By Andy@Musicademy | October 26, 2011
Is in-ear monitoring (IEM) best for worship teams? We asked a question on our Facebook page last week: In-ear monitoring. Yes or No? We got lots of for and against answers for many reasons. For me, I’ve used in-ears in a variety of settings and events with very mixed results so I wanted to […]
By Guest Blogger | October 23, 2011
Teachable Part 1 – Taking direct feedback A few years ago I joined a national songwriting organization and attended the local chapter. While at the first meeting, I felt bad for the other writers getting picked apart during the critiques. I think: “they’ll probably feel even worse when they hear my song.” My turn. The […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Guest Blogger | October 17, 2011
Here’s a guest article from Graham Fitch writing in Pianist Magazine. Whilst its obviously written for piano players, there is plenty of great advice here for all musicians to help you make your practise sessions efficient, productive and, best of all, rewarding With next year’s Olympic Games very much in the news at the moment, […]
By Marie@Musicademy | October 9, 2011
The timeline above represents the changes that occured in church music resources over the last 40 years. Its taken from Kim Gentes book “The Ultimate Worship Resource Guide”. Whilst the book itself is packed with independent reviews of multiple fabulous resources, the chapter covering a history of worship makes for fascinating reading. The first section […]
By Guest Blogger | October 8, 2011
Why play with a click/metronome? -In all music, but especially modern pop/rock music, playing “tight”=accurately in time is huge! It will make almost all your songs sound better, more consistent. Think about what happens to a song when it speeds up or slows down or just starts at the wrong tempo. It changes the feel […]
By Andy@Musicademy | October 6, 2011
We’ve been endeavouring to make our upcoming Play by Ear and Understand Chords DVDs the best educational tool we can… So with that in mind the last area we’ve been working on is a really comprehensive set of tests and questions so guys gets the most learning out of the course. There’ll be 20 audio […]
By Marie@Musicademy |
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 […]
By Guest Blogger | October 5, 2011
Calling Called to ministry… … isn’t a matter of desire. Just because I WANT to sing, or play or lead doesn’t mean I should. …isn’t about talent or gifting. …isn’t permanent. We don’t own our position on the team. Andy Stanley says it best – “Leadership is a stewardship. It is temporary…” We need […]
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