From train wreck to nervous wreck

By Tim Bowdler | June 18, 2009

  Nerves, fear, trepidation, lack of confidence are all feelings that can cripple a musician and stop him or her playing for, and worshipping God. Around ten years ago, I suffered from acute nerves when playing drums in front of an audience/congregation. At one point it became so bad that I would simply turn down […]

Guitar Chord of the Month – D7sus4

By Steve Weeks | June 11, 2009

|— |— |-O- |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— G (sus4) |-O- |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— C (7th) |— |-O- |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— A (5th) |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— D (1st) |— |— |— […]

Perfection or Progress – Guest post from Mike Sessler

By Mike Sessler | June 9, 2009

I heard from a good friend of mine the other day. He was rather frustrated (that may be an understatement…) because he perceived some of the criticism he was subject of was coming from a desire for perfection in worship. Now, I don’t know all the details, but I ventured a guess that perfection was […]

The Art of Backing Vocals

By Marie@Musicademy | June 8, 2009

The role of the backing singer I listened to a fascinating documentary about the art of backing vocals on BBC Radio 4 a couple of weeks ago. The title was R.E.S.P.E.C.T. – The Art of Backing Vocals. Presented by Nick Barraclough. Due to licensing issues its not possible for us to bring you the actual […]

Ask the Expert – DVDs for lead guitar?

By Andy@Musicademy | June 4, 2009

James from Canada asks: Does any of your worship guitar series, have lessons on lead guitar? Andy replies: Yes, our intermediate worship guitar course covers lots of techniques to learn lead guitar. 5 pentatonic scale shapes so you can solo using the right notes to any song in any key CAGED chords so you can […]

Communion as an act of protest – Not in My Name

By Jonny Baker | May 23, 2009

This is the final of three guest posts from Jonny Baker on creative ways to share communion. A mix of a highlight and scary challenge was organising the communion service for sunday morning at Greenbelt 2003 (Greenbelt is a UK based Christian arts festival). Greenbelt was very involved in profiling the brilliant trade justice campaign so it […]