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Which pedals do I need to get started playing in worship band? Last of the trilogy

By Andy@Musicademy | June 2, 2009

In the first two posts I looked at the two basic types of pedals you need for the electric guitar role in a modern worship band. Now unless you want to spend all Sunday morning plugging them in, changing batteries and kicking them around there are a few other extras that will come in handy to […]

Which pedals do I need to get started playing in worship band? Part Deux

By Andy@Musicademy | May 21, 2009

Last time we looked at Tubescreamer overdrive pedals as part of a very basic set up to get you going in a modern worship band setting. Now let’s look at the delay side of things. A good delay pedal is the real secret to playing in many modern worship song styles. Delays can do so […]

Which pedals do I need to get started playing in worship band?

By Andy@Musicademy | May 5, 2009

This is the first in a series of three posts written by Andy on electric guitar pedals for worship. Actually you don’t need a huge amount of pedals to get going. I’d say that with a good Tube Screamer overdrive type pedal and a decent delay you should be able to reproduce most of what’s […]

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 – can I put Musicademy downloads onto an Ipod?

By Marie@Musicademy | April 26, 2009

Christy Stock from Baldwinsville New York asks: “I have several Musicademy DVD’s and I have purchased some downloads. I am going to purchase an iPod Classic. Can the downloads from Musicademy can be downloaded to these devices?”

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 – How do I tell someone in the worship team that we won’t be using her any more?

By Marie@Musicademy | April 9, 2009

We were sent this really tricky question from Aaron in the US. “I am a new worship leader and am in the transition stage of moving from canned music to live music. With that change, we are asking our extra singers to step down. We have one individual in particular who may be hurt by […]

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 […]