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Ask the Expert – How to set up good vocals, mic guitar amps and get good acoustic guitar tone

By Andy@Musicademy | December 29, 2011

We had a really busy live Ask the Expert session a few weeks ago with our panel of Tech and Church PA specialists. Tendwayi Bvumburah asked: l wanted to ask how to set up good vocals and how to mic up guitar amps the right way and l’m about to pull the trigger on some SM58s […]

Ask the Expert – What size bass rig for a small to medium size church?

By Marie@Musicademy | December 20, 2011

Keith Dulley asked a question in our recent live Ask the Expert seminar: “On the subject of Bass playing in a worship band, What would the panel of experts recommend for the following question:- what size (watts) bass combo or bass rig would be sufficient for a small/medium size church? I am playing an […]

Ask the Expert – Recommendations on projectors for church

By Marie@Musicademy | December 12, 2011

What type of projector is best for our church? At our live Ask the Expert session Dean Watson asked: “Wanting info related to buying a projector for a Sanctuary. Lumens from 2800 up. 20 foot throw. Want to use it w/all lights on. Networkable. Considering a Sanyo.” Tim Horton, SFL: A projector should be chosen based […]

Ask the Expert – pedals for acoustic worship guitar

By Andy@Musicademy | December 10, 2011

Last week we ran a live online Ask the Expert Q&A session. The main topic was that of guitars, which of course extended to pedals, amps, PA, pick-ups, DI and more besides. We’ll drip out the questions and answers over the coming weeks but if you want to read them all together, please click through […]

Our pastor wants more hymns supported by scripture, less choruses, masculine music, no impromptu songs – what should we do?

By Marie@Musicademy | December 2, 2011

Question – Is it possible to know the right time to leave a ministry within a church? “And how do I state my reason for leaving by being true to myself but not wanting to hurt the leaders of that ministry?” Several of your books and blogs deal with ministry but not sure where this […]

Ask the Expert – are we over compressing our worship music?

By Marie@Musicademy | November 4, 2011

We had a really busy live Ask the Expert session a few days ago with our panel of Tech and Church PA specialists. Whilst you can scroll through all the chat on the event wall, we thought it made sense to break each discussion into smaller digestible chunks so for the next few weeks we’ll […]

Ask the Expert LIVE – Free Tech/PA Question Time

By Marie@Musicademy | October 19, 2011

We are running our first ever live Ask the Expert session on 2nd November. The online event is free to attend and will take place simultaneously at 7.30pm GMT / 2.30pm CDT / 12.30pm PDT. Hopefully we’ve selected a time when most of our subscribers are awake! The idea is that you ask all […]

Ask the Expert – headset mics for speaking

By Guest Blogger | October 18, 2011

Having answered a question recently about the best headset mics for singing, we have now been asked for advice on mics for preachers. Mark Miller asks: “Would this mic (the DPA 4088) also work well for preaching and service leading? I’m a worship leader but will also have a role preaching and service leading as I’ll […]

Ask the Expert – Recommendations for a bass guitar

By Marie@Musicademy | October 6, 2011

Ayush Jain writes: “I am looking forward to buy a new bass, I am searching for a pretty durable and hard solid bass. I mostly play on low tuning (Standard C) so gonna buy a 5 string bass.Can you suggest me some companies and models.I generally play progressive metal and I need a good […]

Ask the Expert – Advice on headset mics

By Marie@Musicademy | October 3, 2011

Teresa Novak asks: Hello! I really need some advice on what type of headset mic would be best for my needs. I’m primarily a lead vocalist in a band, but I now play keyboard, as well. Since a neck injury and surgery last year, I can no longer use a handheld mic in on a […]