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 – 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 – 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 – 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 […]