Training days for the whole worship team – Surrey & Notts UK – Just £10 per person

By Marie@Musicademy | July 24, 2009

  Sound and Worship training Musicademy, in association with B&H present two special training events for musicians, technicians and leadership team members. Only £10 per delegate The day starts with worship led by Musicademy followed by a range of practical seminars and hands-on workshops covering: Plenary sessions for all delegates: Role of sound in worship Common […]

Sustainability – the reasons we blow it

By Mike Sessler | July 21, 2009

Over the last few months, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about the pace at which we move. And by that I don’t mean how quickly we walk down the hall or how fast we run. Rather, I mean the pace at which we live our lives. Lately, I’ve been trying to determine how […]

Guest Posts – be a Musicademy blogger

By Marie@Musicademy | July 20, 2009

We’ve really enjoyed the recent number of guest posts we have had on the Musicademy blog. It brings a greater diversity to our content and enables a wider range of voices to be heard. We also know from feedback that our subscribers really appreciate the content here – thanks for reading and contributing your comments. […]

Downloadable drum grooves for worship songs and practice

By Marie@Musicademy | July 16, 2009

We’ve had so many requests for copies of our drum groove “backing tracks” on MP3 tht we’ve made them available on our webstore. There are 19 tracks (click to the bottom of the page that this link takes you to) in total representing a wide range of grooves and tempos. Originally constructed by Matt Weeks as […]

Ask the Expert – Choosing strumming patterns

By Andy@Musicademy | July 14, 2009

  David from London asks: “How do I know which strumming pattern to use with each song? Is it a matter of taste or are there certain strumming patterns for certain songs. If the latter, how do I work these out?” Andy replies: Yes, many worship songs do share similiar strumming patterns, but to really […]

Free webinar with Tim Hughes – Keeping Your Ego in Check

By Marie@Musicademy | July 8, 2009

  When Servants Lead: Keeping Your Ego In Check. Our friend and respected guest blogger Dan Wilt has organised another free webinar which we wanted to let you know about. Tim Hughes, author of Here I Am To Worship and co-founder of Worship Central will be joining Dan Wilt on a live call for all […]

Keyboard Chord of the Month – A7#5

By Tim Martin | July 7, 2009

  Tim Martin, presented of our Worship Keyboard DVDs, will be bringing us a new interesting keyboard chord each month. We start with A7#5. A7#5 – sometimes known as an augmented chord. Basically the 5th is a semitone higher than in a normal 7th chord. This can sometimes be used in place of a dominant […]

How many cymbals for Sunday?

By Guest Blogger | July 3, 2009

  When preparing yourself, and your kit, for Sunday, how many cymbals should you pack? You may think this is a mute question – take whatever you own! Set up as much as you can! Use what the church has and your own! After-all, a good drummer has loads of cymbals, dont they? In reality, […]

Pedals for Bass

By Andy@Musicademy | July 1, 2009

Last time we looked at a few ideas for effects pedals for use with acoustic guitars. Actually for bassists similar rules apply. There are plenty of interesting bass pedals around but first question to ask is, can I realistically use this in my worship band context? Having said that I have seen a few bass […]

Pedals for Acoustic Guitars

By Andy@Musicademy | June 22, 2009

I’ve done a few articles about recommended pedals to get started with on electric guitar in a contemporary worship band setting and in response a number of people have asked for something similar for acoustic guitar and bass, so here are some thoughts. Similar principles apply to both instruments so I’ll list the acoustic pedal […]