Free video lesson – Listening skills for worship bands

By Andy@Musicademy | November 9, 2009

Andy Chamberlain explains how to become a more mature musician by developing better listening skills. As well as lots of hints and tips he challenges worship musicians to spend more time listening to others and less time playing yourself so that the band sounds more like a team rather than a collection of individuals.   […]

Guitar lick of the month

By Andy@Musicademy | November 6, 2009

Normally we put together a chord of the month type feature but in the light of a question from Jonathan below, ladies and gentlemen for November I give you… ‘Lick of the Month’! “Some of my favorite clips on the Intermediate Acoustic Guitar  DVDs were the “Tricks in the Key of …” sections. My question relates […]

Developing creative worship – just how interactive are we?

By Sam Hargreaves | October 29, 2009

All around us media providers are scrambling to make their products interactive.  You don’t just watch the News – you email your opinions and photos.  You don’t just listen to the radio – you text what you are up to, and what you thought of that song.  You don’t just view TV talent shows – […]

Sound Man. Church hero.

By Bob Kilpatrick | October 28, 2009

  SoundMan needs love. The church sound person is almost always a volunteer. This is not his full-time gig. During the week he’s repairing cars, selling insurance, cub reporting, peddling groceries, and on Sunday he becomes something other than a car repairer, insurance seller, cub reporter or grocer. He becomes -voila!- SoundMan! No one on […]

50 tips – Acoustic Guitar

By Andy@Musicademy | October 26, 2009

  Consistent locked in strumming patterns are everything. A lot of acoustic players either just have one or two patterns they try to shoehorn into everything or if they do pick up on the groove their pattern changes randomly. Acoustic guitar is a rhythm instrument so the strumming pattern has to be rhythmically consistent otherwise […]

Mic technique – video clip from live sound training seminar

By Marie@Musicademy | October 20, 2009

Here’s a brief clip from one of our recent Sound & Worship Training Days. In this clip Brian Hillson of B&H Sound demonstrates basic mic technique and talks about what happens when it all goes wrong. You can see more of Brian, and the Musicademy team this Saturday in Southwell, Nottingham. There are tickets still […]

8 tips for Christian bass players

By Andy@Musicademy | October 8, 2009

  Lock to the kick drum. If you are new to bass then the key that every experienced player will tell you is to start by locking your groove into the kick drum. Think harmony. Bass is actually a cross over between the rhythm section and the harmony. A really effective bassist will still lock […]

Best of the Best award for Musicademy’s Intermediate Acoustic Worship Guitar DVDs

By Marie@Musicademy | October 7, 2009

  Our Intermediate Acoustic Worship Guitar DVDs have been awarded a Best of the Best Award by Worship Leader Magazine.  Worship Leader Magazine said: “For better or worse, the acoustic guitar is the place most aspiring worship musicians go first. So the Intermediate Acoustic Worship Guitar DVD is a welcome addition in the Musicademy suite […]