By Andy@Musicademy | March 12, 2015
Its often been noticed how many pop songs sound like each other, or how many worship songs sound like pop songs, but what about the other way round when a new pop song sounds like a worship song? Take a listen to Hllsong’s Man Of Sorrows and James Bay’s Hold Back The River… Man of […]
By Guest Blogger | March 2, 2015
I first came across the concept of “voice physio” a few months ago while talking to one of our vocal coaches, Philly Lopez who was raving about the effect a session had had on her (already impressive) voice. On further investigation I found that one London based physiotherapy practice, PhysioEd Medical Ltd, had developed […]
By admin | February 23, 2015
This is the second live session of a Musicademy Worship Vocals Masterclass with Philly Lopez. Philly teaches advanced vocals techniques including harmonies, diction, dynamics, mic technique and improvisation. You can find Part 1 here. Join Philly and Musicademy live in London! Join us for our upcoming live training days in London and Tonbridge. Philly will be […]
By Guest Blogger | February 22, 2015
It was 3:30pm on what had been, up until then, a rather unremarkable Tuesday afternoon when I received the phone call. ‘‘We have a project that we might be interested in using your songs for over here in the States,’’ said the caller. Trying to sound relaxed, but with a growing sense of urgency, […]
By Guest Blogger | February 16, 2015
Before you begin the song: TEN Tell your congregation, “This is the best worship song EVER. Only a moron couldn’t worship to this.” NINE Spend 12-18 minutes analyzing the lyrics. Give personal, vividly-detailed testimony to back up each line. EIGHT Dedicate it to the memory of your favorite childhood pet, Rufus the Gerbil. SEVEN Point out […]
By Marie@Musicademy | February 14, 2015
This is a real treat for you. An hour of live footage from a Musicademy Vocals Masterclass with Philly Lopez teaching the basics of good vocals technique including posture, breathing and warm ups. This is part 1. Part 2 will follow in due course. Join Philly and Musicademy live in London! Join us for our […]
By Guest Blogger | February 10, 2015
We posted a video of Snarky Puppy featuring Lalal Hathaway last year demonstrating what appeared to be a single voice singing chords. The video got lots of response. Lalal basically uses polyphonic or overtone singing techniques. Then in late 2014 one particular video of a singer became immensely popular on Facebook. You’ll probably recognise it below. […]
By Tim Martin | February 6, 2015
Yesterday I was flicking around radio stations in the car as I do from time to time. I’d stick with each station just long enough to hear what was going on and decide whether I was in the mood for what I heard. As I was scanning through I came to a station which […]
By Marie@Musicademy | January 27, 2015
The Q&A is often one of the best bits! 15 minutes of video footage from the Question and Answer session from a day of Musicademy band skills and worship training. Questions covered include: What practical ways can we learn about what is going on with the congregation? What are the challenges of using an acoustic […]
By Andy@Musicademy | January 26, 2015
When we create our backing tracks we face the dilemma of people (thinking that they) want the song as close to the original recording as possible and actually creating a track that is actually singable in church and also practical as a backing track. Inevitably that will involve recording it in a lower key […]
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