extra computerised help to lead worship when you have all the help you need available locally?
Contrast that with my situation. One minister, no organist or any other form of musician, no money, a traditional liturgical gathering, a need for one person to operate everything
Now tell me again how easy it is! Tell me again that there would be no benefit to one program actually doing the two BASIC things required for hymn singing!
Yes, I can get by with Powerpoint. It works well and requires me to run ONE piece of software which is more easily controlled by a single person. I do not have to put a disk in anything nor do I have to press play, which might not work too well with a chalice in one hand, a host in the other and a remote control between my teeth. But it is hard work having to type up and format the songs week by week for several different services, all of which have no musical resources
My regards to Alan, your leader on 20th August. He was a year behind me at the Wm Booth College (graduating 1975)