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What size screen do you need in worship?

By Kenny Lamm | April 17, 2012

I have been working with my home church in a video installation project. We have had a number of “experts” come to make proposals. I have been amazed at the seeming lack of understanding as to the needs of churches in video projection and the lack of knowledge of appropriate sizes of screens for […]

Ask the Expert – We’re thinking of hiring a sound operator for our church

By Marie@Musicademy | April 4, 2012

At our live Ask the Expert session Mark Gillham asked “A good responsible volunteer sound operator is hard to find. I am considering hiring someone for that position. If I need them for rehearsal as well as two services on Sunday, what would be a pay rate for that position?” Andy Chamberlain, Musicademy: Before we get into […]

Ask the Expert – Power chords are really hurting my arm and fingers

By Andy@Musicademy | March 26, 2012

Leon emails and asks: “I am using your beginning level guitar worship course. I am on disc 2 and learning power chords. Do you really need to use an electric guitar? I have a very low end acoustic and electric. I find using the electric with chords at the 7th fret or higher places a degree of […]

8 reasons why your guitar won’t stay in tune

By Andy@Musicademy | March 3, 2012

Why won’t your guitar stay in tune? One of the most consistent top searches on this website is ‘my guitar won’t stay in tune’ and we tackled the question in an “Ask the Expert” post back in 2009. Tuning problems can be so frustrating. The first thing to check is that you have a decent […]

Ask the Expert – We need foldback but have limited space and cash

By Marie@Musicademy | March 1, 2012

Another question from our live Ask the Expert session held a few weeks ago with our panel of Tech and Church PA specialists. Whilst you can scroll through all the chat on the event wall, we are also running the questions as part of our Ask The Expert blog posts on technical matters. Feel […]

Ask the Expert – Is it OK to make a worship song our own, or should we follow the original recording?

By Marie@Musicademy | February 24, 2012

Steve E Weeks asked a question in our recent live Ask the Expert session: “If we’re performing a modern worship song, is it permissible to use our own voice as if we had written it? The actual author may sing as if he is slightly in pain to emphasise the passionate lyrics, and the […]

Ask the Expert – How to get the Line6 Pod HD500 to do dotted eighth delays?

By Andy@Musicademy | February 20, 2012

Brad Schlievert asked a question about the Line 6 Pod HD 500 on our recent live Ask the Expert seminar: “I have a question,about the Line 6 Pod HD 500 and dotted eighth delays. With my Boss dd20 I can select dotted eighth under tempo and set the delay time separately, does the POD HD500 do […]

Ask the Expert – Why shouldn’t we set gain levels according to the LED lights?

By Guest Blogger | February 8, 2012

We posted a question recently concerning micing and setting up good vocals and guitar amps. Tim Horton from SFL Group made the comment: “Setting up a good vocal – you can’t go wrong with an SM58 here. Sing straight into it (it should be touching your top lip!); set the desk gain according to […]

Ask the Expert – We’re a church plant with a $10k budget – What sound equipment should we buy?

By Marie@Musicademy | January 25, 2012

At our live Ask the Expert session Timothy Shin asked: “How would you advise a church plant with $10k budget for sound equipment to get started off well? (contemporary worship style/look)” Tim Horton, SFL: The most critical piece of kit you can buy is the SPEAKERS. I would try to spend 50% of your budget on speakers […]

Ask the Expert – Advice on using a drum screen

By Marie@Musicademy | January 12, 2012

At our live Ask the Expert session Carlin Buhrman asked: “What are your thoughts about using a drum shield in a carpeted gym setting for a service? We are currently using an electronic drum set because the levels on acoustic sets are difficult to control in our gym.” Jarod Richardson: Drum rooms (not just a shield) […]