When Tracks Replace People w/ Matt McCoy

Worship Online Podcast (For Worship Leaders) · Jul 2, 2026 · 38m

Somewhere along the way, worship leaders started believing they had to sound exactly like the recording.

Matt McCoy lived in that pressure too. He admits there was a season he cared more about the music than his band, hard on volunteers for missing a fill, and he says he burned people out doing it.

In this conversation, you'll hear why tracks quietly became a way to replace people instead of free them, and how to fix it.

You'll get the one band conversation that changes everything: asking your guitarist what they actually worked on this week before you mute or keep a track.

You'll also hear…