1. in worship tunes… is the song sing-able? Does it fall within a good range (or can I change its key into a good singing range), and is the timing of the words natural (not too fast or too slow?)

2. In secular music (what my team would call illustrative music)… I would ask, “what tunes are part of the cultural conversation?” Since these tunes can be a strong connect to the community we worship in, it makes sense to strike while the iron is hot… For instance, recently our church wanted to illustrate the topic of prayer so we leaned towards “Say” by John Mayer as opposed to Coldplay’s “Talk,” just because it was getting more radio airplay at the time. (Not that both aren’t good choices).