Stages of the grief process

By Guest Blogger | April 22, 2014

It was Swiss-American psychiatrist, Elizabeth Kübler-Ross, a pioneer in near-death studies and the author of the ground breaking book On Death and Dying, who first established a set of stages she called ‘The Grief Process’. Her research during the 1960s resulted in a set of five stages – Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance – […]

“Every PEAR a powerful weapon” and other misheard lyrics

By Marie@Musicademy | April 20, 2014

We found this fun article in The Telegraph this weekend and it got us thinking about misheard and mis-sung lyrics in worship songs. Click through to the Facebook thread to read some great alternative takes on what the original song writer intended including: “I am the Lord of the dance settee” “Oh happy day, happy […]

Christ is Risen!

By Marie@Musicademy |

A picture for Easter Sunday I photographed this crucifix in a vineyard in New Zealand earlier this year where there is often art and sculpture on display for the public. What I particularly liked about it was that the wood is constructed from old wine barrels and the clippings behind are from grape vines. Rather […]

Worship Backing Band DVD Volume 3 released

By Marie@Musicademy | April 10, 2014

We are pleased to announce the release of our third Worship Backing Band DVD.   Featuring 35 contemporary worship songs with on-screen lyrics and fully mixable vocals.  Features for volume 3 Whilst the DVDs are the lowest cost and simplest of our backing track options, they are still packed with useful features, especially for churches […]

Free lesson from the Intermediate Acoustic Guitar Course

By Andy@Musicademy | April 8, 2014

This lesson, taken from Musicademy’s Intermediate Acoustic Worship Course DVDs starts to get into the real meat of the course as we take the chords further and look at cheats and substitutes in the key of C. As with other lessons we take it deeper with some licks and tricks that work well with ‘C’ shapes and […]

Worship Backing Band Easter songs list 2019

By Marie@Musicademy | March 31, 2014

    We’ve been asked for recommendations for backing tracks suitable for Easter services. Check out these MultiTrack and Split Track backing tracks. (Updated for 2019). Above All Alive All Because of Jesus All Creatures of our God and King All Who Are Thirsty Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone) Amazing Love (You are My […]

Training seminars from Musicademy at The Worship Conversation

By admin | March 28, 2014

  The Big Church Day Out’s new “bolt on” event is called The Worship Conversation. Taking place on 26 and 27 May in West Sussex, UK, this two-day conference is designed for worship leaders and worship teams. This new more intimate event is designed to have a very unconferencelike approach and is themed around four […]