Are you missing musicians in worship? Here’s the solution

By Marie@Musicademy | October 15, 2012

MultiTrack V1.5 launched. Now with key and tempo change We are delighted to announce the launch of Worship Backing Band MultiTrack version 1.5. The new version features a lot of the functionality you have been asking for. Now you can change to any key and independently change the tempo too. There are also more levels […]

3 reasons not to record a CD

By Guest Blogger |

Recording a Christian album Last weeks’ post “10 Mistakes Churches Make When Recording” received loads of clicks and likes so here is the second installment from Scott. Although (hopefully) humorous, each mistake I listed  in that original post relates to some real, common mistakes I’ve seen churches make when embarking on the wonderful quest to […]

Forget excellence in worship

By Guest Blogger | October 9, 2012

Three Big Problems in the Pursuit of Excellence There’s word that’s tossed around a lot in conjunction with worship here in North America. It trickled out of the business world into the church. It makes me a tad nauseous. The word is “excellence.” Ugh. There it is. I just threw up in my mouth a […]

4 Awards for Musicademy from Worship Leader Magazine

By Marie@Musicademy |

Not one but FOUR awards for Musicademy from Worship Leader Magazine in their  2012 “Best of the Best” awards. We were totally delighted to be voted the Number 1 Online Training Resource by readers. We came ahead of some pretty big names out there and it is wonderful to be recognised for the  efforts we […]

Lost in Wonder – The story behind the song by Martyn Layzell

By Marie@Musicademy | October 8, 2012

Lost in Wonder (You Chose the Cross) – The story behind the song Prior to our trip to Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia in September 2002, to be involved in the Soul Survivor conference, Mike Pilavachi and I had decided to extend our time in Malaysia to include a three day break in Penang, an island situated […]

Top 10 Mistakes Most Churches Make When Recording Their First Worship Album

By Guest Blogger | October 5, 2012

We’ve resurrected this great post  written a few years ago by our friend Scott Bartlett. Does this sound familiar? Do comment in the box below. 10 mistakes churches make when recording their first worship album 10. Raising $150,000 and hiring the Hillsong production team only to end up with the best-sounding, worst-written, worship CD to […]

What guitar picks do you use? (Yes really!)

By Andy@Musicademy | October 2, 2012

Recommended guitar picks and plectrums I occasionally get emails asking for advice on what gear to buy and recently I was asked which guitar picks I recommend. When I started Musicademy I vowed never to get into the “What picks/strings do you use?” debate as it seems dangerously close to some kind of weird train […]

The Ideal Worship Leader (and other myths you should stop believing)

By Guest Blogger | October 1, 2012

The Complete Package Myth Let’s make a list of a great worship leader: Strong musical ability to carry the band… …and vocally gifted to inspire the congregation each time his/her mouth opens… …but also the spiritual depth to truly lead a congregation in worship… …with a mix of theological and musical training coupled with the […]