By Andy@Musicademy | October 25, 2012
One of the members of the Musicademy website sent me what you can see in figure 1 below. He struggles with playing by ear and remembering the chords in common keys so he came up with this little chart that he sticks to his keyboard or guitar when he leads worship. The basic idea is […]
By Andy@Musicademy | October 20, 2012
We are delighted to have had such positive feedback on the new 1.5 version of our MultiTrack player. Over on the Worship Backing Band Facebook Page Eric Simpson said “Had a play around and is FANTASTIC! The ability to change key & speed hits the mark” He also said that the speed is “Massively improved“. […]
By Marie@Musicademy | October 15, 2012
MultiTrack V1.5 launched. Now with key and tempo change We are delighted to announce the launch of Worship Backing Band MultiTrack version 1.5. The new version features a lot of the functionality you have been asking for. Now you can change to any key and independently change the tempo too. There are also more levels […]
By Guest Blogger | October 9, 2012
Three Big Problems in the Pursuit of Excellence There’s word that’s tossed around a lot in conjunction with worship here in North America. It trickled out of the business world into the church. It makes me a tad nauseous. The word is “excellence.” Ugh. There it is. I just threw up in my mouth a […]
By Marie@Musicademy | October 8, 2012
Lost in Wonder (You Chose the Cross) – The story behind the song Prior to our trip to Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia in September 2002, to be involved in the Soul Survivor conference, Mike Pilavachi and I had decided to extend our time in Malaysia to include a three day break in Penang, an island situated […]
By Guest Blogger | October 1, 2012
The Complete Package Myth Let’s make a list of a great worship leader: Strong musical ability to carry the band… …and vocally gifted to inspire the congregation each time his/her mouth opens… …but also the spiritual depth to truly lead a congregation in worship… …with a mix of theological and musical training coupled with the […]
By Marie@Musicademy | September 25, 2012
What is the role of the other musicians on the worship team? Are they co-leaders? Churches can get stuck in a system where the worship leader does everything but if as a worship leader you have singers in your team who can take the lead sometimes it will bring something different to your worship. […]
By Marie@Musicademy | September 24, 2012
We had quite a few requests for Jesus Culture songs as backing tracks and this gem written by our friend Chris McLarney and made popular by Jesus Culture is the first we are releasing. You can see a live performance of the song in the video above and head over to the Worship Backing Band website […]
By Andy@Musicademy | September 19, 2012
10 new worship backing tracks You’ll be pleased to know at Worship Backing Band we’ve been working on some new MultiTrack backing tracks! Actually we’ve made some major changes to the way we produce tracks so over the coming months we’ll now be adding to the catalogue in batches of 10 new songs at a […]
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Last year, I had an amazing time as part of a team of ten interns, all with different church backgrounds, from conservative right through to Pentecostal. We’d taken a year out to serve the church we’d been a part of whilst at Uni. It’s a pretty mainstream evangelical church, with a heart to be engaged […]
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