The feminisation of worship songs?

By Guest Blogger | May 12, 2011

The feminisation of worship songs? I’ve just been at a conference, which was awesome and being a good worship pastor, I went to the seminar on worship. I’ve been to lots of worship seminars (all very helpful) but in the Q&A at the end, there’s always this one question from the floor (and it always […]

Free video clip and chord chart – May the Peace of the Lord Christ

By Marie@Musicademy | May 10, 2011

We are frequently asked for information about a beautiful song that we used in the Musicademy Worship Vocals Course. The words are taken from a blessing written by the Northumbria Community. Its basically a Celtic Liturgy. Kate Silber, presenter of our Vocals DVDs, wrote a melody to accompany the blessing which is sung by Kate […]

Interview with Graham Kendrick

By Marie@Musicademy | April 13, 2011

Graham Kendrick has been called a ‘father of modern worship music’. Over the last 30 years, he has written hundreds of worship songs including Shine Jesus Shine, Knowing You and The Servant King. Graham’s songs have impacted thousands of churches across the globe. Now just weeks away from releasing his 30th studio album, Graham spoke […]

Wedding function bands – can you really pull it off?

By Andy@Musicademy | April 6, 2011

Following on from last weeks’ discussion about musicians being paid to play at weddings, I wanted to bring the subject of wedding function bands to the table. Now at Musicademy we have a function band comprised of professional musicians that play at weddings, birthdays and other celebrations. We charge a set fee depending on the […]

I’m a little bit country – Nick Langley on Nashville Numbering

By Guest Blogger | March 10, 2011

I’ve seen posts on various websites, including this venerable one, discussing innumerable cunning ways of writing charts. Why, I ask? What’s wrong with the existing systems? Music notation has been painstakingly refined over centuries and does the job perfectly well. People have been recording music since long before Edison invented the phonograph, Bill Lear and […]

Vocal Range: Engaging Your Community

By Kim Gentes | March 7, 2011

Local congregations use music in their services in most Christian church contexts. This is true of almost every denomination and facet of Christianity. Even the minimalist approach of using no instruments still requires attention to vocal operation of music concepts. In fact, those using extensive instrumentation must be even more wary of accomodating instrument and […]

Is it just me or are a lot of worship songs mediocre?

By Guest Blogger | February 11, 2011

I was reading a recent Musicademy blog post which had some interesting (and controversial) thoughts about worship songs. Here are some snippets from it: “Now you will notice that I said “very poor”, not terrible, not abysmal, not “from the very pen of Beelzebub himself”, just poor. Honestly I wish they were completely awful, because there […]