Substitute Chords in B

By Andy@Musicademy | March 27, 2009

In this little mini series we’ve looked at substitute chord shapes taken from our Acoustic Intermediate worship guitar DVDs that with help you find some easy one finger changes and hopefully inspired you to you use some different voicings with different sounds. Now let’s look at a key that most guitarists shy away from unless […]

Brian McLaren on Worship Songs

By Guest Blogger | March 26, 2009

Greetings, fellow songwriters, fellow worshippers, fellow leaders in worship, fellow musician/artists, and fellow followers of Jesus: For the last few years, I have been privileged to be “on the road” a lot, speaking mostly with young emerging leaders. I suppose I was asked to speak to them because of some over-forty quota system, and also […]

What is worship?

By Marie@Musicademy | March 23, 2009

I’ve been reading Exiles (Living Missionally in a Post-Christian Culture) by Michael Frost and I liked his take on Paul’s definition of worship. Paul writes: “Therefore, I urge you brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God – this is true worship” […]

Why men hate going to church

By Marie@Musicademy | March 18, 2009

I found this interview at crossmatch.com with David Murrow author of the book Why Men Hate Going to Church. I was fascinated, partly because I (as a motorbike riding not very typical female) related quite well to a lot of the “male” characteristics he lists but also his comment on worship music: “Tom is less […]

Substitute guitar chords in A

By Andy@Musicademy | March 16, 2009

Substitute Chords – part 5 Before we check out some chord subs in typically awkward keys like B lets look at the last of the open keys. A is very similar to E and in some situations you can readily swap the shapes between these two keys. You will also have seen most of the shapes come […]

Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring Bass Score

By Marie@Musicademy | March 15, 2009

We were asked for the score to go along with the impressive warm-up exercise that Matt Weeks plays on our Intermediate Bass DVDs. Be warned – its not easy! Take it really slowly at first and then gradually speed up once you have it note perfect. Click the link above to download the score.   Find […]

Ask the Expert – Drum Groove for The Happy Song

By Andy@Musicademy | March 13, 2009

Richard Fletcher asks “I have always been in a little perlexed as to exactly how to play the rhythm for “The Happy Song” by Delirious.  As it isn’t a slow beat I have never figured out exaclty what is being played and I am unable to reporduce it.  Although as drummers we all say “less […]

Supporting the Voice – clip from Musicademy seminar

By Marie@Musicademy | March 11, 2009

This clip, from a seminar by Musicademy’s Nicki Rogers, explains how to support the voice so that you avoid damage to your throat and also give more power and control to your singing. Nicki gives a couple of practical examples to help you learn to recognise what vocal support feels like in the abdominal muscles. […]

Substitute guitar chords in E

By Andy@Musicademy | March 10, 2009

Substitute Chords – part 4 After exploring some substitute shapes in G, C and D now let’s look at the key of E. In E some of the shape move away from the first position and start to explore the dusty end of the fret board.  For instance the very first shape (E) is actually the […]