Any Spanish church guitarists here?

I play at a Spanish church and was wondering which songs you guys are playing in your Spanish churches.

Also,
Does anyone play with that "Santana" type of tone and if you do how are you dialing it in? (Like Martha Munizzi, Glorious) That type of vibe.

What latin type licks are you throwing in?

I wanna see how other Spanish Christian guitarists are thinking out there.

Thanks brothers!

I'm an Anglo who plays at La Iglesia de Toughkenamon, Pa.

The entire service and all songs are in Espanol.

The 60-year-old pastor is from Honduras and he plays rhythm, 40-year-old bass player is from Mexico and the drummer is 9 & was born here to parents who came from Mexico (and he's EXCELLENT) and I play lead (with 4 years of high school Spanish).

I've been with them for 3 years and they've taught me a LOT! :)

We do a # of native songs that have no immediate English counterpart (Gracias Cristo, Sumerheme, Cuan Bello Senor, En El Nombre De Jesus, Camino Camino, Dios Esta Aqui, etc).

And we do a # of songs in Spanish that do have direct English counterparts (God Is Good, Lift Your Name On High etc).

I'm using a Fender Telecaster (American neck and Mexican body & guts) through a Fender Twin black panel. I use enough natural overdrive out of the amp (we play LOUD - I crank that Twin to at least 5 and a few times I've had to get it up over 7 to cut through the mix - I'm not miked through the system, so all of my push is through the amp itself). The overdrive gives me the cutting tone I need to play the leads.

I'm an Anglo who plays at La Iglesia de Toughkenamon, Pa.

The entire service and all songs are in Espanol.

The 60-year-old pastor is from Honduras and he plays rhythm, 40-year-old bass player is from Mexico and the drummer is 9 & was born here to parents who came from Mexico (and he's EXCELLENT) and I play lead (with 4 years of high school Spanish).

I've been with them for 3 years and they've taught me a LOT! :)

We do a # of native songs that have no immediate English counterpart (Gracias Cristo, Sumerheme, Cuan Bello Senor, En El Nombre De Jesus, Camino Camino, Dios Esta Aqui, etc).

And we do a # of songs in Spanish that do have direct English counterparts (God Is Good, Lift Your Name On High etc).

I'm using a Fender Telecaster (American neck and Mexican body & guts) through a Fender Twin black panel. I use enough natural overdrive out of the amp (we play LOUD - I crank that Twin to at least 5 and a few times I've had to get it up over 7 to cut through the mix - I'm not miked through the system, so all of my push is through the amp itself). The overdrive gives me the cutting tone I need to play the leads.

Niiiice! Sounds cool. I know some of the songs you mentioned. I'll check out those other ones you mentioned. Thanks!

There's more songs that the names are escaping me at the moment - we have PT practice tonight so I'll bring back some more tonight & post em for you.

I'm using a Fender Telecaster (American neck and Mexican body & guts) through a Fender Twin black panel. I use enough natural overdrive out of the amp (we play LOUD - I crank that Twin to at least 5 and a few times I've had to get it up over 7 to cut through the mix - I'm not miked through the system, so all of my push is through the amp itself). The overdrive gives me the cutting tone I need to play the leads.


A Twin up to 7 in a church service? That is LOUD. Dont forget some ear plugs.

Go here and check out their worship team (this is a church in Madrid).

http://www.iglesiacristovive.es/wsb4838120801/Espiritualidad/Multimedia.html

That's me playing drums on May 22. I'm not really a drummer, but that's what they needed when I was there visiting on a missions trip. Great people!

The following week I played acoustic, but that video isn't up there.

Yep, it's VERY loud (a tad louder than I usually like it, and I'm a rock & roll guy from the 70s). I don't stand in front of it and yes, earplugs are in order.

Worked on a song tonight that we haven't done before: "En Sus Manos"

I played in Spanish services for a number of years and always enjoyed myself. I remember they tended to be LOUD, much louder than most Anglo services I've been in, so maybe a big amp is necessary. But a Twin on 7????????

For a few years back in the mid 1990s, I was a part of an assembly that met in homes. For most of that time I led the worship. We weren't strictly an Hispanic congregation, but in a group as small as ours, even a few Hispanics in the group represents a significant portion. And besides, our Corpus Christi culture is very much bilingual. So I usually did worship bilingually, with a mix of songs in English and Spanish, and the ones in Spanish we would translate, and sing in both languages. We always sang every Spanish song in English as well, because while our Hispanic members were fluent in both languages, not all of our Anglo members were.

The songs we sang came from various origins.

There was an old standard hymn in Spanish that I translated into English ("Jesús Es Mi Rey Soberano"/"Jesus Is My Sovereign King").

Or standard hymns in English that others had already translated into Spanish ("There Is Power in the Blood"/"Hay Poder").

We employed praise songs that were written in English and translated into Spanish ("Jesus, Name Above All Names"/"Cristo, Nombre Glorioso", "More Love, More Power"/"Amor, Poder", "Hosanna"/"Hosana", "Holy and Anointed One"/"Santo y Ungido", etc.).

We also employed praise songs that were written in Spanish that we translated into English ("Exaltate"/"You Are Exalted", "Misericordia"/"Mercy", "Porque Soy Un Sacerdote"/"Because I Am a Priest", etc.). A lot of songs in this category were coming out of Mexico and Central America, recorded by musicians such as Marcos Witt.

And sometimes, just for a walk on the lighter side, we would actually sing a song in mock Tex-Mex fashion. This one was one of our favorites.

King of reyes,
Y Señor de lords,
Gloria, hallelujah!
Jesus, Príncipe de paz,
Gloria, hallelujah!

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

+ 1 on Marcos Witt.