By Kenny Lamm | May 22, 2012
In this insightful post Kenny Lamm looks at the good and not-so-good of a worship service he recently attended. Brilliant food for thought. This past Sunday, as my family was out of town for a few days, we had the opportunity to worship in an established Baptist church in another state, choosing their contemporary service […]
By Marie@Musicademy | May 16, 2012
Another in our series of interviews with Graham Kendrick. This includes some very wise thoughts on the time allocated to worship amidst conflicting demands of a service. He also considers how to create space for more creative flow in worship without being self indulgent, engage a congregation and better facilitate their worship. Interview 1 – […]
By Guest Blogger | May 10, 2012
If I replaced my guitar strings, I’d blow my budget. For the year. The congregation follows the loudest singer in the room. Unfortunately, she’s not on the team. Nor a great singer. I entered a three-month depression after attending a national worship leader’s conference. The senior pastor is also the worship leader. And youth pastor. […]
By Kenny Lamm | May 8, 2012
In the last two posts on improving your projected song lyrics (part one; part two), I dealt with many design issues. Today, we will look at the operation of the slide show. Timing of the Slides It is of utmost importance for the person running the presentation to always be very aware of what is happening […]
By Guest Blogger | May 4, 2012
Finding songs for worship is easy. There’s no shortage of options in every style and genre and there are new ones constantly coming onto the scene. Finding good songs, however, is a challenge. There are many aspects to look at when it comes to selecting the right songs and through a series of posts, we’ll […]
By Marie@Musicademy | April 30, 2012
I listened to a fascinating discussion on BBC’s Radio 4 this morning on the topic of creativity. Subject to geographic restrictions you can stream the podcast from iPlayer. For those without access to iPlayer, I will attempt to pull together some of the highlights below. I work with “creatives” all the time and one of […]
By Marie@Musicademy | April 28, 2012
Graham Kendrick has been described as the “Grandfather of the modern worship movement” and has been a huge influence on many of today’s worship leaders. What is Graham doing nowadays and what does he think about modern worship music?
By Guest Blogger | April 25, 2012
There’s no shortage of songs that you could play in worship. The challenge is finding good ones and that’s why it’s important to have a process by which you can objectively evaluate your potential songs. Most people already think we worship leaders just play all of our favorite songs anyway – why make that […]
By Guest Blogger | April 20, 2012
So, you’ve been standing in the pews for about 20 minutes, and the band is showing no sign of letting up. You didn’t know the last two songs, your mind starts wandering, and a dangerous question pops into your head: ‘Could a blindfolded monkey write some of our worship songs?’ It may sound like […]
By Marie@Musicademy | April 16, 2012
We’ve had some great feedback on our new “Super Chord Charts” so we’ve added another 11 to the range. These are: Beautiful One Blessed Be Your Name Extravagant Worship (currently our free MultiTrack of the Month) From the Inside Out Giver of Life Happy Day Hosanna How Great Is Our God In Christ Alone Indescribable […]
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