Late last year, we asked our customers about their music ministries and how we’re serving them. With almost 200 respondents, here’s what you told us:
WHO YOU ARE:
- Almost three quarters of you are volunteer (31%) or part time (43%).
- Almost all of you (98%) have choirs or vocal ensembles. Almost 60% have less than 20 in choir; almost 40% have more than 20. The average choir size is 17.
- Two-thirds of you have worship teams. While the average worship team has 5 members, a third of them have less than 5 and the other third have 6 or more.
- 39% are Baptist, 29% are Methodist, and 11% are mainline (Episcopal, Presbyterian).
WHAT YOU USE:
- 75% of you perform Christmas musicals and 61% perform Easter musicals. 17% don’t perform musicals at all.
- 89% of you use our Choral Anthems, 46% use our Praise & Worship songs, 26% use our musicals and cantatas.
- 83% of you use SATB arrangements, 57% use 3-part, 44% use 2-part, and 32% use unison versions.
- Almost 10% of you use Discover Worship’s music more or less exclusively and 60% of you use DW 50% or more of the time.
- 70% of you prefer to access the site on your desktop computer, 23% on a notebook computer, and about 7% on a tablet or smart phone.
WHAT YOU THINK:
- 89% rate DW’s music as a 4 or 5 out of 5
- 89% rate DW’s website as a 4 or 5 out of 5
Top Ten Things Our Members Love (from more than 200 comments!):
- Great quality, variety & selection
- Ease and convenience
- Tremendous value & affordability
- Fully previewable music & audio demos
- Make unlimited copies on demand
- Weekly newsletter, blogs & articles
- Helpful customer service
- Sync with scripture passages
- Instrumental selections
- Availability of lyric videos
That’s a thumbnail version of the results. Your feedback was very encouraging, and we'd be honored if you'd share your enthusiasm with your colleagues in music ministry!
Next week, we’ll answer 24 questions you asked about our website and product offerings.