"Oh yeah, the sound cannon! What do you thk of Bob Taylor's new model the Grand Synphony which is, what I'd say, a 15/16 jumbo?"
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Rev. Matt Fontana
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- Johnstown, PA
- United States
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Rev. Matt Fontana replied to Phil Williams's discussion 'What Acoustic Guitar(s) do you play?' in the group Acoustic GuitaristsRev. Matt Fontana replied to Phil Williams's discussion ''Sloppy wet kiss', or 'Unforeseen kiss'? 'You give and take away' or 'You give and bless the day'?'"For "Blessed Be Your Name", I agree and would leave the lyrics unchanged considering the scriptural reference to Job. For "How He Loves", I would rather use "Unforeseen Kiss" because I really don't like how…"
Rev. Matt Fontana replied to JORN's discussion 'What's your day job?'"I am a school bus driver so I get time to practice guitar, drums and/or keys between dropping off the elementary school kids and picking up my high school students."
Rev. Matt Fontana replied to JORN's discussion 'What's your day job?'"My day job is a school bus driver. I've been driving for over a year and like it very much."
Rev. Matt Fontana replied to Phil Williams's discussion 'What Acoustic Guitar(s) do you play?' in the group Acoustic Guitarists"Hey everyone here's an update: last year I got a Fender CD-110 which was pre-owned and cost less than the CD-60s (all new) and sounds just as great. Now I have three out of four guitars that are sound system ready. I changed all my strings to…"
Nathan Hurst replied to Rev. Matt Fontana's discussion 'Type of Songs to Start with...' in the group Leaders With No Formal Training"I have learned a fundamental lesson that most somehow miss and it's this "We are the Instruments God is the Muscian" when that became my prayer and my heart cry things didn't get easier but God did amazing things in our…"
Carri replied to Rev. Matt Fontana's discussion 'Type of Songs to Start with...' in the group Leaders With No Formal Training"Hey Greg. Unfortunately there are a lot of songs where the lyrics do not marry the music. So I go by the spirit of the song and place it in the appropriate sequence of the set. Usually that means the tempo and feel of the song and NOT the lyrics. I…"
Greg Moore replied to Rev. Matt Fontana's discussion 'Type of Songs to Start with...' in the group Leaders With No Formal Training"I've recently come to a church with just a morning service, no evening, and an hour limit for the whole contemporary service (!). You have to repeat new songs a lot so they will be learned (not just parroted from the visi-screen); but…"
Greg Moore replied to Rev. Matt Fontana's discussion 'Type of Songs to Start with...' in the group Leaders With No Formal Training"I love that song! Makes me want to praise the Lord and do a conga line at the same time!"
Greg Moore replied to Rev. Matt Fontana's discussion 'Type of Songs to Start with...' in the group Leaders With No Formal Training"Good, good words, Carri!
The traditional "formula" for starting a service (two words: upbeat, upbeat) works for the vast majority of services. It's a curiosity to me, because for 1,800 years the church started with…"
Debra McClellan replied to Rev. Matt Fontana's discussion 'Type of Songs to Start with...' in the group Leaders With No Formal Training"Oh. I forgot to mention that when I introduce a new song, the Praise Team does it first as special music with the lyrics on the screen so that the congregation can follow along."
Carri replied to Rev. Matt Fontana's discussion 'Type of Songs to Start with...' in the group Leaders With No Formal Training"To help the congregation learn new songs, I also use the new song every Sunday for about 5 or 6 weeks in a row so they WILL learn it."
Elaine Rose S. Caras replied to Rev. Matt Fontana's discussion 'Type of Songs to Start with...' in the group Leaders With No Formal Training"This happened to us as well :)
One church mate suggested that we have songs with less lyrics and with melody that's really easy to follow. So that on the first pass of the verse and chorus, they listen to it, then on the second, they sing with…"
Carri replied to Rev. Matt Fontana's discussion 'Type of Songs to Start with...' in the group Leaders With No Formal Training"Why thank you dear sister~"
Timothy Nelson replied to Rev. Matt Fontana's discussion 'Type of Songs to Start with...' in the group Leaders With No Formal Training"LIKE :-)"
Timothy Nelson replied to Rev. Matt Fontana's discussion 'Type of Songs to Start with...' in the group Leaders With No Formal Training"I Love To Praise Him - CCLI #12310"
Profile Information
- Home Church:
- Victory Christian Assembly Indiana, PA
- Musical Gift(s):
- Acoustic Guitar, Jazz Organ/Keys, Drums and Hand Percussion
- About Me:
- I got a new guitar last year and found out how easy it is to pick up on contemporary praise and worship music. I still love to play and write gospel but playing guitar has motivated me to explore more songs! I have a Jasmine S34C NEX cutaway, an Alvarez Regent RD20U Dreadnought and an Ovation Celebrity CC44. Just days before my 33rd birthday, my new Epiphone AJ-100 (awesome full sound) came to the house! I also have two keyboards, a box to make either of them sound like a B3, a full set of Aspire Congas (plus two others) a djembe and a 5-pc Mapex kit.
- Favourite Music:
- Gospel, Gospel Praise, Urban Gospel Praise, Contemporary Praise and Worship,
- Favourite Bible Verses / Passages:
- Galatians 6:9
Rev. Matt Fontana's Blog
Sometimes all ya gotta do is slide up...
Posted on May 26, 2010 at 11:05pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Hey this is Rev. Matt again. Okay all, at one time earlier we have struggled to figure out that one chord and then later on end up kicking ourselves in the butt when we realize...that's all it is! A prime example of this (which was also the same way I found out about this) was when I just happened to figure out to play a B-suspended chord and then slide down toward the headstock on the fretboard. Well anyway not only can i apply that to Open the Eyes of My Heart, I can also…
Continue This past weekend Celebrate Recovery and Victory Sunday morning
Posted on May 17, 2010 at 9:35pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Hi everyone, I'm Rev. Matt from Johnstown. I was blessed to have had the priviledge-actually to have been asked to lead worship-for Celebrate Recovery on Friday. I had originally chosen a song list from writers from the UK-England but then I had to reconsider the fact that if anyone knew any of these songs...I'd be very lucky! Otherwise the songs would be irrelevant even as relevant songs. Rule of thumb: introduce one at a…
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- At 12:51am on December 15, 2011,
Ulysses Brown said… Hello Matt,
Thank you for the connection...blessing always!
Ulysses
- At 3:48am on July 30, 2010,
Lisa Deaton said… - Hey Matt, I'm new to this site and surfing....saw that you just left Cincinnati....That's where I live!!! If you know of any good worship music to listen to in the area, please let me know!! Looking forward to all that this site has to offer..... :)
- At 12:29pm on March 16, 2010,
David Goodwin said… - Hi Matthew. Welcome to Worship The Rock. Enjoy all the great resources and people who hang out here. Great to see you getting involved! God bless, David
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