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Altering the fabric of the building to reduce echo and reverb inside a Church

By Guest Blogger | August 30, 2012

Part three in our series of sound proofing challenges in church This is part 3 of a series about sound proofing in church. Part one considered options for churches with zero budget, part 2 continued this theme by looking at the main “noise-makers” inside the building with a view to again reducing noise without finding […]

Controlling volume overspill in church part 2 – identifying the noise-makers

By Guest Blogger | August 17, 2012

Sound proofing in church In my original post on controlling volume overspill in church, I spoke specifically about noise problems outside of the building, concluding with the statement: If you seriously need to reduce the volume spill into the outside world then you should speak to your local acoustic consultant. However, in the light of […]

Ask the Expert – Controlling volume overspill in an old church building

By Guest Blogger | July 28, 2012

Carolina Labbé from Switzerland emails: “I belong to a relatively small church that has evolved from worshiping with just voices and piano to worshiping with a full band and PA system over the last couple of years. Naturally, this means that the sound level has increased dramatically and because we are located in a historical […]

Ask the Expert – Recommendations on humbuckers for a modified Strat

By Andy@Musicademy | July 12, 2012

Daniel Newman asks: Hello I am modding an Squier Strat and would like to use humbucker pickups in the bridge and neck position . I have heard good things about SD Hotrails and Lil59 pickups but they are a little expensive for me at this time. What start shape humbuckers would you recommend? I play […]

Ask the Expert – how to prevent audio feedback in church

By Marie@Musicademy | July 2, 2012

At our live Ask the Expert session Chanton Marlo Petersen asked: “What is the best way to prevent feed back in our church service?” Tim Horton, SFL: Feedback occurs because we ask too much volume from a specific channel. Speaker placement is critical in this too, but often it’s down to the type of mic you use. […]

Ask the Expert – How to start singing in the right key?

By Andy@Musicademy | June 26, 2012

Quinton Kippen emailed for some advice: Do you have any tips on how to start singing on key as our worship leaders/ conveners do find this a challenge? Andy replies: I’d say a good way to work on pitching songs is to work with the opening chord and sing an arpeggio over it to […]

Ask the Expert – Mic use for school play

By Marie@Musicademy | June 10, 2012

Tim Thompson emailed a question regarding microphones for a school play. “We don’t have the ability to mic every kid in the play and would love to have just a general mic on the stage that would pic up the kids as they speak. The stage is about 35 ft wide. What kind of mic […]

Ask the Expert – Tips for getting the best sound for a bass guitar on stage

By Marie@Musicademy | May 23, 2012

Great bass guitar sounds At our live Ask the Expert session Daniel Fiott asked: “What’s the best sound you can get from bass on stage?” Geoff Boswell, Audioplan: I can only add this from being a bass player as well as earning my living from sound …. so here we go. At first getting the […]

Ask the Expert – How do you learn to sing and play lead guitar at the same time?

By Marie@Musicademy | April 24, 2012

Greg Glidden asked a question in our recent live Ask the Expert session: “How do you suggest getting better at singing while playing lead electric? My brain has trouble harmonizing while attempting to be creative on the guitar. Singing while simply playing chords is one thing; improvising two ways at once is quite another.” Nick […]

Ask the Expert – unpacking strumming patterns

By Andy@Musicademy | April 18, 2012

We received this email from a reader of Andy’s column in Worship Leader Magazine: “I literally just pulled the March/April issue of Worship Leader from my mail box and I had to read “How to teach beginners guitar”, I’ve been struggling for some time now with one of our musicians. He doesn’t get the idea that […]