Announcing the New Worship Backing Band MultiTrack Pro Wav Player

By Andy@Musicademy | May 29, 2013

We’ve been promising a major update to our MultiTrack Player for some time. It’s finally here and includes the ability to loop, repeat and jump song sections as well as import your own song wavs. We believe our new Player to be the SIMPLEST and the BEST VALUE MultiTrack package around. You will save even […]

4 tips for making good use of your mic

By Andy@Musicademy | May 25, 2013

At Musicademy we look a lot at getting the best out of different types of instrument and sometimes the vocalists can feel a bit left out so let’s talk about the how to get the best out of the singers instrument, the humble microphone. It’s important for us to realize at the outset that as […]

Ask the Expert – Is there a digital solution for worship bands to the problem of chord charts and sheet music?

By Guest Blogger | May 21, 2013

We had an email from Dave at Cheam Baptist: “We have been wondering how best to provide sheet music for our musicians and are looking for an alternative to using numerous different songs of fellowship books. One option is to gradually build up a library of individual sheet music for each song then create an […]

40% off our Play By Ear DVDs

By Marie@Musicademy | May 20, 2013

40% off flash sale. Learn to play by ear, without sheet music or chord charts We are offering our Play By Ear DVD set at a huge 40% off until the end of May. The course teaches you how to play by ear as well as gain a deeper understanding of what you can do with […]

Why we need to freshen up our worship. And why loops can help.

By Guest Blogger | May 17, 2013

Creativity in Worship (Why I use loops) A few years ago I moved to a new house situated along the flight path into Manchester airport, one of the busiest airports in Northern England. The first few weeks consisted mainly of broken sleep and sudden shock as yet another noisy plane would cut through the air […]

The “Cut out and Keep” Guide to How Chords Work

By Andy@Musicademy | May 3, 2013

Here’s a handy guide to help you understand the notes the most common basic and extended chords. If you’ve not done much chord theory its really worth absorbing. Chords – the knowledge… that must be obeyed at all times!! 1. Basic Chords Basic chords are known as triads as they only contain 3 notes. Even […]

Training Tracks for worship drummers

By admin | April 23, 2013

Minus drums worship training tracks Following the success of our Training Tracks for guitarists, we have released four albums of tracks for worship drummers. These enable you to: 1. Learn the drum parts 2. Practise with the band 3. Play along to a drumless track For every song you get three versions. One stripped down […]

Bad habits of vocalists and what to do about them #2. Posture

By Cat Mayne | April 12, 2013

Posture for singers Everyone has them – those little things that we do without even thinking about them. Bad habits in singing, as well as in life, are things that we don’t necessarily notice we do unless someone points them out to us. Over these posts I’m highlight the most common bad habits I come […]