Tips for live-streaming your worship service

In this video I go over some tips for live streaming your worship services. I tried to come at this video from a couple angles - both in the actual equipment you'll need (although there are a lot of different setups you could use, and I could never cover them all), and from a presentation perspective.
Here are some links mentioned in this video:
CCLI Streaming License: us.ccli.com/st...
Keith Urban live-streaming from his phone: / 209548596775600
Here are a few videos from Jake at ChurchFront about streaming:
• Online Church Studio T...
• Online Church for Begi...
Wirecast: www.telestream...
OBS: obsproject.com/
LifeChurch's online church platform (free): churchonlinepl...
Blackmagic Pocket 4k Camera: amzn.to/39beOTT
Canon EOS R Camera: amzn.to/3beeCVq
Blackmagic ATEM Mini: www.bhphotovid...
AJA U-Tap (HDMI): www.bhphotovid...
Blackmagic Web Presenter: www.bhphotovid...
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Download Pads and instantly elevate your worship sets: www.worshiptut...
Join our Facebook group for worship leaders and worship team members: / 297108460822183
Join our Facebook P&W Gear group: / 2113165795376666
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Our vision is that every church in the world would experience worship that is both excellent and authentic. We are here to help you make that happen.
CURRENT GEAR (this is the stuff I currently use to create videos)
Cameras:
Blackmagic Pocket 4k Cinema Camera: amzn.to/2OfsvIR
Canon EOS R: amzn.to/3a0yuvD
Lenses:
For the Blackmagic Pocket 4k:
Panasonic 12-35 f/2.8: amzn.to/2Yao9qZ
Olympus 25mm f/1.8: amzn.to/2OfaYk2
Panasonic Leica 42.5 f/1.2: amzn.to/2tcM1iU
For the EOS R:
Canon RF 24-70 f/2.8: amzn.to/380yPfV
Canon RF 15-35 f/2.8: amzn.to/381j0FO
Canon RF 24-105 f/4: amzn.to/2TjTOGr
Drones:
DJI Mavic Air: amzn.to/2IBuMLw
DJI Phantom 4 Pro: amzn.to/2NkGHht
Lighting:
The Sun :)
Aputure 120d + Light Dome (my main light): www.adorama.co...
FotodioX Flapjack lights // amzn.to/2rVPrAd
Acoustic Guitars:
McPherson Carbon Fiber Guitar (Sable): mcphersonguita...
Martin D-35 // amzn.to/2sWkvUV
LR Baggs Anthem Pickup (in both) // amzn.to/2tOenus
Capos:
G7th Performance Capos
Cables:
Sinasoid Cables: www.sinasoid.com
Amps/Pedals:
Line 6 Helix // amzn.to/2sU5P8Z
Bass Guitar:
Music Man Sterling S.U.B. Ray4 // amzn.to/2rCNp8r
Recording Interface:
Universal Audio Apollo 8
Microphones:
Shure SM7b (vocals) // amzn.to/2rVGIxP
AKG C214 (vocals and everything else) // amzn.to/2tO5eCr
Software & Virtual Instruments
Recording software: Apple Logic Pro X
Video editing software: Adobe Premiere CC
Video editing - color correction: Davinci Resolve
Omnisphere (Pads, synths, etc) // amzn.to/2sU3ta7
Native Instruments Komplete (strings, pianos, etc) // amzn.to/2sUemJ0
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Twitter: / wrshptutorials

[@robskinner8088]

Brian, thank you so much for doing this video. Your tutorials have helped me so much over the past several years. You are a great teacher.

[@gl_musik]

Thanks Brian. Your passion and leadership can be felt through this explanation. 23:00

[@davidmc1223]

Thanks for putting out this information and the links. Sharing this with our worship and media team. I thank God for giving Brian and all of the people at WT such a heart of worship and the skill and vision to share.

[@fret2fret221]

Right now we are actually setting up a pre recorded service. We aren’t “streaming live”. But we are going to live stream a pre recorded video.

[@carloverzeletti6521]

Great Brian Thanks for all your work and teaching as usual

[@worm75]

Thanks! We've been streaming for a while now and have been getting questions from other churches on how to get started. This is one of the best videos out there, especially on streaming licensing.

[@Jazzbeau]

Excellent video, beautifully presented, and very helpful!

