Free worship training resources for Christian musicians

Ask the expert: with $2-$3k to spend what electric guitar, amp and pedal set-up would you recommend?

By Andy@Musicademy | May 19, 2014

You’ve got a budget of up to $3K. What do you spent it on? We had a request to make a recommendation for a young guitarist wanting to invest in his gear. Here are Andy’s thoughts. Its always fun to go fantasy guitar shopping on someone else’s cash. Big thing to remember though, all responses […]

A step-by-step guide to the guitar effects used on a professional recording

By Andy@Musicademy | May 14, 2014

Following on from our recent series on guitar pedals “Which pedals do I need to start playing in a worship band? Part 1, part 2 & part 3″ we were asked to go a little deeper and describe in detail the guitar effects that we used on the professional recordings of some of our backing tracks. You don’t need to “know” […]

Has anyone bought more Musicademy DVDs than this guy? We seem to be responsible for an entire houseful of instruments.

By Guest Blogger | May 13, 2014

At the Musicademy office we often find that the same customer names pop up again and again on orders as well as comments to the blog and Facebook Page. One of our most regular customers is someone we’ve only known as “Chris Bracken” with a US military address. Over the years we reckon he’s purchased […]

(Rho)sanna like you’ve never heard it before

By admin | May 9, 2014

Our good friends Paul Evans (he of Delirious? drummer fame) and Greg Jong have put together a fun take on a familiar song – somehow the words don’t quite sound like the original though. Possibly the perfect performance piece for a church weekend away comedy evening?

Why your venue has more effect on congregational participation than your sound system

By Guest Blogger | May 8, 2014

Previously we looked at the hierarchy of importance in church sound. This week we unpack the issues surrounding venue acoustics. At the heart of every good sounding speaker system, is a good sounding venue. Often people get so focussed on the microphone, or the EQ that they forget what has the biggest impact on the […]

Feedback on the Worship Backing Band MultiTrack Pro Wav Player

By admin | May 6, 2014

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Bespoke live training for your worship team

By Marie@Musicademy | May 2, 2014

Book the Musicademy team for a day of worship training at your church From now through to Christmas, we have a limited number of dates available for bespoke worship team training. This means the Musicademy team can come to your church and deliver a day of training for your team. Whilst we are hoping […]

Britain a ‘post Christian’ nation

By Marie@Musicademy |

According to the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, Britain is now a ‘post-Christian’ country. Despite 52% of respondents to a Telegraph poll describing themselves as either practising or non-practising Christians (see graphic below), Lord Williams says that Britain is no longer “a nation of believers” and foresees a further decline in the influence of […]

Church sound: The hierarchy of importance

By Guest Blogger | April 28, 2014

Graphic taken from the Sound Tech and PA Training for Churches DVDs. What is the most important element in the church sound system? One of the most common misunderstandings I encounter during discussions about sound systems is based around the concept of “the most important part of the sound system”. This usually appears in the […]

How streaming websites have changed where musicians make money from

By admin |

This infographic from Information Is Beautiful, based on a post at The Cynical Musician on digital royalties, explains in scary graphic detail how hard it is now for musicians to make money.