Ask the Expert – How did we create our drum loops?

By Marie@Musicademy | April 19, 2010

Troy Vanderschel from Washington has been using the Musicademy Worship Bass DVDs. He asks: “Would you ask Matt Weeks what portable drum groove machine he used in the Intermediate Bass course?  What brand/model or mp3s does he have?”  Will Couchman has also asked about the drum loops used on our Intermediate Acoustic Guitar DVDs.  “I […]

Ask the Expert – How to find a musician co-writer

By Andy@Musicademy | April 9, 2010

Mike Williams writes: When I was younger I advertised with a local radio station for someone to collaborate with, writing music for songs I had written.  I had the tunes in my head but couldn’t write the music.  No response at all. Now, at least, I can write guitar chords to some of my songs, […]

Ask the Expert – How to expand a singer’s vocal range

By Catherine Nicole | March 19, 2010

  Here’s Cat White’s third post giving advice on vocalists (the first, on weak and thready voices and the second on singers that run out of puff).  This time Cat deals with advice for working with singers that have a very limited vocal range. (One can only do middle C to about D, the other is much higher, […]

Ask the Expert – Singers that run out of puff

By Catherine Nicole | March 10, 2010

Here’s Cat White’s second post giving advice to vocalists (the first, on weak and thready voices is here). The subscriber was asking for advice for singers that run out of puff quickly especially with up-tempo songs: One possible problem here could be that your singers are finding it difficult to find the right places to breathe in songs. […]

Ask the Expert – Advice for sufferers of postnasal drip

By Marie@Musicademy | February 25, 2010

Uma from the UK called to ask for advice for singers with a sinus problem called postnasal drip where a regular drip from the nose to the throat means she has to constantly clear her throat – something we know is not good for vocal health. Here is the advice we gave: When someone has postnasal […]

Ask the Expert – Weak and thready voices

By Catherine Nicole | February 17, 2010

A subscriber from the UK emails: “I hope you can help with a problem we have. In our music group we have some female singers who need some help on a number of fronts: 1    Voices are fairly in tune but very “weak and thready” 2    They run out of puff quickly especially with up-tempo songs […]

Ask the Expert – Tips on shifting keys

By Andy@Musicademy | February 10, 2010

Sonia Symes from Kent in the UK emails: “Thanks for the worship keyboard DVD course. It has truly been a great blessing!  My skills at the keyboard have been improved greatly.  One question – how do you shift between keys between songs.  For example, if I play one song in C major and the next one […]