[@Robertkelleymusic]

This has been wonderful... also, nice to express the compassion of how strange it is to “lead in worship” in an empty room, haha. You guys rock. Thanks for putting together all the resources and wisdom... Gonna go practice singing worship songs in front of a camera

[@lile5117]

Thank you so much for sharing this and providing insight into how to set up for streaming . This season is an unknown period for our church. Planning and trying to set up church to meet online is a huge learning curve us. So thankful for WT for helping us to prepare here in Sydney, Australia.

[@randalldaniels3915]

Thanks Brian, priceless information, God Bless

[@decastring]

Hey Brian, thank you very much for what you (and of course, Jake) do for this community. I just picked up Pads 5 yesterday. Again, many thanks. That will really help underscore my pastor's prayers and invitation where we would normally have live piano. Will you please talk about the psychological differences, if any, between a KZbin uploaded video vs. a Premiere vs a live event? Clearly, we're all trying to maximize congregational engagement. So, is there really a difference between those 3 basic types of KZbin videos? We've been live streaming for over 2 years so production logistics are something we've already dealt with. Thanks!

[@OutdoorPreacher]

Thanks for the helpful information. CCLI lowered their streaming license price this week if a church is not already using it.

[@kristoferanderzhon8597]

Thank you so much!! from Rural SW Iowa!!!

[@j1jh002]

Very very helpful video! Thank you so much! God bless!

[@simonandrachelperchard5779]

Rend collective also just used a phone and recorded some music in the lounge. Great and so genuine. This virus stuff might be responsible for making us all rethink what we do every sunday......

[@markunuki]

Thank you for this info. Very helpful and timely

[@kyleguti]

Man, súper helpful info. God bless you immensely. We are gonna upload a service as a premier on KZbin because of cuality. Blessings from Argentina.

[@livingpicture]

Fairly exhaustive. Thanks for this!

[@amirs6075]

Amazing and helpful as usual ❤

[@ZachariahConnor]

The ATEM Mini also can push streams via its ethernet out port at a higher bit rate to the internet

[@SaGr101]

Super helpful and relevant! Thanks 😊

[@robfriedrich2822]

I do sound for Livestream in a smaller room. Distance to the musicians about 3 meter. I mix with headphones (musicians use in ear). I have an app to see, how loud it is and the voices cause a level about 85 dB. So it's no surprise that I have to set the sound, that instruments are a bit too loud in my opinion - but at least is it perfect. My church is in Germany and we have restrictions, so the persons seen in the video has to be employees of our church - but we are lucky, to have many employees and that one of them is professional musician.

[@lfisher8154]

Thanks much for your helpful insights. Can you share what advantages you found in Wirecast over Ecamm Live that justify the significant extra cost? In reviewing software options for Mac the general consensus (including Jake) is to recommend Ecamm Live and I don't want to miss out anything significant.

[@johnhamilton6454]

Very helpful video! Thanks!

[@deacontheseer4804]

Great point about the audio

[@TheChurchPlantingDoc]

Awesome tips learned a lot!

[@timothyjonesii5284]

I am just catching this video. Did I miss the free pads, looks like its charging again?

[@ruthlapwood2486]

Awesome guys, love your heart to share freely. We have a really small church Plenty to consider. Thanks

[@robfriedrich2822]

We use our X32 mixing console, we have camera, video interface, KZbin account - and the newest - we got a licence to stream lyrics with the songs. CCLI is very kind.

[@nicknchrist]

What I've found streaming through Facebook with my iphone is that if I don't use an irig or something of the sort to translate the digital sound what happens is fb condenses the sound and it warbles and sounds like it's in a tin can.

[@nickmystah808]

I have a question. How about something like churches has a Dance team. How would that work if most church dance teams use songs from artists? Do we still have to find the copyright? How does that work?

[@ranjithbruce4557]

hey brother, we are a small church based in India, Bangalore. my question is how do I send or stream lyrics from proclaim software to obs while live streaming.

[@greg_bking5867]

Great info. We are also recording ahead of time and streaming the video. The problem we have is our sounds board doesn't have effects (e.g.reverb), so all our audio is very dry. When recording, the sound in the room is great, but that's not what's being recorded. Do we need a board with effects or another with effects? Thanks for any ideas.

[@tylerthomas1175]

Thank you for the video!

[@calebgibson55]

The Sony a5100 is a *the best budget live-streaming camera.* I use it for our church.

[@catastrophicending9560]

Can't download pads. something about "The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to the site owner reaching his/her bandwidth limit." Will check back later. Appreciate your tutorials, I have watched a lot of them over the years. They are always helpful.

