How to teach beginners guitar – a new approach

By Andy@Musicademy | March 16, 2013

A few months back I was filming a new Beginning Worship Guitar course DVD series which is essentially a remake of the very first Musicademy DVD I did eight years ago (where does the time go?). Partly the update is to reflect more recent songs that a beginner musician would want to learn and partly […]

NEW! Beginning Worship Guitar Workbook Songbooks and Training Tracks

By Andy@Musicademy | February 28, 2013

Workbook Songbooks We have released four Workbook Songbooks to go with our new Beginning Guitar DVDs. Learn 40 extra worship songs including chord charts. 277 pages packed full of extra tests, new chords, strumming and picking patterns, even transposing exercises! They are designed as optional extras to help you maximise your learning as well as […]

Understanding extended chords – Girl, Put Your Records On

By Andy@Musicademy | January 16, 2013

If your playing experience has mainly been with worship bands, approaching something that looks like a jazz or extended chord can seem pretty daunting. One way around this is to find some kind of pop/jazz crossover song with just one or two new chord shapes that can be drip fed into your technique kit bag […]

5 tips for transitioning and flowing between songs

By Guest Blogger | January 15, 2013

Transitioning and flowing between songs In formal church traditions, where the service is often of the ‘hymn sandwich’ variety, there is obviously no need to consider how to transition between songs. However, with the rise of less formal, contemporary worship (due in large part to the charismatic renewal of the 1960’s and 70’s), there has […]

What new DVDs are we planning to release this year?

By Marie@Musicademy | January 12, 2013

We’ve had a few emails recently from customers who have seen that we’ve recently upgraded our Beginners and Intermediate Guitar DVDs and concerned that we are about to do the same with Bass, Drums, Vocals, Keys etc. I can confirm that we have no plans this year to replace any other of the Worship Course […]

Understanding strumming patterns for worship guitar

By Andy@Musicademy | December 14, 2012

Strumming patterns for worship guitarists If there’s one piece of advice I’d give to acoustic guitarists to improve their tone and dynamics it is to think about their strumming patterns. Very often when we first learn to play we get pretty good at changing chords with our left hands but don’t pay so much attention […]

Christmas gift ideas for guitarists

By [email protected] | December 10, 2012

It’s that time of year again when rehearsals for Christmas services are ramping up and everyone is working on their best O Come All Ye Faithful chops for Christmas morning. On top of which everyone is shopping like mad for presents for friends and family. But have you thought about getting presents for your worship […]

Christmas gift ideas from Musicademy

By Marie@Musicademy | December 5, 2012

Whether you are looking for low cost stocking fillers or something rather special for your significant other Musicademy has a great range of music-related gift ideas: Stocking Fillers Musicademy Vocals Warm-up and Work-out CDs Vocals Workouts for Guys and Girls Hand drumming (djembe, bongo, congas) and percussion Drums Work-Out CD Bass and Guitar Song Learner […]