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     * live performances of a bit of their catalog (during service)
     * we offer some "studio time" to create new canned content. **(Expressing our values together.)**
+  * If we can get the boundaries right, possibly extra praise performances outside of Sunday services
 It's likely that original songs will come out of this as well. It's clearly a lot of work, and the main reason I feel it's so important to have both a **full-time** music director, and that our section leaders be **instrumentalists who sing**.
+===Finding Bands===
+(this is written badly)
 It would be a substantial and ongoing search. We would need input from people who frequently go to shows and discover new bands from every church we're friends with.
-Erin of TXUUJM has a band; I've already floated the idea of hosting them. They are a good group to ask first since they're already a "yes" and they're going to give us whatever grace we need while we make this program work.
+(Keep an open mind about the definition of "band".)
+  * Erin of TXUUJM has a band; I've already floated the idea of hosting them. They are a good group to ask first since they're already a "yes" and they're going to give us whatever grace we need while we make this program work.
+  * Other UU churches in the area all have choirs. We all have a little choir. We should look at the feasibility of combining choir resources some of the time.
+  * I'm going to Westminster UMC (the Methodists next door) on Easter to check out their "contemporary" service which is at 9:00 AM. If Emerson finds that it has a taste for contemporary, maybe we can invite their praise band to our service since it's 2 hours later.
+  * Sadly, I missed the music festival this year because I was preparing my own thing. Perhaps somebody who went could suggest some bands to contact **when we're ready**.
+  * Sunday morning jam sessions (probably) aren't a "band" but they solve most of the same problems.
 ==How does this grow the church?==