A letter to the worship music patriarchs

By Guest Blogger | August 27, 2013

  Do note that we don’t think Jamie (the writer of this article) remotely had Graham Kendrick in mind when writing it. Graham has simply been cited by many of the commenters here as an inspiring example of a patriarch still writing and serving. (And in the bottom right image you might just glimpse our […]

The Sister Act Syndrome – how churches cope with change

By Guest Blogger | August 1, 2013

In 1992, the movie Sister Act was released and became an instant hit. Whoopee Goldberg plays a lounge singer in Reno, Nevada who one evening witnesses her mobster boyfriend murder a Limo driver. She agrees to testify against him, but is placed in protective custody in a convent with a really lousy choir and attached […]

Leading Worship or Prostituting Worship?

By Guest Blogger | July 16, 2013

The One Year Bible had me reading 2 Kings and the story of King Josiah’s cleansing of the Temple. Before he came into power his predecessor, Manasseh, began using the temple for Baal worship and cult prostitution as sacrifice to the fertility goddess Asherah. The temple had been desecrated by the sacrifice of infants and prostitution. […]

Eleanor Mumford on worship songs

By admin | July 10, 2013

Eleanor Mumford (yes, the mother of Mumford & Sons’ Marcus), an experienced leader in the Vineyard church reflects on what the Vineyard movement brought to worship songs – simplicity, purity, sweetness, accessibility and intimacy. She encourages song writers to return to simplicity. Two soundbites: “My plea to our wonderful worship leaders is that we would […]

The art of song selection for worship

By Guest Blogger | June 24, 2013

Over the course of my worship-leader life so far, I have probably compiled a million set lists for events, gatherings and conferences! At times I have hungered for a ‘random song generator’ gadget that would effortlessly and instantaneously choose the right songs for the right moment for the right people!  (Possibly a future feature for […]

A salute to the average worship leader

By Guest Blogger | May 31, 2013

Today I want to salute the average worship leader. Why? If YouTube videos and conference worship bands are any indicator, we’re unintentionally (I trust) cultivating an understanding of musical worship and its leaders that draws more from rock concerts and Entertainment Tonight than biblical principles. We can start thinking that the “best” corporate worship context […]

Announcing the New Worship Backing Band MultiTrack Pro Wav Player

By Andy@Musicademy | May 29, 2013

We’ve been promising a major update to our MultiTrack Player for some time. It’s finally here and includes the ability to loop, repeat and jump song sections as well as import your own song wavs. We believe our new Player to be the SIMPLEST and the BEST VALUE MultiTrack package around. You will save even […]

Ask the Expert – Is there a digital solution for worship bands to the problem of chord charts and sheet music?

By Guest Blogger | May 21, 2013

We had an email from Dave at Cheam Baptist: “We have been wondering how best to provide sheet music for our musicians and are looking for an alternative to using numerous different songs of fellowship books. One option is to gradually build up a library of individual sheet music for each song then create an […]

Why we need to freshen up our worship. And why loops can help.

By Guest Blogger | May 17, 2013

Creativity in Worship (Why I use loops) A few years ago I moved to a new house situated along the flight path into Manchester airport, one of the busiest airports in Northern England. The first few weeks consisted mainly of broken sleep and sudden shock as yet another noisy plane would cut through the air […]