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Originally Posted by jfrog
It seems to me the musicians that can’t play by ear are afraid they will not be very useful to a leader that plays by ear.
I think they may be correct.
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That really shouldn't be an issue. I don't read music, learned by ear, and was a music director/worship leader for just over a decade. The place I was a music director at the longest, the musicians read music and knew the Nashville system. We never had an issue. Even with spontaneous worship.
With new songs, the musicians would meet and practice on their own, while I worked with the vocalists, then we would practice together at the end.
IMO, this could be more about personal preferences and styles. People in general don't like change. Musicians and singers like change even less. Get someone who has a different style and does things different from what everyone has been used to and are comfortable with, and there will be some who won't like it and push back against it.