Bass fretboard chart

By admin | October 19, 2015

We have a lot requests for a bass fretboard chart. We do have the diagram hidden away in our members area but thought we’d put it up here on the blog too:   More bass resources There are loads of great free bass resources on our blog – digest of them here. We also have […]

Free worship bass lesson: Famous One

By Marie@Musicademy | October 6, 2015

One of over 1,500 lessons you can access through our new online streaming site at https://www.musicademy.com/blog/training. This lesson is taken from the Advanced Bass Course where as well as each individual lesson you get two backing tracks for each song. These have the song with and without the bass part so that you can easily […]

Strat upgrade part 1: Bare Knuckle pickups

By Andy@Musicademy | September 17, 2015

I’ve had this early 80’s Tokai Strat for years now and I’ve been wondering what to do with it. The guitar itself felt great to play but the pickups were so-so. Some years back I put a Seymour Duncan Lil59 pickup in the bridge. It was ok, it gave much more punch but still didn’t […]

Can you keep perfect time? Test yourself

By admin | August 13, 2015

When we do our training days and in our upcoming band skills dvds we talk a lot about the importance of great timing. How good is yours? Share your scores here. In the office today Andy got 711. Can you beat that? Let us know in the comments thread. Click image to open interactive version […]

Ask the Expert: Sound proofing for drummers

By admin | August 7, 2015

What’s the easiest way to create a soundproof room on a budget? A great question which we shared on Facebook. The way these shared posts work is a little strange but it’s worth clicking through to the responses which you can read here. Some really great advice. But do have a read and let us […]

Ask the expert: Recommendations on electric guitar amps

By admin | July 14, 2015

Andy wrote recently on the  Cornell small amp he is now using. There is also an archive of “Small amp, great sound” articles here =>  part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4 and part 5. You’ll also find advice on buying small tube amps in our Intermediate Electric Guitar Course. It is one of the lessons included […]

How do singers protect their voices?

By admin | June 22, 2015

Great advice but do you actually follow it? Posted by Musicademy on Sunday, June 21, 2015 We have lots of advice from singers from the Musicademy vocals coaches as well as various worship leaders on our Worship Vocals Course. We would always recommend a good warm-up and work-out regime as well as vocal sprays to […]