What should your congregation hear in the mix?

By Andy@Musicademy | November 12, 2013

If you are limited to just 3 things Last week on Facebook I posted a bit of a loaded question; List, in the order of importance which voices/instruments in your worship team you think the congregation needs to hear the most (with 1 being the most important). Then, if they could only hear three things […]

Singing chords (yes chords) with the voice

By Andy@Musicademy | October 7, 2013

Here’s something to brighten up your day. There’s very little in music the truly surprises me but this clip, a track called ‘Something’ by Snarky Puppy feat. Lalah Hathaway get’s pretty remarkable. It’s an example of what a properly tight band really sounds like and it’s great music at around the 5 minute mark when […]

Genuine terrible Christian demo tapes #3

By admin | September 9, 2013

Here’s the third in our occasional series of “interesting” Christian demos. These were genuinely sent to a record company A and R. In this demo we listen to an aspiring drummer hoping for his big break. Our God is an Awesome God indeed! Hit the arrow to start listening. [Audio clip: view full post to […]

NEW! The Worship Guitar Collection

By admin | August 14, 2013

 We are pleased to announce a new set of instructional lessons for worship guitarists  The Worship Guitar Collection is a download-only set of 20 worship guitar lessons suitable for existing players. Each individual lesson teaches you a well known worship song. Even if you know how to play the song already you’ll pick up […]

Top 5 djembe drumming techniques you need to master

By Guest Blogger | July 8, 2013

When it comes to percussion instruments, the djembe drum is a great addition to any musical performance. Growing in popularity all the time this African drum will add real depth and tone to your music. Played with the hands, almost anyone can pick up a djembe and have a go; but learning the top 5 […]

Vocals – Breathing, Warm Ups, Harmony & Mic Technique. Free seminar video footage.

By Marie@Musicademy | June 17, 2013

Footage from a live seminar by Musicademy’s Deborah Clarke. You’ll find Deborah as the “student” on our Worship Vocals DVDs. She also presents our Advanced Vocals Work-out CD https://www.musicademy.com/info/worship-singing/ Please be aware that this live footage is very much raw and minimally edited. We don’t have access to multiple sound desks, camera people etc etc […]

Percussion techniques on acoustic guitar

By Marie@Musicademy | June 11, 2013

We recently came across a couple of videos of one of Andy’s old guitar tutors, the genius but but sadly passed away and much loved Eric Roche. Eric was an incredible player who was not only able to make an acoustic guitar sound like a full band, but one of a number of modern players […]