United Live/Hillsong United

[GodSongJB]

How many of you are actively using UNITED type youth worship? I've been hearing some great stuff but haven't had a chance to incorporate it. Especially nice, is the Delirious/United compilation album which I listen to frequently. The problem I'm having is that it takes some really talented guitar work to pull off some of those songs. I'd love to do them, but alas...not now. Have you been able to do some of these songs in your worship sets?

 

[xtianaxel]

well, we do some of united live/hillsong songs! especially when our keyboard player comes back home for vacation from Oral Roberts University. he likes hillsong a lot, so we basically do them. they're awesome, and the lyrics are just wonderful! it is targeted for today's youth, our generation. believe, their worship music rocks!

 

[TheBatman]

Our church generally does a lot of Hillsong. I'd say about 50 percent.

Our youth group does about 75%. All the worship leaders in the youth group (including myself) are huge fans of Hillsong and love listening to it.

 

[eugenejvr]

I think Hillsong is great, @ our church we use a lot of there songs for P&W in Youth meeting and in normal church meetings. It's a great resource. But a worship song from your own heart to the almighty and loving God is so much better (Personal Opinion).

 

[Wally22]

I think Hillsong is great, @ our church we use a lot of there songs for P&W in Youth meeting and in normal church meetings. It's a great resource. But a worship song from your own heart to the almighty and loving God is so much better (Personal Opinion).

Yeah hillsongs have some awesome worship songs..but i agree worship songs from the people in your church are best..they capture the heart of your people and where they are at..and where they want to be with God.....

 

[dancin' moosen]

I've used quite a bit of their stuff. The thing I like is how easily you can tie them together. Like using certain chorus' as vamps on different songs and whatnot.

As for the difficulty with guitar players - what about having different instruments playing the licks - like in All About You, we've used a tenor sax, while the guitar just plays power chords. Other option would be to simplify them for your guitarist. Just pick out some important bits that add to it, and drop the rest.
D'M

 

[innocentman56]

I play the keyboard for my church and Hillsong is not known as much as it should be I think. I myself lilsten to them and I'm a HUGE fan of them myself in fact I like the song they have called "ONE WAY" because it is JESUS CHRIST that gets us to Heaven and no other name on Earth can man be saved except by the blood of Jesus Christ.

 

[uzchickenz]

Yeah hillsongs have some awesome worship songs..but i agree worship songs from the people in your church are best..they capture the heart of your people and where they are at..and where they want to be with God.....

toootaly agree!
the other songs are good, are precious, but duuuuude...when you use songs written by yours to yours.....

 

[starprincess]

i am a hillsong fanatic
we use most of their songs at our church.
Their music is catching on among our youths

 

[sgoolah]

My youth group TOTALLY follows United's style. About 75 percent of all the stuff we use are United. If its not united, its Desperation Worship band, a little PlanetShakers a little delirious? and other big songs that are out inthe worship music industry.

I LOVE United's Stuff, and I really like Desperation's stuff too. It is GOOD worship, I'll give you that.

 

[filip2mp]

i Love their songs. most of the songs from y church are from them

 

[underthesouthercross]

yeh l play heaps of hillsong and united stuff have you guys tried Planetshakers.
l like to usually figure alot of the lead guitar riff by ears its fun and enjoyable. they are awesome musicians.
another thing the god he reigns dvd has some guitar lesson tips how to play a few songs like salviation is here etc.. go and get it mate
also l asked the hillsong people like marty and Joel if they can make a guitar tab book for all their new albums espically we stand rocks you guy should get it. it is fully awesome.
go Hillsong and go the Aussies

 

[underOATH!]

We do a lot of Hillsong United stuff. I love their style. You could probably play Shout Unto God. It's on the Look To You album. It's really easy.

 

[underthesouthercross]

yeh man the Shout unto god is just D and E chords, but their stuff is just just expolsive

 

[Leesy]

Yeah we use alot of there stuff and it has been going of in the youth services over the last few months but our youth band has a lot of tallented musicians that have been building up for a fair few years now infact i'm listening to one of there CDs now

 

[Drummerdave96]

Our Sunday morning band has actually started playing Hillsong lately.
We started out with the soft stuff like Mighty to Save, For who you are, From the inside out, etc. No we're getting into the bigger stuff (we're already getting complaints from "energetic worship" haters, but oh well.) The only part that doesn't sound right is our drummer. His style is very reserved and traditional. On a loud chorus or breakdown, he'll be playing closed hi-hat and rim clicks. Ruins the song. You can't water down an explosive, driving, powerful song and expect the same musical quality. Either way, Hillsong is incredible. They are truly innovative and revolutionary. If more praise bands sounded like them, maybe kids would come to church. Call me crazy, but it could just happen.

 

[Sushi614]

Yes, those are all great! We do songs for all of them.