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Ask the Tech Expert: acoustics and reverb. The problem of the cathedral sound.

By Guest Blogger | January 18, 2016

We ran an open question on the website and Facebook recently inviting you to submit your questions in relation to common problems with church sound for the crack team at SFL Group to solve. The challenge of building acoustics is a common one and something that Randy raised: “Our church organist is pushing to have […]

Top 10 “golden nuggets” from our training days

By Marie@Musicademy | January 14, 2016

Key training takeaways It’s always good to hear what people take away from our live training days. Here are the top 10 “golden nuggets” from our two most recent days in response to the question “What will you do differently as a result of today?” Think more about how best to position our band on stage […]

5 top tips for developing and training your church sound team

By Guest Blogger | December 28, 2015

We ran an open question on the website and Facebook recently inviting you to submit your questions in relation to common problems with church sound. The team at SFL have been through the responses and picked out the most common and interesting themes which we’ll be bringing you in a series of articles in the […]

Ask the Expert: How do I protect and register a song (and earn revenue from it’s use in church)

By Guest Blogger | December 7, 2015

For budding song writers, the subject of song copyright is an important one. You’ve written a song, and are keen to make sure it is protected, and, if it starts to be used by other churches might even earn you some revenue. But how will you track that usage? And how will payment ever find […]

What are the common problems in church sound?

By Marie@Musicademy | October 27, 2015

Announcing an exciting new series on the problems of church sound. We had an email from Rowland who says: “As one of the soundmen in our church I was wondering if its possible to have a feature on problems encountered and what could be the causes and resolutions.” Now that’s a pretty broad question and […]

Ask the Expert: Recommended bass cabs and what makes a bass sound good or bad

By admin | October 2, 2015

Peter from Canada asks: “Now that I have the bass lessons, are there any ideas of a bass cab for church settings? Our church people don’t seem to want loud bass. But I don’t know what spl that would be. Being a technical person, I plan to build my own bass cabinet using two Eminence […]

Ask the Expert: Is it legal for me to transpose songs to other keys?

By admin | August 14, 2015

Licensing law for churches Licensing law can be quite complex and of course most churches are keen to stay on the right side of the law. We had this question from Beryl in Selsdon, UK. Beryl writes: “As a musician and keyboard player, I can easily transpose a song by ear and play it in […]

Ask the Expert: Sound proofing for drummers

By admin | August 7, 2015

What’s the easiest way to create a soundproof room on a budget? A great question which we shared on Facebook. The way these shared posts work is a little strange but it’s worth clicking through to the responses which you can read here. Some really great advice. But do have a read and let us […]

Ask the expert: Recommendations on electric guitar amps

By admin | July 14, 2015

Andy wrote recently on the Cornell small amp he is now using. There is also an archive of “Small amp, great sound” articles here => part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4 and part 5. You’ll also find advice on buying small tube amps in our Intermediate Electric Guitar Course. It is one of the lessons included […]

Ask the Expert: advice on buying a djembe

By Mark Jones | June 10, 2015

Barry from Ireland emailed asking for advice on buying a djembe: “I am considering buying a djembe from the Tycoon / Dancing Drum collaboration Signature Series. There are two that were recommended : Tycoon ‘Dancing Drum’ Signature Series 13” Goatskin Djembe Tycoon ‘Dancing Drum’ Pro-Series 12” Calfskin Djembe Which do you think would produce the […]