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Transitioning worship (Part 2) Technology improvement

By Kenny Lamm | February 11, 2013

Here we have another warmly welcomed guess post from our friend Kenny Lamb who works with the Baptist State Convention in North Carolina, USA. Just to say from the outset – just because this talks about transitioning to a contemporary style of sung worship it doesn’t necessarily mean you HAVE to have this level of […]

Learn an innovative sound check method that makes musicians happy at 7am!

By Andy@Musicademy | October 30, 2012

Efficient sound check method A while ago I played at a festival where the most eventful memory of the whole day was the sound check! Not that the event wasn’t good, its just the sound check was the best organised, well thought out and most efficient one I’ve ever been to despite taking place at […]

3 reasons not to record a CD

By Guest Blogger | October 15, 2012

Recording a Christian album Last weeks’ post “10 Mistakes Churches Make When Recording” received loads of clicks and likes so here is the second installment from Scott. Although (hopefully) humorous, each mistake I listed in that original post relates to some real, common mistakes I’ve seen churches make when embarking on the wonderful quest to […]

Top 10 Mistakes Most Churches Make When Recording Their First Worship Album

By Guest Blogger | October 5, 2012

We’ve resurrected this great post written a few years ago by our friend Scott Bartlett. Does this sound familiar? Do comment in the box below. 10 mistakes churches make when recording their first worship album 10. Raising $150,000 and hiring the Hillsong production team only to end up with the best-sounding, worst-written, worship CD to […]

Altering the fabric of the building to reduce echo and reverb inside a Church

By Guest Blogger | August 30, 2012

Part three in our series of sound proofing challenges in church This is part 3 of a series about sound proofing in church. Part one considered options for churches with zero budget, part 2 continued this theme by looking at the main “noise-makers” inside the building with a view to again reducing noise without finding […]

Controlling volume overspill in church part 2 – identifying the noise-makers

By Guest Blogger | August 17, 2012

Sound proofing in church In my original post on controlling volume overspill in church, I spoke specifically about noise problems outside of the building, concluding with the statement: If you seriously need to reduce the volume spill into the outside world then you should speak to your local acoustic consultant. However, in the light of […]

How the digital age is changing our minds – what does this mean for worship?

By Guest Blogger | August 6, 2012

As a self confessed gadget-freak and techno-taster I approached this book with huge digital multi-layered delight. Watson vividly explores how the digital era is affecting minds, changing behavior and ultimately, shaping the future. I had already heard of the author through his work with the trend report What’s Next?, and so was expecting good things. […]

Ask the Expert – Controlling volume overspill in an old church building

By Guest Blogger | July 28, 2012

Carolina Labbé from Switzerland emails: “I belong to a relatively small church that has evolved from worshiping with just voices and piano to worshiping with a full band and PA system over the last couple of years. Naturally, this means that the sound level has increased dramatically and because we are located in a historical […]

Ask the Expert – how to prevent audio feedback in church

By Marie@Musicademy | July 2, 2012

At our live Ask the Expert session Chanton Marlo Petersen asked: “What is the best way to prevent feed back in our church service?” Tim Horton, SFL: Feedback occurs because we ask too much volume from a specific channel. Speaker placement is critical in this too, but often it’s down to the type of mic you use. […]

How to record drums

By [email protected] | June 14, 2012

How to Record Drums – Guest post by Russ Harvey of Andertons Music Here at Andertons Music Company we get query after query about how to record a band. My usual response would be ‘how long have you got?’. So in answer to all those questions I’ve tried to knock it down a little to […]