Transposing on guitar

By Andy@Musicademy | June 9, 2012

Imagine this scenario. You are an acoustic guitarist working with a worship leading keyboard player and are asked to play songs in non guitar friendly keys but you are only presented with a chord chart in the keyboard based keys like Bb and Eb and F. I work with a lot of players who encounter […]

5 ways to use technology at church

By Guest Blogger | May 17, 2012

I’m a fan of technology. I’m also very pro technology when it comes to church and leveraging that technology to make things interactive, engaging and user-friendly. So if your church isn’t on the technology train yet or you’re wondering if there’s something new that you might be missing, here’s some places to start: 5. Get […]

Improving Your Projected Song Lyrics – Part 3

By Kenny Lamm | May 8, 2012

In the last two posts on improving your projected song lyrics (part one; part two), I dealt with many design issues. Today, we will look at the operation of the slide show. Timing of the Slides It is of utmost importance for the person running the presentation to always be very aware of what is happening […]

Improving Your Projected Song Lyrics – Part 2

By Kenny Lamm | May 2, 2012

Displaying song lyrics in worship with excellence is an often overlooked area of preparation, yet one that can really enhance our worship times. Conversely, poor slide production and operation of the lyric display can greatly hamper worship. Today, I will continue the series (check out part one here) as we look at some additional considerations. One […]

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 […]

Improving Your Projected Song Lyrics – Part 1

By Kenny Lamm | April 23, 2012

Displaying song lyrics in worship with excellence is an often overlooked area of preparation, yet one that can really enhance our worship times. Conversely, poor slide production and operation of the lyric display can greatly hamper worship. (If your church does not use video in worship, start with a previous post, Got Video?) In the next […]

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 […]

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 […]