Guest Posts – be a Musicademy blogger

By Marie@Musicademy | July 20, 2009

We’ve really enjoyed the recent number of guest posts we have had on the Musicademy blog. It brings a greater diversity to our content and enables a wider range of voices to be heard. We also know from feedback that our subscribers really appreciate the content here – thanks for reading and contributing your comments. […]

Downloadable drum grooves for worship songs and practice

By Marie@Musicademy | July 16, 2009

We’ve had so many requests for copies of our drum groove “backing tracks” on MP3 tht we’ve made them available on our webstore. There are 19 tracks (click to the bottom of the page that this link takes you to) in total representing a wide range of grooves and tempos. Originally constructed by Matt Weeks as […]

50 tips to improve your worship team – new series

By Andy@Musicademy |

We’ve been presenting some live seminars recently under the title “50 tips to improve your worship team”. Inevitably we end up with about 150 tips and run out of time in delivering them. So we thought it might be a good idea to publish them her for wider discussion pm the blog. So here is the […]

Ask the Expert – Choosing strumming patterns

By Andy@Musicademy | July 14, 2009

  David from London asks: “How do I know which strumming pattern to use with each song? Is it a matter of taste or are there certain strumming patterns for certain songs. If the latter, how do I work these out?” Andy replies: Yes, many worship songs do share similiar strumming patterns, but to really […]

Alternative Worship – Offering Clues For Renewing Worship

By Jonny Baker | July 13, 2009

Over the last 15 years the movement that has been called ‘alternative worship’ has ploughed a furrow in worship coming up with inspiring new songs, liturgies, rituals, visuals, installations, artistic creations and worship experiences. I personally have found it incredibly exciting, renewing my faith and sparking my imagination in all sorts of ways. When the […]

A theology of worship – stumbling toward mystery

By Guest Blogger | July 10, 2009

  This is a guest post from Dan Wilt, M.Min. Director, The Institute Of Contemporary And Emerging Worship Studies St. Stephen’s University To formulate a rich and powerful theology of worship is to engage the most essential questions of humankind, the most vital revelations of human history, and the most practical activities of human experience. […]

Free webinar with Tim Hughes – Keeping Your Ego in Check

By Marie@Musicademy | July 8, 2009

  When Servants Lead: Keeping Your Ego In Check. Our friend and respected guest blogger Dan Wilt has organised another free webinar which we wanted to let you know about. Tim Hughes, author of Here I Am To Worship and co-founder of Worship Central will be joining Dan Wilt on a live call for all […]

Keyboard Chord of the Month – A7#5

By Tim Martin | July 7, 2009

  Tim Martin, presented of our Worship Keyboard DVDs, will be bringing us a new interesting keyboard chord each month. We start with A7#5. A7#5 – sometimes known as an augmented chord. Basically the 5th is a semitone higher than in a normal 7th chord. This can sometimes be used in place of a dominant […]

The 10 Commandments by Text

By Guest Blogger | July 6, 2009

I found this at McSweeneys.net. Its by Jamie Quatro – – – – 1. no1 b4 me. srsly. 2. dnt wrshp pix/idols 3. no omg’s 4. no wrk on w/end (sat 4 now; sun l8r) 5. pos ok – ur m&d r cool 6. dnt kill ppl 7. :-X only w/ m8 8. dnt steal […]

How many cymbals for Sunday?

By Guest Blogger | July 3, 2009

  When preparing yourself, and your kit, for Sunday, how many cymbals should you pack? You may think this is a mute question – take whatever you own! Set up as much as you can! Use what the church has and your own! After-all, a good drummer has loads of cymbals, dont they? In reality, […]