By Andy@Musicademy | May 21, 2009
Last time we looked at Tubescreamer overdrive pedals as part of a very basic set up to get you going in a modern worship band setting. Now let’s look at the delay side of things. A good delay pedal is the real secret to playing in many modern worship song styles. Delays can do so […]
By Jonny Baker | May 16, 2009
This is another guest post from Jonny Baker, part of a series he calls “Worship Tricks”. This describes a ritual his community Grace created at new year. Wounded in all the right places was the theme inspired by a track of that title by 1giantleap. There were a couple of ideas that worked wonderfully. […]
By Andy@Musicademy | May 15, 2009
Part of our Video Shorts series, Musicademy’s Andy Chamberlain gives some ideas on rehearsing.
By Steve Weeks | May 14, 2009
We’ve not done a chord of the month recently due to the plethora of substitute chords in recent posts. Here’s a “E” Chord with major 7th and a 9th – very John Mayer! Normally E9 would have a b7 You can take this down 4 frets for a CM79 The open 1st string is […]
By Marie@Musicademy | May 11, 2009
Mark Ecclestone from Canada asks: “Can you please recommend any websites/teaching resources on learning how to develop musical improvisation and arranging skills (like on how to play a piece of music for piano building around playing arpeggios with passing notes) that are easy to understand for piano playing? A lot of the material out there […]
By Jonny Baker | May 10, 2009
Chris Murray, an Anglican clergyman emailed us to say: “I found Jonny Baker’s article most stimulating. I love words, write poetry, have had some published, but want to use it far more widely. I have J.B.et al’s book “Alternative Worship,” and love it – have used parts. I’d be very interested in the Eucharistic Prayers he […]
By Marie@Musicademy | May 6, 2009
We’ve created a brand new vocals work-out CD to really test and stretch your singing ability. Whilst the tracks contain some elements of breathing and warm-ups, the content is really designed to push your singing to another level. The exercises should take you well beyond your existing range as well as help you develop […]
By Andy@Musicademy | May 5, 2009
This is the first in a series of three posts written by Andy on electric guitar pedals for worship. Actually you don’t need a huge amount of pedals to get going. I’d say that with a good Tube Screamer overdrive type pedal and a decent delay you should be able to reproduce most of what’s […]
By Sam Hargreaves | May 1, 2009
This is a powerpoint from engageworship.org that can be used in a large congregation, but also in small groups or individually. It aids us in giving our burdens to God, and uses actions to help us focus our prayers. The powerpoint could work in the beginning of a service, as a means of ‘entering in’, […]
By Andy@Musicademy | April 30, 2009
Mike WIlliams asks: “I often have a problem keeping hold of my pick/plectrum, which tends to slip around between my thumb and forefinger. This doesn’t do much for the sound or my nerves, and isn’t very helpful when the pick pings inside the guitar. I’m not particularly good but bold enough to play for […]
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