You'll find that Hal Leonard fake books "For C instruments" are
not necessarily written in the key of CMaj. One reason you don't
see that very often is that Hal Leonard made a killing selling
CMajor fake books. They would transcribe the melody to Cmaj, change
a few notes, and stamp a copyright signature and date. Needless
to say, this practice raised some eyebrows. Hal Leonard has
had books for C instruments for a while, now.
Don't mean to be critical. The books could be perfect for you.
It sounds like your audience wants to hear mainstream praise and
worship, like Hillsong or Chris Tomlin. I tried to look up CCLI
license, which appears to be permission to perform but not record
or copy. If that's what the CCLI in fact, allows, it could be a
good thing, or it could create limitations down the road, which
happens to be as they would have it. (Security prevented me from
entering the site.) Keeping in mind, the bigger they get, the more
controled by producers and publishers they become. You may question what the status for video is. I'm sure Hal Leonard would be happy to tell you. Another good reference, www.godtube.com
If you build a set from these two books and have the rights to perform, this could be wonderful. But don't think it has to end there. Seasoned church musicians joking refer to worship anthems as "five/twelve songs." Meaning the same five words repeated twelve times. Now this may sound like a joke, even a bitter joke, but the germ of truth is that your band could probably create an all original set with surprising results and not so much work, if you put your minds to it. Better yet, enlist a music "director," who would do little more than produce originals for you, music based on the hits, bypassing the industry pros.Then, you have room to run.
My final question, if you did such a thing, what BB backing style would work best?


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