What new DVDs are we planning to release this year?

By Marie@Musicademy | January 12, 2013

We’ve had a few emails recently from customers who have seen that we’ve recently upgraded our Beginners and Intermediate Guitar DVDs and concerned that we are about to do the same with Bass, Drums, Vocals, Keys etc. I can confirm that we have no plans this year to replace any other of the Worship Course […]

7 practical ways to prepare for spontaneity in worship

By Sam Hargreaves | January 9, 2013

  In this second half of our two-part article (Part 1 looked at ‘What and Why’), we’ll be looking at the practicalities of ‘preparing spontaneity’.  I know it sounds funny, but if we want to experience moments of spontaneity in our church worship, then we need to plan and prepare for it!  Think about it […]

New year resolutions for singers

By Guest Blogger | December 31, 2012

New Year is a good time to make new goals & look back on what has been achieved over the previous months. A constant goal I keep renewing myself is to do more regular vocal practice. The VOICE, which is after all a muscle, cannot be expected to get any stronger without ‘working it out’. […]

The Alpha Course’s Nicky Gumbel on BBC’s The One Show

By admin | December 19, 2012

Nicky Gumbel is Vicar of Holy Trinity Brompton, the largest Anglican Church in Britain and the pioneer of the Alpha Course. Here he is interviewed on the BBC’s The One Show about his faith and the Alpha Course alongside comedian Johnny Vegas who describes how he has returned to faith himself.

Does Xmas really mean excluding Christ from Christmas?

By Marie@Musicademy | December 15, 2012

I got sent the image above on Facebook this week and my immediate thought was “Musicademy customers are going to love this image”. But rather than simply paste the image up for you to share, I wanted to also address that old hot potato about the origins of the “Xmas” word. Firstly, we need to […]

Understanding strumming patterns for worship guitar

By Andy@Musicademy | December 14, 2012

Strumming patterns for worship guitarists If there’s one piece of advice I’d give to acoustic guitarists to improve their tone and dynamics it is to think about their strumming patterns. Very often when we first learn to play we get pretty good at changing chords with our left hands but don’t pay so much attention […]

Two Hallelujah Chorus trainwrecks

By Marie@Musicademy | December 13, 2012

Click on the grey arrow button below to listen to an audio trainwreck of Handel’s finest. It sounds as if the organist could have done with our Playing By Ear DVDs. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] And watch below to see what else can go wrong with an amateur production of The Messiah. […]