DVD reviews in Worship Leader Magazine

By Marie@Musicademy | March 11, 2010

Those nice people at Worship Leader Magazine have reviewed a number of our recent DVD releases. We thought you might be interested in what they had to say. Feel free to add your own review in the comments at the bottom. HARMONY AND BACKING VOCAL Volume 1 of the Harmony and Backing Vocal DVD is […]

Ask the Expert – Singers that run out of puff

By Catherine Nicole | March 10, 2010

Here’s Cat White’s second post giving advice to vocalists (the first, on weak and thready voices is here). The subscriber was asking for advice for singers that run out of puff quickly especially with up-tempo songs: One possible problem here could be that your singers are finding it difficult to find the right places to breathe in songs. […]

New Advanced Keyboards DVDs launched today

By Marie@Musicademy | March 9, 2010

As a keyboard player do you ever feel frustrated that you don’t really venture beyond standard piano and pad sounds on your instrument? Our new Advanced Keyboard DVDs will guide you step-by-step to unlocking more creative potential in your playing. Taking 10 popular worship songs, Tim Martin unpacks all the keyboard parts from a professional […]

Free webinar with Dan Wilt – The Fire of Easter

By Marie@Musicademy | March 1, 2010

  You are invited to join Dan Wilt fom worshiptraining.com in a free live, interactive training webinar this Wednesday. Easter, the Day of Resurrection, is at the very heart of the cosmic Story that is Christianity. Join Dan in exploring Easter in a fresh, exciting and surprising way. For those who are planning Easter/Holy Week gatherings, this […]

Top 10 Do’s and Don’ts – Acoustic Guitarists

By Tim Bowdler |

  The standard line-up in a worship band usually comprises worship leader/acoustic guitarist, lead guitarist, drums, bass, keyboards and a couple of backing singers. It’s rare for a band to have a lone acoustic guitarist. As a result nobody is really quite sure what to do with an acoustic guitarist who isn’t the worship leader […]

Ask the Expert – Advice for sufferers of postnasal drip

By Marie@Musicademy | February 25, 2010

Uma from the UK called to ask for advice for singers with a sinus problem called postnasal drip where a regular drip from the nose to the throat means she has to constantly clear her throat – something we know is not good for vocal health. Here is the advice we gave: When someone has postnasal […]

Creative idea for an Easter service

By Guest Blogger | February 24, 2010

I loved this idea from EngageWorship of a contemporary take on stations of the cross for Easter. This is an idea that we used last year on the run up to Easter, inspired by a gift given to my daughter, of a (dare I say ‘charm’) bracelet depicting elements of the 23 Psalm. We decided to […]

Using orchestral instruments in worship – practical ideas for improvisation

By Marie@Musicademy | February 18, 2010

Here’s a clip from a Musicademy training day where Andy and Matt demonstrate some ideas for using orchestral instruments in worship. If you would like to know more we’ve a whole 3-DVD set suitable for strings, brass and woodwind players.   Other posts you may find helpful: Using orchestral instruments in your worship team Video clip […]

Ask the Expert – Weak and thready voices

By Catherine Nicole | February 17, 2010

A subscriber from the UK emails: “I hope you can help with a problem we have. In our music group we have some female singers who need some help on a number of fronts: 1    Voices are fairly in tune but very “weak and thready” 2    They run out of puff quickly especially with up-tempo songs […]

Top 10 Do’s & Don’ts – Lead Guitarists

By Tim Bowdler | February 16, 2010

Guitarists perform a fine balancing act in worship groups. They are there to embellish and add the icing on the metaphorical worship cake. If they bring too much icing with their grab-bag of tricks they can destroy something beautiful within seconds. Lead guitarists should be encouraged, though. Guitarists who choose an electric invariably see it […]