Author: Dan Willard

Dan Willard has been helping EasyWorship customers troubleshoot since 2006. He is head of all things training and teaches a weekly webinar which helps EasyWorship newbies look like pros. Dan also loves playing music and has been a worship leader since 2000. He enjoys golfing and eating good food, but not as much as he enjoys spending time with his wife and two sons.

April 8, 2022 / / Church Media

If you’re like me, you’re always looking for easier, better, and faster ways to do things.  Computers, TV remotes, microwaves, GPS, dishwashers, cars, and EasyWorship are a few that just come to mind. There are also plenty of tasks that we do on a normal basis that we’re so used…

February 18, 2022 / / Tech Tips

All computer programs have a specific file structure. Normally, there will be a location on the computer for the program files themselves and another location (only if different than the program files) for the data files. Even though computer programs are written by different people, most of them generally follow…

November 24, 2021 / / Church Media

I’m going out on a limb to say the most used phrase worldwide for the last two years has been, “Because of COVID.” I really don’t want to start off with it, but in this case, it’s true. So, here we go… Because of COVID, there was mass temporary to…

January 14, 2021 / / Tech Tips

If you’re a church that would like to be able to expand your A/V department and run EasyWorship on 2 computers simultaneously, but you aren’t able to have different operators for each computer, using MIDI is a great way to control both computers at the same time with one operator.…

September 17, 2020 / / Tech Tips

Technology is always advancing. We all know this, whether we want to acknowledge it or not. As media (eg. HD videos, alpha videos) increases in resolution, quality, and size, and as EasyWorship continues to update to better accommodate the trending media, there is also a need to keep your computer…

July 1, 2020 / / Tech Tips

Note: In order to connect with NDI, you will need to be running the newest version of EasyWorship (build 7.2.1.0 or newer; can be downloaded from the EasyWorship website; https://www.easyworship.com/software/download. We have definitely gone through a live streaming boom, and many churches are still trying to get all the equipment…

April 9, 2020 / / Tech Tips

Live streaming worship services are a huge part of our lives right now. There are many of us doing it for the first time and are put under the pressure of getting it ready to go in less than a week or two without having any prior knowledge of it.…

March 26, 2020 / / Tech Tips

“WHERE’S MY MOUSE?!” If you have ever used extended desktops in Windows then you have probably either exclaimed this or heard someone else say it when you can’t find where your mouse pointer is on the screen. If you use EasyWorship, then you should be using extended desktops for your…

March 13, 2020 / / Tech Tips

In the midst of dealing with the pandemic of the COVID-19 virus, and trying to keep it from spreading, live streaming your church service will probably be the best way to continue to reach your congregation but still be socially distanced from one another. After all, if it’s best for…

February 20, 2020 / / Tech Tips

MIDI (/ˈmɪdi/; an acronym for Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a technical standard that describes a communications protocol, digital interface, and electrical connectors that connect a wide variety of electronic musical instruments, computers, and related audio devices for playing, editing and recording music. ( Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIDI) MIDI allows other computers or other hardware devices,…