The Worship & Technology Podcast

Zach Neese has been a worship pastor and teacher for more than 20 years. In addition to serving as the Pastor of Worship Development at Gateway Church for 14 years, he also directed the Christ for the Nations School of Worship and helped launch and teach the Worship Leadership programs at The King’s University. Zach has a Kingdom culture perspective of biblical worship ministry that transcends denominational and international lines...

Darlene Zschech, globally-acclaimed composer, worship leader, pastor, author and speaker, joined us to speak on Empowering Women In Ministry and what anchoring your identity in Christ through cultivating a culture of encouragement looks like. She shared with us how leading worship as a woman looked different in certain parts of the world, but that whatever obstacles she faced, she always reminded herself that she was ultimately the...

Joel Houston, world-renowned songwriter and worship leader of Hillsong UNITED, reminds us that our purpose is “in the dig” and “in the search” of the creative process. Joel speaks to his hope of reaching the person who’s lost faith with the songs God has blessed him with, how success can be an enemy to art, the missional aspects of all the projects under Hillsong, and more. We hope this conversation reminds you of the purpose we fi...

We are so excited to kick off Season 3 of The Worship & Technology Podcast with this conversation on why Music is Great, but Jesus is Greater with Bob Kauflin! Author of Worship Matters and True Worshipers, and pastor at Sovereign Grace Ministries since 1985, Bob remind us to live in the good of what we’re singing about; to intuit what is happening in the souls of one’s congregation. Rather than focusing on the technical nuance...

In our Season 2 finale we sit down with David Ware of Hillsong Worship! We learn about his “God adventure,” the evolving mission of Hillsong Worship to be “a global church for the local expression,” and the beautiful behind-the-scenes story of how Fresh Wind came to be. "We can often complicate creativity. God’s truth is simple."

David also speaks on authentic worship leading and that Hillsong is a byproduct of the real succ...

We are so excited to have CeCe Winans on our podcast today. God has trusted CeCe with success and her notoriety has only brought her closer to Him. She shares how her “why” hasn’t changed despite being named the best-selling female gospel artist of all time, and she reminds worship artists that you have to want God more than anything. “Good success means you’re still hidden in Him.”

She also talks about the process behind “Believe F...

Today we hear from Aodhan King from Hillsong Young & Free! He talks about how he loves the vehicle of song as a non-confrontational way to evangelize, the birth of Hillsong Young & Free, and how is worship and mission have always been intrinsically linked. 

He also speaks on the new single and how it’s meant to express the inclusivity of God’s love and how Young & Free is marked by a youthful and wild energy, but that yo...

Grammy-winning producer, writer, musician, arranger and MD Vaughan Phoenix is here to close out our Black History Month series! Vaughan is “the ghost and the machine” behind some of Gospel’s biggest, most influential artists (Tasha Cobbs Leonard, William Murphy, Brian Courtney Wilson, All Nations). He shares why being influenced by all genres contributes to a producer’s sonic impact and how creators should always focus on making th...

11x Grammy-nominated Gospel powerhouse Marvin Sapp (@marvinsapp) is here to talk his responsibility as an artist to deliver “horizontal” messaging that causes people to have a vertical relationship with God, why he always prioritizes singing classic hymns, and most importantly, how he keeps it “churchy and funky.”  | For more on Marvin Sapp visit: https://www.marvinsapp.com/  | Find us @multitracks + @multitracksgos...

Grammy-nominated Gospel artist Todd Dulaney (@todddulaney1) comes on our podcast encouraging you to be your authentic self, as that is what God wants you to be and how He will live His purpose through you.

Chris and Todd declare together that worship has nothing to do with us and that it’s actually about us getting out of the way. Todd also shares why he knows his purpose is to write and perform worship music and that “the Word ...

We’re so excited to kick off Black History Month 2021 with this conversation between Chris Baker and JJ Hairston. 

Chris and JJ talk about how artists wanting to echo what’s popular is an epidemic in the music industry today, and that being excited about your unique identity yields more longevity than chasing what’s popular.

JJ also encourages all of us that even in this long season of waiting, we’re all still growing and we’ll be ev...

Pat Barrett (@patbarrett) comes on the podcast to break down the songs on his upcoming album and the place they came from. He talks about how the success of “Good Good Father” was one of the truest examples of the notion that someone else can be helped in their faith journey by something you’ve personally walked through, how “true religion is camera shy,” and how resisting the incentive of being overly performative with our pra...

We’re diving deeper into the technology side of the Worship & Technology podcast today. Season 2, Episode 4 is a conversation with collaborative producer project Bottega (@bottega.bottega), made up of 3 incredible musicians from Hillsong. They discuss how Bottega allowed them to stop “burying things in the sonic graveyard” and how they go about marrying acoustic and digital within their music.

Hear about sonic landscape insp...

Chris Baker interviews his friend Jonathan Nelson, a Stellar award-winning, Dove nominated international artist, songwriter, and worship leader. He serves as the Worship Pastor at New Birth Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. This conversation is full of both Chris' and Jonathan's experience and wisdom, and we're sure you will get much out of it. | Learn more about Jonathan at: https://www.jonathannelson.us/ | Find us &...

Chris Baker is a Grammy Award-winning producer, multi-instrumentalist, and has toured the world as a musician, music director, and Ableton Live technician. He's a popular and well-known face in the Gospel community. We're proud to announce he is now part of the MultiTracks.com family heading up our new division: MultiTracks Gospel. Listen to this episode and hear Chris share a little of his story, as well as his heart behin...

Jad Gillies is a songwriter, worship leader, and member of Hillsong UNITED. In this episode, Jad shares his journey of working with Hillsong, unpacks his philosophy of worship leading, and reminds us why connecting with the people we are leading is so important. This conversation will challenge you, equip you, and possibly cause you to rethink and reframe the way you lead worship.  |  To learn more about Hillsong UNITED, visit: hil...

After releasing her first album in 1995, Rita Springer is still impacting the global Church with her incredible songwriting. Pressing in to create 11 albums over the years taught Rita many lessons and gifted her valuable wisdom. Grasping the principles from the lessons Rita shares in this episode will help set us free and enable us to be more efficient in our service to God.  |  To learn more about Rita Springer, visit: www.ritaspr...

Noel Robinson is an incredible and well known worship leader who resides in the United Kingdom. Noel has years of experience and carries the scars of carving a path that didn’t exist before him. Hundreds of worship leaders of various backgrounds are blessed to stand on his shoulders and now walk the path he once paved. We value his teaching and know you will gain wisdom and insight from hearing this episode. |  For more information...