By admin | May 29, 2014
Does organ music ‘instil religious feelings’? According to an experiment people who experience a sense of spirituality in church may be reacting to the extreme bass sound produced by some organ pipes. Many churches and cathedrals have organ pipes that are so long they emit infrasound which at a frequency lower than 20 Hertz is […]
By Andy@Musicademy | May 28, 2014
This lesson is taken from Musicademy’s Intermediate Worship Bass Course available as DVDs and online downloads Since that DVD set we have recently completed the Worship Bass Collection with a more recent range of worship songs. Check out all our Bass courses We have a big repertoire of worship bass courses available on DVD, download […]
By Guest Blogger | May 27, 2014
We had an email from Paul Keeping at City Life Church in Portsmouth: I have seen your DVD set for sound tech training for churches, we have just changed to a Allen & heath digital desk from the analogue one you are showing. What are your views on using this DVD although we have a […]
By Andy@Musicademy | May 21, 2014
A comprehensive guide, on 4 DVDs, to live audio in church. The course covers mixing, systems, set up and acoustics. Order now. Musicademy has worked together with audio visual production company SFL Group to create this comprehensive course on sound engineering and PA training for churches. Perfect for training newcomers to sound engineering and also […]
By Andy@Musicademy | May 19, 2014
We’ve had a number of queries recently on the topic of mono vs stereo outputs on the Worship Backing Band MultiTrack Player. Here’s why we decided to go the mono/mono route: Mono/mono mixes The stems in the player are actually mixed mono/mono (not just mono) with identical left/right mixes but crucially with completely independent left […]
By Andy@Musicademy |
You’ve got a budget of up to $3K. What do you spent it on? We had a request to make a recommendation for a young guitarist wanting to invest in his gear. Here are Andy’s thoughts. Its always fun to go fantasy guitar shopping on someone else’s cash. Big thing to remember though, all responses […]
By Andy@Musicademy | May 14, 2014
Following on from our recent series on guitar pedals “Which pedals do I need to start playing in a worship band? Part 1, part 2 & part 3″ we were asked to go a little deeper and describe in detail the guitar effects that we used on the professional recordings of some of our backing tracks. You don’t need to “know” […]
By Guest Blogger | May 13, 2014
At the Musicademy office we often find that the same customer names pop up again and again on orders as well as comments to the blog and Facebook Page. One of our most regular customers is someone we’ve only known as “Chris Bracken” with a US military address. Over the years we reckon he’s purchased […]
By Guest Blogger | May 8, 2014
Previously we looked at the hierarchy of importance in church sound. This week we unpack the issues surrounding venue acoustics. At the heart of every good sounding speaker system, is a good sounding venue. Often people get so focussed on the microphone, or the EQ that they forget what has the biggest impact on the […]
By Guest Blogger | April 28, 2014
Graphic taken from the Sound Tech and PA Training for Churches DVDs. What is the most important element in the church sound system? One of the most common misunderstandings I encounter during discussions about sound systems is based around the concept of “the most important part of the sound system”. This usually appears in the […]
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