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Who stands where in the band? Why most worship teams get it so wrong.

By Marie@Musicademy | May 10, 2013

Band Skills Seminar #3 The traditional rock band set up with the drummer at the back and the lead singer at the front is often adopted by church worship teams. Why is this so wrong and what alternatives are there? Andy Chamberlain and Tim Martin demonstrate in an interactive band skills seminar. Please note, we […]

Performance vs Worship. 6 things to consider.

By Guest Blogger | May 9, 2013

When does expression of passion go too far into performance instead of worship? One topic I get asked about a lot is the whole question of performance versus worship. Even this morning I received a email from a friend who posed the question “when does expression of passion go too far into performance instead of […]

Graham Kendrick Interview – Thoughts on the spectator culture in worship

By admin | May 8, 2013

Other posts you might like: Graham Kendrick on worship leading Graham Kendrick on the leadership role of musicians other than the worship leader Graham Kendrick on Psalm Surfing – his “how-to” guide Graham Kendrick on lyrics, the impact of the pop song in worship and choosing songs by theme Interview with Graham Kendrick – on […]

5 things that happen when the songs are too high

By Guest Blogger | May 2, 2013

I was recently watching a well-known worship leader lead worship at a church that was broadcasting its service online. His leadership was excellent, the played was playing well, and the songs were really good. There was one problem, though. The keys were all way too high. I’ve written before about the art (it’s not really […]

Worship Backing Band DVD Volume 2 launched

By Marie@Musicademy | April 15, 2013

ll new songs. Mixable vocals. Create your own play lists. The lowest cost option for worship backing tracks. Does your church want to have great times of worship together but you don’t have any musicians? Worship Backing Band Volume 2 is a single DVD featuring backing tracks for 35 contemporary worship songs with on-screen lyrics […]

Pulling together the worship team in a church moving from traditional to contemporary worship – Transitioning Part 6

By Kenny Lamm | April 8, 2013

As East City Church transitions its worship service to a unified style of worship, they will need to equip their musician resources to handle contemporary styles of music in addition to the traditional styles that they do so well. Fortunately, ECC already has a worship band that leads worship in the contemporary early service. This […]

Why your song list might be getting in the way of your worship

By Guest Blogger | April 5, 2013

Why Do We Need a System to Manage Our Songs? The Monster List Imagine that you take a large envelope of cash to your bank. You explain to the smiling teller that you’d like to deposit this cash into your checking account. She says she’d be happy to do that. She takes your envelope, turns […]

Helping the congregation learn new songs – Transitioning – Part 5

By Kenny Lamm | March 31, 2013

In our last post on the challenges for a church moving from traditional to contemporary worship styles, East City Church continued its journey to worship renewal by producing a song list of known songs for the congregation and identifying new songs that will be introduced to the congregation. To fast track the worship transition, East […]

What hymns (ancient and modern) should we be using?

By Marie@Musicademy | March 25, 2013

We recently asked you all (via our Facebook Page) what hymns you would recommend we record for our Worship Backing Band backing tracks and also for teaching guitar, bass and keys lessons. Thanks to those of you who responded. We’ve listed the suggestions below in alphabetical order They represent both well known traditional and contemporary […]

Suitable songs for a funeral or memorial service

By Marie@Musicademy | March 19, 2013

A few years ago we were asked to suggest some songs for a funeral. What followed was a really interesting “crowd sourced” list. Over the intervening years, that article has consistently been one of the most popular on the website and has attracted comments such as “This has been the biggest help of all looking […]