Ask the Expert – how can I stop my plectrum/pick slipping?

By Andy@Musicademy | April 30, 2009

  Mike WIlliams asks: “I often have a problem keeping hold of my pick/plectrum, which tends to slip around between my thumb and forefinger. This doesn’t do much for the sound or my nerves, and isn’t very helpful when the pick pings inside the guitar. I’m not particularly good but bold enough to play for […]

Ask the Expert – Recommendations on bass guitar strings

By Andy@Musicademy | April 22, 2009

Adrian Eley from Derby in the UK asks: “I have been playing bass guitar for about a year and I am now starting to look a little deeper into the sound I can get from the guitar. I have been told there are four different types of bass guitar strings. What are the pro’s and con’s of these […]

Using orchestral instruments in your worship team

By Tim Martin | April 14, 2009

  Churches often have orchestral or single melody instruments like violin, sax and flute in worship teams. Most players like to read from the music and tend to play the melody line. Here Tim Martin (pictured above with the musicians from our upcoming orchestral instruments DVD) advises on playing in a more improvised style. The […]

Ask the Expert – why won’t my guitar stay in tune?

By Andy@Musicademy | March 28, 2009

Andy Shaw, a worship leader from New Malden in the UK emailed saying: “Can I ask a question about keeping your guitar in tune when playing live. I play electro-acoustic, normally a jumbo Tanglewood. Often, I tune up the guitar for rehearsal but once I have been playing for a while, the strings have gone […]

Ask the Expert – Drum Groove for The Happy Song

By Andy@Musicademy | March 13, 2009

Richard Fletcher asks “I have always been in a little perlexed as to exactly how to play the rhythm for “The Happy Song” by Delirious.  As it isn’t a slow beat I have never figured out exaclty what is being played and I am unable to reporduce it.  Although as drummers we all say “less […]