New physiotherapy technique that improves your singing voice

By Guest Blogger | March 2, 2015

  I first came across the concept of “voice physio” a few months ago while talking to one of our vocal coaches, Philly Lopez who was raving about the effect a session had had on her (already impressive) voice. On further investigation I found that one London based physiotherapy practice, PhysioEd Medical Ltd, had developed […]

Ask the Expert: How to mic a flute

By admin | December 4, 2014

Martin Sapsed from Caernarfon emailed with a question: “My wife plays the flute in our worship group which usually comprises my electro-acoustic guitar, bass, keyboard, my wife’s flute and a couple of singers. Currently the mic usually pointed at the flute is what I think would normally be a singer’s mic – not an SM58 […]

What advice would you offer a first time worship leader?

By admin | November 14, 2014

We’ve had some brilliant advice offered this week over on the Facebook Page for new worship leaders. You can click through and read the comments below even if you don’t have a Facebook account. And we’d love to hear your thoughts too. Either comment in the Facebook thread or in the blog comments below. The […]

How to move seamlessly between songs

By Andy@Musicademy | September 2, 2014

We had a request for help in dealing with the “awkward silence” between songs in a worship set. Very simply, if you want to make songs ‘flow’ together (i.e. constant audio sound joining the two songs) the most obvious thing is to get your keyboard player (if you have one) to play a ‘pad’ sound. […]

Ask the Expert: How bright a projector do we need for our size of screen? Does distance from the back of the room matter?

By Guest Blogger | August 28, 2014

Russell King asks: “Our projector screen will be 50ft away from the back row. Given that we are a small congregation, but we want maximum picture clarity and visibility, what size screen should we purchase?” Tim Horton from SFL Group answers: As well as the size of the screen you need to be thinking about the […]

Ask the Expert: Is it OK to record sung vocals for practice purposes under the CCLI Copyright License?

By admin | August 14, 2014

Miranda Cunningham asks: “Is it OK to record the choir singing copyrighted songs in order to improve without putting on your CCLI Copyreport? For example recording Sunday service, rehearsal, individual practice. Is there a difference between recording for public distribution, church distribution and just for improving the choir in terms of copyright permission?”   Chris […]

Ask the expert: Starting a worship band from scratch

By Marie@Musicademy | July 8, 2014

We received the following email from Viviene and it’s typical of the kind of question we are sent in: “We are looking to start a band plus worship team but no one can play an instrument. Most of the singers just sing but with no harmony. How can you help? If I purchase the drum […]

Ask the Expert: How does licensing work when musicians use tablets for chord charts rather than paper versions?

By Guest Blogger | June 19, 2014

A question on licensing from Alan Rolfe at Slough Baptist Church: It’s becoming more and more common these days for musicians to use their tablets to display music, either as sheet music or lyrics with chords, instead of paper versions. However, reading the small print of our CCLI and MRL licences, they don’t seem to […]