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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]