Learning to Play by Ear Part 2

By Andy@Musicademy | July 31, 2012

Previously we looked at how to work out all the chords available in the key of G and then use them to write a song.  I suggested you took an existing song and worked out which chords came where by listening to see which ones sounded major, which ones sounded minor and by the process […]

Is your guitar too loud?

By Andy@Musicademy | July 17, 2012

If your guitar is too loud for worship what can you do to turn it down and maintain great tone? I recently had a conversation with a pastor about stage volume levels in his church and more specifically about the electric guitar player being too loud on stage (I wasn’t the guitarist in question btw!) […]

Ask the Expert – how to prevent audio feedback in church

By Marie@Musicademy | July 2, 2012

At our live Ask the Expert session Chanton Marlo Petersen asked: “What is the best way to prevent feed back in our church service?” Tim Horton, SFL: Feedback occurs because we ask too much volume from a specific channel. Speaker placement is critical in this too, but often it’s down to the type of mic you use. […]

Worship guitar techniques uncovered – Playing in sixths

By Andy@Musicademy | June 16, 2012

Last night a private guitar student of mine was asking about practical technique ideas for electric guitarists to use in a worship band setting. One idea which I use a lot, especially in gentler moments, is the use of 6ths. I.e. playing two notes in the key separated a 6th apart which gives a particular […]

How to record drums

By [email protected] | June 14, 2012

How to Record Drums – Guest post by Russ Harvey of Andertons Music Here at Andertons Music Company we get query after query about how to record a band. My usual response would be ‘how long have you got?’. So in answer to all those questions I’ve tried to knock it down a little to […]

Ask the Expert – Mic use for school play

By Marie@Musicademy | June 10, 2012

Tim Thompson emailed a question regarding microphones for a school play. “We don’t have the ability to mic every kid in the play and would love to have just a general mic on the stage that would pic up the kids as they speak. The stage is about 35 ft wide. What kind of mic […]

Transposing on guitar

By Andy@Musicademy | June 9, 2012

Imagine this scenario. You are an acoustic guitarist working with a worship leading keyboard player and are asked to play songs in non guitar friendly keys but you are only presented with a chord chart in the keyboard based keys like Bb and Eb and F. I work with a lot of players who encounter […]