Free worship training resources for Christian musicians

Worship Leader Training: Beginning and Ending Songs Well

By admin | April 11, 2019

We had a vote in the Musicademy Worship Community (our Facebook Group) to see which of the 20 lessons in our Practical Worship Leading course people wanted to have made free-of-charge on the blog. This is the lesson that won. Leading worship: beginning and ending songs well This lesson unpacks a range of ideas and […]

Creating guitar parts for worship: Effects and Timbre [Video]

By admin | April 5, 2019

Here’s Matt Isaac’s fourth video exploring ways of creating electric guitar parts in worship. Effects and timbre for electric guitar in worship Key points covered in this video: Different tones to different strings Where are you picking, warm or bright? Picking dynamics How can you shape a part with pickup choice? Effects can enhance what […]

MultiTrack worship backing track systems compared

By admin | March 15, 2019

The worship MultiTrack environment is awash with different providers, software applications and a range of somewhat confusing pricing options within each. Taking the decision on which to use is a considerable one not least as most come with their own proprietary software. Once you’ve invested in one system making the switch to another can be […]

[Journal] Teaching a non-musician to get them to play conga for worship

By Diane Burns | February 12, 2019

We recently had a post in the Musicademy Facebook Group that asked: How do we explain to a new musician how to find beat one? Cue lots of hilarious comments from the community that anyone so musically illiterate could actually be on a worship team and the usual references to people who clap on the […]

What are the biggest issues facing worship teams right now?

By admin | February 11, 2019

That’s the question we posted to the Musicademy Worship Community, a 3,000+ strong Facebook Group comprised of worship musicians from multiple denominations and church size all around the world. We were immediately inundated with responses with many common stories of dwindling numbers of musicians, lack of budget, old equipment, time pressure conflicts and other demands […]

9 tips for organists: Leading worship in a traditional setting

By Sacha Tomkins | January 30, 2019

Here at Musicademy our focus has always been on contemporary worship music (or at least introducing contemporary techniques to more traditional music and musicians). Less so on traditional music, e.g for an organist! However… Our recent batch of guest writers have brought an additional dimension, with professional choral conductor, pianist, organist and singer Sacha Tomkins writing […]

Segueing worship songs: a list of songs that work well together in a medley

By admin | January 23, 2019

Worship songs that link well together We had a great discussion in our Facebook Group recently about songs that work well flowing from one to another. Here’s the final list: Combine the chorus of the hymn And Can It Be with I’m Forgiven/Amazing Love Chorus of How Great Thou Art combined with How Great is […]

Creating Guitar Parts for Worship: Rhythmic Division [Video]

By admin | January 8, 2019

Here’s Matt Isaac’s third video exploring ways of creating electric guitar parts in worship. Rhythmic division for electric guitar in worship Key points covered in this video: How rhythmically dense do you want the part to be? Sometimes one chord per bar is enough! Add or reduce the feeling of pace through how you subdivide […]

‘I’m a singer…’ – The diplomatic art of using voices in worship teams

By Cat Mayne | January 2, 2019

Picture this: someone boldly approaches the worship director and informs them that they wish to join the worship team as they play the piano. The delighted worship director quickly signs them up and adds them to the rota, only to discover on their first Sunday of service that although they are indeed capable of […]

Why Advent?

By Evron Sampson | December 4, 2018

Advent is a time to take spiritual inventory. A time to look at the bad spiritual habits that we have fallen into and take steps to break them. Advent helps us to seek to be Christ-like. What a wonderful opportunity to examine ourselves – to take stock and confess those things that lead us […]