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What makes a great worship song?

By Guest Blogger | September 25, 2014

Yesterday we asked on Facebook “What makes a great worship song?” As usual our subscribers had lots of great ideas which you can read by clicking through . But below that is an interview with a worship academic who reckons he is on the road to defining the science behind a great worship song. An […]

NEW! Worship Backing Band Volume 4 available now

By admin | September 17, 2014

Launching the latest volume of the Worship Backing Band DVDs featuring 35 new songs including 5 Christmas carols If you are wanting backing tracks on a budget, our Worship Backing Band DVDs are the best value around. Perfect for churches without any musicians each DVD includes 35 contemporary worship songs with on-screen lyrics and fully mixable […]

Oceans. Like you’ve probably not heard it before…

By Marie@Musicademy | September 15, 2014

Thankfully our Worship Backing Band version is a little more sensitive than this…. The fun starts at just after 2 mins 15 seconds.

Why honesty is a vital part of creativity. Guest post from author Jonathan Malm

By admin | September 4, 2014

I’ve noticed most church worship teams go one of two ways: Either they sing songs dripping with sugar, rainbows, and unicorns, or they’re somber and sorrowful. And if the church is into Christian Top 40 music, it’s usually the first option. You know what I’m talking about. They sing songs like “Everything is Perfect” or […]

How to move seamlessly between songs

By Andy@Musicademy | September 2, 2014

We had a request for help in dealing with the “awkward silence” between songs in a worship set. Very simply, if you want to make songs ‘flow’ together (i.e. constant audio sound joining the two songs) the most obvious thing is to get your keyboard player (if you have one) to play a ‘pad’ sound. […]

What do all the song section abbreviations mean in Worship Backing Band?

By Andy@Musicademy | August 20, 2014

We’ve had a few customers asking about the song section abbreviations in the timeline of the Worship Backing Band player. We’ve tried to make them as self explanatory as possible but of course there are one or two that might mean different things to different folks. So below is a list of all the abbreviations […]

A practical how-to guide to arranging a song

By Andy@Musicademy | July 19, 2014

How to arrange a worship song We had an email recently from Mark Proctor: “As a church we are currently in transition from an organ only church to having a music group. Unfortunately none of us have any experience of arranging songs and every article/website appears to assume that it’s a full ‘rock’ band format […]

Smile: you’re in a “sound portrait”

By Marie@Musicademy | July 11, 2014

I took a day out to the Hampton Court Flower Show recently and stumbled across a group called Epiphany up in a “Quiet” Treehouse. The installation was exploring the availability of high-performance, low-noise technology including domestic appliances such as quiet kettles, fans and hair dryers. Part of the exhibit featured the band playing improvised music […]

Becoming one of the chosen (or how to get to play at Christian conferences)

By Guest Blogger | July 8, 2014

Recently a question was asked concerning the best way to get yourself involved in playing for large events such as Spring Harvest, BCDO, New Wine etc… (these are British conferences but as you’ll know, most countries have a fair few of their own home grown festivals, conferences and events too). Sue Rinaldi, worship-leader and A&R […]

New Split Track video backing tracks

By admin | July 2, 2014

For churches that don’t have any musicians, and simply want a backing track product that offers them quality “karaoke” worship tracks, there is no need for the Worship Backing Band MultiTrack Player with all its functionality of filling in for missing musicians, looping, key and tempo change. Our option for such churches are our budget […]