[@drummerboy100jh]

Hey thanks so much great info I was curious when you said multi-tracks is allowing churches to use their tracks for live streaming is it just for KZbin and Facebook or KZbin only?

[@tommih597]

The EOS R looks excellent 👌

[@JeffBarron1]

LOL good luck getting at ATEM Mini for the next 6months for streaming software... ECAMM live seems to sit between OBS and Wirecast. easy to use feature rich nope online church only has a countdown for version 3 (pre-covid churchs) not version 4. (new online)

[@rad_iation1193]

Bryan can you make a Hosanna guitar tutorial just like what you did in your own cover Please...I want to learn that

[@gracefaithfamilychurchjabalpur]

Thankyou for the video Dear brother I have yamaha MG12 Panasonic lumix G85H cinematic camera Dell i7 16 GB Ram laptop And Planning to get Elgato Game capture HD 60S Can I stream the same premium quality video and audio .. Of our church service

[@sam45354]

how do you get your cellphone to follow the speaker automatically or do picture in picture if needed?

[@sam45354]

what streaming programs do you use and how do you have it setup?

[@george.blasingame]

we will be pre-recording and using the Life.Church platform for our first online service. I'll reply back here with an update afterwards.

[@johnblows3087]

Thanks Brian

[@daniellancaster6611]

Are all the worship Pads that you have on the website for purchase available to be used in a livestream?

[@bettyvazquez6407]

Thank you so much!!!

[@benjaminlugoaguilar4927]

Do you have a tutorial video ffor recording video and audio at the same time? I want to do some video for our acoustic covers.

[@x_twins2854]

Oh thank u

[@smalldogstudios]

If I was going to buy a pocket 4k camera and I only have money for one lens, which lens would you buy? Application is recording from a set location and position. Thanks for the help!

[@worshiptutorials]

Either the Panasonic 12-35 2.8 or a 25mm f1.8 prime. The prime will be cheaper and look better, but you can’t zoom with it and you won’t have image stabilization. The two lenses I use the most are the Olympus 25mm 1.8 and Leica 42.5mm 1.2.

[@aaronmejia812]

Got a few question, wondering if you could help me out with?

[@KLRCAT]

Really liked the video, quite a few helpful points, but there was a few red flags in this video for me; 1 - You decided to use Wirecast, cause you were too lazy to learn OBS (lets be honest, that's laziness) 2 - You use Black Magic cinema 4K cameras. (no ordinary church can afford that, recommend cheaper options like the Canon LEGRIA[£200] or the Lumix G7[£469], that gives a 1080p option and a 4K option) 3 - The "Bad Audio/Good Video" example was kinda hilarious as your audio was already bad with lots of background noise (easy to fix in pre/post) and you just put a high-pass filter over the audio for the example. 4 - You said something about Licencing on KZbin for playing live music (granted massive grey area). My church tried a (Private) livestream and got 2 seconds into "Living Hope" by Phil Wickham before getting the stream taken down and getting an "inappropriate content" strike. I understand, Massive grey area, but even under CCLI playing copyrighted songs is a big risk and could result in their channel getting deleted. I would have warned people if they want to avoid that risk, to only play originals and non copyrighted music. 5 - You mentioned "Jake Gosselin" who has been giving both very good advice and some not so good advice. Jake tends to buy all the most expensive options he can think of and tends to over complicate very simple things. I really like Jake's videos, but I can see he has a massive budget and doesn't have much awareness (pretty common among KZbinrs tbh)

[@adam.bridgenc]

If you’re content is so much better, please leave a link to your “live streaming tips” video... He is just sharing his experiences... He never said you have to do it his way.

[@KLRCAT]

@@adam.bridgenc hey Adam, I see your point. I do have a bunch of videos on "Livestreaming Tips" that I have been sending to local pastors to help them out, but I see where you are coming from. I was merely making an observation, as some people don't know there are other options (free ones) that may be of more use to them. Also the "Red Flags" are things I see other 'Worship' KZbinrs suggesting that may not be so helpful to most people.

