A guide to guitar effects pedals for beginners

By Andy@Musicademy | October 22, 2012

Whether you are an acoustic or electric guitar player one of the simplest ways you can add some dynamic or sonic change to your worship set is by stepping on an effects pedal at appropriate moments. However, if you are new to the world of pedals there seems to be endless choice of single or […]

Transferring from guitar to bass

By Andy@Musicademy | October 16, 2012

If there’s one instrumentalist that church worship bands seem to have a shortage of its bass players. There are often loads of guitarists but very few who make the transition over to bass. Part of the problem is that whilst the two instruments share the same notes and tuning, the way you approach each is […]

3 reasons not to record a CD

By Guest Blogger | October 15, 2012

Recording a Christian album Last weeks’ post “10 Mistakes Churches Make When Recording” received loads of clicks and likes so here is the second installment from Scott. Although (hopefully) humorous, each mistake I listed  in that original post relates to some real, common mistakes I’ve seen churches make when embarking on the wonderful quest to […]

Top 10 Mistakes Most Churches Make When Recording Their First Worship Album

By Guest Blogger | October 5, 2012

We’ve resurrected this great post  written a few years ago by our friend Scott Bartlett. Does this sound familiar? Do comment in the box below. 10 mistakes churches make when recording their first worship album 10. Raising $150,000 and hiring the Hillsong production team only to end up with the best-sounding, worst-written, worship CD to […]

What guitar picks do you use? (Yes really!)

By Andy@Musicademy | October 2, 2012

Recommended guitar picks and plectrums I occasionally get emails asking for advice on what gear to buy and recently I was asked which guitar picks I recommend. When I started Musicademy I vowed never to get into the “What picks/strings do you use?” debate as it seems dangerously close to some kind of weird train […]

Two new vocals CDs and downloads. One for Guys and one for Girls.

By Marie@Musicademy | September 6, 2012

Two brand new sets of vocal warm-up and vocal technique Musicademy is delighted to launch two new products – the Vocal Workout for Guys and the Vocal Workout for Girls. Both are available on CD and also as online downloads. Click through to the website to listen to samples and buy the workouts. The Vocal […]

Controlling volume overspill in church part 2 – identifying the noise-makers

By Guest Blogger | August 17, 2012

Sound proofing in church In my original post on  controlling volume overspill in church, I spoke specifically about noise problems outside of the building, concluding with the statement: If you seriously need to reduce the volume spill into the outside world then you should speak to your local acoustic consultant. However, in the light of […]

How the digital age is changing our minds – what does this mean for worship?

By Guest Blogger | August 6, 2012

As a self confessed gadget-freak and techno-taster I approached this book with huge digital multi-layered delight. Watson vividly explores how the digital era is affecting minds, changing behavior and ultimately, shaping the future. I had already heard of the author through his work with the trend report What’s Next?, and so was expecting good things. […]