Reviewed by Simon Carpenter

I recruited the assistance of Debbie Williams who heads up the worship at my church in Gloucester when reviewing this. My first impressions were: (1) Some of the songs are not exactly new or even recent ("'Better Is One Day", "What A Friend I've Found", etc) that there can't be that many in the target market of aspiring worship leaders who either don't already know them or don't know someone who can teach them to them. (2) It was all a bit sugary and American for me, and I also didn't like the use of a different well known worship song as the musical background to each page as you clicked into it - it was completely out of context. (3) Debbie also thought that there too much of a guitar focus, which is not a lot of use if that is not your instrument. Finally, much of the material is free on the website, so what is the point of buying the DVD? Obviously it is more of a marketing tool or taster for the web service. Looking at it from that perspective, it does its job.

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