[@worshiptutorials]

Ha this comment is a bit salty! OK a few things... 1) I did, in fact, spend quite a bit of time with OBS. This was several years ago, so perhaps it's better now, but it was really clunky, and it had audio/video sync issues with the specific hardware. I spent hours on just the sync issues alone. In the end, I just preferred the far superior WireCast and I was willing to pay for it. For you to accuse me of laziness without knowing how much time I actually put into learning OBS is kinda foolish. 2) The pocket 4k camera is $1300. For what it does, it's ridiculously cheap. Sure there are cheaper options, but a $1300 budget for a church to get a camera that can do incredibly high quality video and live streaming is actually pretty cheap. But I did say up front that what I do/use is overkill for what a lot of churches need. But you're right - there are definitely cheaper solutions - but with camera gear (and most things in life) - you get what you pay for. 3) Fair enough - my new space needs more sound treatment :) 4) I've uploaded hundreds of covers to youtube without ever getting a content strike. They all get copyright claims, but not strikes. Futhermore, I've spoken with Capitol CMG about this, and they confirmed that uploading covers of songs to youtube is fine - even encouraged. I've also had a conversation with Hillsong Publishing about this - they told me they also are encouraged when creators make content over their songs and upload it. You can't upload original music or things like multitracks (which is just the original music in stem form), but if you were just doing your version of a song, I'm not sure why it would have gotten a strike. It is a confusing topic, though, with lots of legal gray area.

[@KLRCAT]

@@worshiptutorials Ok, granted, it was a very salty comment 🙈 1) In terms of OBS there are hundreds of tutorials on how to use it, as every Twich streamer uses it. OBS has improved a lot in the past few years with NDI integration and the ability to incorporate many different platforms. I have tried Wirecast, and yes it is more user friendly, but has way less features. But granted, OBS could take some time to learn. 2) Granted, I've done more research into the cinema camera 4k and might save up to get one. I'm looking at getting the ATEM mini pro, which is perfect for a multicam Livestreaming setup and has integration with the pocket 4k cameras. The reason why I was mentioning cheaper options is because a lot of churches don't have much budget for gear, especially when we are in this pandemic and people are losing their jobs. 3) Sorry, I'm an Audio Engineer with a blunt personality. 4) I think this issue has more to do with KZbin than different bands tbh. My church got a copyright strike from one of our own songs 🤷‍♂️ It really is a "hit or miss" kind of situation on KZbin. I apologise for my blunt response, it's just that I've seen pasters spending lots of money on software/hardware when there are free options out there. Also what's your thoughts on Jake Gosselin spending over $500 dollars on a ProTools template to then spend a further $900 on plugins for the template to work, And then recommending it?

[@eduardotejeda9098]

Hello, i aprecciate your videos, and have a question that have some trouble to find the explanation in the web. Why do i need a capture video device? Can not just plug the camera in the pc and run? Sorry the question im just starting knowing about this and trying to help my Pastor he is behind in all this tecs stuff. Thank you

[@worshiptutorials]

The video output from the camera is too big (as far as data rate) and its almost never in a stream-friendly format, unless you have a camera specifically designed to be a webcam.

[@yumadawl]

@@worshiptutorials does the stem take the place of a capture card?

[@jeremystephens6048]

Do you find it’s best to run audio into the atem or an audio interface for obs?

[@davidgooley1544]

How can you stream a video when you can't get the hdmi to usb converter

[@isaacikeda5277]

Even with our CCLI livestream license we got a copyright claim on KZbin with our worship leader signing a worship song...copyright info and ccli info was all on the video and in the description

[@isaacikeda5277]

The options I was given was to mute that portion or take it down.

[@worshiptutorials]

That’s normal and just means that KZbin’s content ID system detected a copyrighted song. You don’t need to do anything - the video will remain on KZbin and the ad revenue from it will go to the copyright holder of the song(s) you sang.

[@jcm894life]

Jean jacket 👌🏼 🔥

[@sydrem2011]

Great video! Thx for the advice! I was wondering, how did you learn about all this? Ie production, audio, lighting, etc. Did you take classes? If so where would I be able to do so? Want to learn!

[@davidcowan9584]

is wirecast a one time fee?

[@mrhillcityva434]

Do you have a lut on this video?

[@fret2fret221]

Can you use the Blackmagic mixer with iPhones? For multiple camera angles?

[@fret2fret221]

The A10 mini (I believe that’s what it’s called)

[@Vitaconfide]

@@fret2fret221 Atem mini accepts hdmi from cameras. I don't think iPhones can do a clean hdmi out with any available adapters.

[@fret2fret221]

Aaron Smith thank you!

[@MikaelJohnHeck]

Are PADS 5 still free?

[@worshiptutorials]

No that promotion is over. Sorry.

[@IsraelKelly]

Money 💰

[@My_Family_Stories]

Where's the CCLI link?

[@worshiptutorials]

us.ccli.com/streaming/

[@My_Family_Stories]

Worship Tutorials Thanks!