Ask the Expert – how to prevent audio feedback in church

By Marie@Musicademy | July 2, 2012

At our live Ask the Expert session Chanton Marlo Petersen asked: “What is the best way to prevent feed back in our church service?” Tim Horton, SFL: Feedback occurs because we ask too much volume from a specific channel. Speaker placement is critical in this too, but often it’s down to the type of mic you use. […]

The CCLI License: What Is Legal and What is Not?

By Kenny Lamm | June 30, 2012

I am constantly asked questions about what is legal and what is not legal when it comes to making copies of music or lyrics in the church. My hope is that this post will make things clearer for everyone. Anytime you copy music or lyrics or distribute recordings of music that is copyrighted, you MUST […]

The story behind the new Graham Kendrick song – Sailor’s Song

By Marie@Musicademy | June 28, 2012

This Sunday 8th July is Sea Sunday. In the short interview clip below Graham Kendrick talks about writing a song for The Sailor’s Society as well as a description of the work of the Society (click on the arrow below). [Audio clip: view full post to listen] The song borrows lines from the old hymn […]

Interview with Graham Kendrick – on not feeling like much of a musician and the topic of female autograph hunters

By Marie@Musicademy | June 25, 2012

Graham Kendrick listens back to the audio recording and asks whether it might be possible to play it speeded up. He’s worried that, despite never stumbling over his words, and communicating with a real depth of insight, he comes across as speaking too slowly. He confesses that his songs are better than his sermons adding […]

Worship guitar techniques uncovered – Playing in sixths

By Andy@Musicademy | June 16, 2012

Last night a private guitar student of mine was asking about practical technique ideas for electric guitarists to use in a worship band setting. One idea which I use a lot, especially in gentler moments, is the use of 6ths. I.e. playing two notes in the key separated a 6th apart which gives a particular […]

How to record drums

By [email protected] | June 14, 2012

How to Record Drums – Guest post by Russ Harvey of Andertons Music Here at Andertons Music Company we get query after query about how to record a band. My usual response would be ‘how long have you got?’. So in answer to all those questions I’ve tried to knock it down a little to […]

Ask the Expert – Mic use for school play

By Marie@Musicademy | June 10, 2012

Tim Thompson emailed a question regarding microphones for a school play. “We don’t have the ability to mic every kid in the play and would love to have just a general mic on the stage that would pic up the kids as they speak. The stage is about 35 ft wide. What kind of mic […]

Transposing on guitar

By Andy@Musicademy | June 9, 2012

Imagine this scenario. You are an acoustic guitarist working with a worship leading keyboard player and are asked to play songs in non guitar friendly keys but you are only presented with a chord chart in the keyboard based keys like Bb and Eb and F. I work with a lot of players who encounter […]