By Guest Blogger | March 15, 2011
‘Play skilfully with a shout of joy’. Psalm 33 v3 We understand that to play with skill is to play with technique, musical knowledge, speed and dexterity, control and precision and with professional attitude. Great attributes to have but the word here is the Hebrew word, Yatah, and has similarities to Sakal. The translation ‘skill’ […]
By Guest Blogger |
Starting Small This is the first in a series of articles written by Mark Jones from Psalm Drummers, focusing on the use of percussion in worship. The format for each will be the same and will provide an overview of percussion instruments, techniques to try out, approach to using the percussion instrument in worship, a […]
By Marie@Musicademy | March 8, 2011
Nennisha emails: “I am currently learning to play the drums and have brought the Beginners DVDs already which I have found most helpful. But I have to say I am slightly disappointed after noticing the plethora of guitar and keyboard help available on your website and hardly any for the drums. Do you think you […]
By Marie@Musicademy | January 11, 2011
Last week we asked you to submit product reviews to our webstore (and in return receive 66 Advanced Vocals Workout exercises). We were blown away not only by the volume of the response but also the detailed feedback you gave in the reviews. You can still submit a review and receive a coupon – we’re […]
By Tim Bowdler | October 28, 2010
Tips for church drummers You make a huge racket and as a result there are people in the church who have little sympathy for what you do. If you are stuck behind a screen and your volume levels are low a lot of people will be happy with that and will leave you alone. If […]
By Andy@Musicademy | June 4, 2010
Matching drum grooves with strumming patterns Ian Greening from Aldershot in the UK writes: “After a few years away from it, I started playing bass in one of my church’s worship teams. The drummer is twelve years old and his technique is actually pretty good, but what he hasn’t got experience of yet is choosing […]
By Marie@Musicademy | May 3, 2010
Musicademy produces instructional DVDs for Beginning Drums as well as Intermediate players. There is also a drum work-out CD. Below are links to all the articles and posts on the blog area of our website of interest to drummers. Drum articles How to build a suitcase drum kit How many cymbals for Sunday? Drum screens – […]
By Marie@Musicademy | April 19, 2010
Troy Vanderschel from Washington has been using the Musicademy Worship Bass DVDs. He asks: “Would you ask Matt Weeks what portable drum groove machine he used in the Intermediate Bass course? What brand/model or mp3s does he have?” Will Couchman has also asked about the drum loops used on our Intermediate Acoustic Guitar DVDs. “I […]
By Tim Bowdler | March 22, 2010
Michelle emailed us to say: “This is a question for Tim Bowdler, who wrote the Do’s & Don’ts for Percussionists article. Thanks for the article! Can you please add a paragraph for the egg shaker? We have one on our team, but are sometimes at a loss as to when to play it, style, […]
By Tim Bowdler | March 15, 2010
Picture the scene. The worship leader wants to create a bit of a different vibe to the Sunday worship time. So in a moment of intense clarity he thinks, “I know, I’ll get the drummer to play percussion instead this week. It’ll be great. After all drums and percussion are really the same instrument right?” […]
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