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8 tips for training younger worship musicians

By Andy@Musicademy | February 17, 2017

There is an old joke that says ‘How many electric guitarists does it take to change a light bulb?’ The answer is 100. One to change the bulb and 99 to say ‘that was rubbish, I could do it much faster’… Every so often I come across a teenage guitarist who has been playing for […]

7 questions to help you get more out of your worship team rehearsals

By Andy@Musicademy | February 13, 2017

1. Have you practiced before the rehearsal? The key to rehearsing is to look at it as a time to build arrangements and getting the band to ‘gel’ with a song. Rehearsing is different to personal practice times.I always try to get my band members to learn chords, parts, lyrics, melodies etc well before they […]

Can we change or make a new arrangement of someone else’s song? Guest post from CCLI

By Guest Blogger | January 10, 2017

Copyright is an intellectual property right given to the creators of original musical, literary and dramatic works. In the UK the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 is the current legislation and provides the creator with both an economic and a moral right. This moral right means that only the copyright owner of a […]

Five huge new MultiTracks

By Andy@Musicademy | November 26, 2016

We’ve just launched another batch of five new MultiTracks. As ever these are big, well known songs with familiar arrangements but in the usual Worship Backing Band style we’ve slightly (or sometimes hugely) modified each song to make it as congregationally singable and playable as we can. So here’s a brief rundown of how […]

Worship Backing Band’s carol repertoire: backing tracks and chord charts

By admin | November 16, 2016

We have a huge 22 carols in our backing tracks library now. Click through below to listen to audio samples and to buy:

Do’s and Don’ts for Christmas service planning

By Guest Blogger | November 8, 2016

Do’s and Don’ts: Christmas service planning We asked the Musicademy Worship Community (our new Facebook Group) for their tips on Christmas planning and were blown away by a response from Christopher Phillimore that listed some super useful Do’s and Don’ts. We couldn’t agree more with his suggestions. Here is Christopher’s list: DO plan in advance […]

Worship training day livestream videos

By admin | November 7, 2016

We were able to record a number of the masterclasses at our recent worship training day in Peterborough. These were doing using Facebook Live so are a single camera and on-board audio feed. Worship Team Essentials Part 1 If you like the concepts covered in Worship Team Essentials we would definitely recommend our Band Skills […]

What are the biggest issues facing worship teams right now?

By Marie@Musicademy | October 11, 2016

We did a little ice breaker in a recent worship training day where we asked the delegates to identify the biggest issue facing their worship team. Cue the grand opening of a can of worms. And an awful lot of the same issues coming up again and again. So I thought I’d run with this […]

How inclusive are the worship songs we choose and the music we make?

By Andy@Musicademy | September 23, 2016

Some questions: In an age where much of our congregational worship music is designed for large gatherings or even designed to attract large gatherings does it really best serve the vast majority of Christian worshipers who aren’t in large churches with good quality musicians? Is the worship music we use actually the best tool to help people sing […]

Working with backing tracks and MultiTracks

By Andy@Musicademy | August 15, 2016

Technology in worship is here whether you like it or not It’s amazing how much technology drives and redefines the very sounds of the music we make. From electric guitars to sound on sound recording, then synthesisers, decks, loops and now recorded elements being integrated into live music, all these new technologies serve as the […]