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Ask the Expert: Is it legal for me to transpose songs to other keys?

By admin | August 14, 2015

Licensing law for churches Licensing law can be quite complex and of course most churches are keen to stay on the right side of the law. We had this question from Beryl in Selsdon, UK. Beryl writes: “As a musician and keyboard player, I can easily transpose a song by ear and play it in […]

Why Cambridge Folk Festival is the new Glastonbury. 21 reasons why I’ll be going back.

By Marie@Musicademy | August 3, 2015

First of all I’d like to ask that you leave your preconceptions of folk music at the door. I wish I’d done that a few years ago. Because I’m pretty sure that what you think, is only a tiny slice of what it’s really like. Do you reckon you have an open mind when it […]

Worship Backing Band survey results

By Marie@Musicademy | May 11, 2015

We carried out a survey of Worship Backing Band customers recently and thought you might be interested to read the findings and some of the testimonials about the software and how people are using the tracks in practice. Which backing track products are being used? 76% of the respondents use our MultiTrack backing tracks […]

The story behind the arrangements of our latest MultiTracks

By Andy@Musicademy | January 26, 2015

When we create our backing tracks we face the dilemma of people (thinking that they) want the song as close to the original recording as possible and actually creating a track that is actually singable in church and also practical as a backing track. Inevitably that will involve recording it in a lower key […]

10 new MultiTrack backing tracks and EveryKey chord charts

By admin | January 24, 2015

Today we have launched 10 new MultiTrack backing tracks. Each also has an EveryKey Chord Chart where you get 12 pdf charts per song, one in all 12 keys plus a Nashville Number Chart too! The new MultiTrack backing tracks Alive – Aodhan King, Alexander Pappas (Hillsong) Build Your Kingdom Here – (Rend Collective) […]

Announcing another set of Every Key Chord Charts

By Andy@Musicademy | January 8, 2015

We’ve had great feedback on our initial set of new EveryKey Chord Charts so have added another set. Your Love Never Fails – Chris McLarney, Anthony Skinner (Bethel) This is My Desire – Reuben Morgan (Hillsong) Sing Sing Sing – Chris Tomlin, Daniel Carson, Jesse Reeves, Matt Gilder, Travis Nunn Say So – Michael Gungor […]

Getting the balance right between encouraging involvement and constant campaigning for volunteers

By Marie@Musicademy | January 7, 2015

Is it me? Or is the long list of jobs, rota spaces and volunteering opportunities that some churches put in their weekly news off putting? I’m not saying that there’s no need to find people to do things but I think there’s a point where the volume of requests seems to give mixed messages. […]

Free resources from Christmas Starts With Christ

By admin | December 11, 2014

For the first time, UK churches have produced a Christmas video ad as part of a significant social media campaign. The video, called First Christmas, was unveiled on YouTube at noon on Thursday 11 December. Francis Goodwin, who heads up the Christmas Starts with Christ campaign, said: ‘The supermarket ads, which were released last month, […]

Shake, rattles and roll: sourcing great children’s songs

By Guest Blogger | November 25, 2014

We asked for some help a while back on recommended songs for kids worship and promised to share the resultant article with you. The article was commissioned by CCLI in the UK so the resources are pretty UK-centric. That will likely mean some great discoveries here for those of you in the rest of the world. […]

Announcing EveryKey Chord Charts

By Marie@Musicademy | November 20, 2014

We’ve created a brand new concept in chord charts – the EveryKey Chord Chart. What you get in a single download is a zip file containing a pdf chord chart in every possible key (including a Nashville Numbers chart). Select the key you want and print that one out (or display on your tablet). […]