Hendrix-Style Double Stops

By Andy@Musicademy | October 2, 2008

This month we’re going to look at probably my favourite playing style, which is called double stops. Double stops means playing two notes at the same time and was employed to great effect by a certain Mr James Hendrix. Hendrix is known by non musicians for his wailing solos but this style used on gentler […]

How to maintain a flow of worship

By Andy@Musicademy |

Chief Allan Hewey from Maine emailed us asking for advice on keeping the worship momentum going. He was particularly looking for some practical tips to keep the congregations’ focus heavenward. This is a really interesting question and in unpacking it we need to consider how different churches approach this – it can be a very […]

What to do if there is no musical space for you

By Andy@Musicademy |

Stephen Miessner from the US emailed to ask “What do you do when you’re the keys player and there isn’t room for you in a song?” Andy answers: Firstly I’d ask why isn’t there room in the song. Is it written in a way that is very guitar led so doesn’t work well for keys? […]

Worship Team Dynamics – the phases a new team must go through

By Marie@Musicademy |

Dr Bruce Tuckman published his Forming Storming Norming Performing model in 1965. The theory is an elegant and helpful explanation of team development and behaviour which can be usfully applied to worship teams. Tuckman’s model explains the sequence that a team goes through as it team develops maturity and ability and relationships establish. The role […]

Geoff’s eco friendly mic storage tray

By Guest Blogger | June 23, 2014

It was with great sadness this week that we learnt of the passing of Geoff Boswell who we had the pleasure of working with in recent years. Geoff was an occasional blogger here at Musicademy and had also been involved in presenting live training seminars on PA as part of his role as a professional […]

Ask the Expert – Is there a way of storing sheet music on my ipad to use whilst leading?

By admin | November 16, 2012

Neil Jeremy asks: “Just been to one of your Musicademy Live Training Day at Tonbridge today and had a great day, with lots of very practical advice and ideas on how to develop our worship ministries in our church. Thank you very much, would definitely recommend that other musicians and worship leaders attend these training days. […]