Musicademy video streaming subscription site launched

By admin | September 21, 2015

Would you like instant access to ALL Musicademy’s worship training videos? Exciting news! We’ve put the entire Musicademy catalogue onto an online video streaming subscription site. Subscribers get full access to all the Musicademy courses.  That’s more than 50 titles covering guitar, bass, drums keyboards, vocals, playing by ear, music theory, understanding chords, improvisation skills […]

Tips for rehearsals by Aaron Keyes

By admin | July 14, 2015

We love these tips on rehearsals by Aaron Keyes. It’s a clip taken from one of our older DVD courses where we regularly featured tips and advice from worship leaders and professional musicians.   Aaron Keyes co-wrote the song Psalm 62 (My Soul Finds Rest) with Stuart Townend. Aaron is also a great speaker on […]

How music theory can create a worship moment. Guest post by Jon Nicol.

By Guest Blogger | January 15, 2015

Have you ever gotten to that place in a worship song where you just wanted to linger for a moment? It might be as a song ends, or during an interlude within the song, but the arrangement you’re using doesn’t seem to give you that.  That’s because many of the worship songs we use in our service […]

Musicademy Band Skills seminar – live footage.

By Marie@Musicademy | July 15, 2013

Fundamentals for arranging / Practical Musicianship Footage from a live Musicademy worship training day. In their funny, inimitable style, Andy Chamberlain and Tim Martin talk band skills including instrument fundamentals for arranging and practical musicianship tips. This seminar includes some really useful ideas on optimal positions for worship team musicians for maximum visibility and communication. […]

10 tips to improve your worship team – stage placement

By admin | May 14, 2013

  There is rarely one quick fix to improve the musicianship of your worship team. Individual tuition so that each musician can play competently as well as an emphasis on practice both as individuals and as a group will help hugely. But there are also plenty of more subtle and often overlooked issues to be […]

The “Cut out and Keep” Guide to How Chords Work

By Andy@Musicademy | May 3, 2013

Here’s a handy guide to help you understand the notes the most common basic and extended chords. If you’ve not done much chord theory its really worth absorbing. Chords – the knowledge… that must be obeyed at all times!! 1. Basic Chords Basic chords are known as triads as they only contain 3 notes. Even […]

Free meditation on vulnerability

By Guest Blogger | March 21, 2013

This prayer was written as a response to a TED talk by Brene Brown about vulnerability which you can watch below. The image of the dandelion clock speaks of a simply natural form that is innately beautiful but is often not thought of as an object to be gazed at, just walked past in the […]