Do you remember that video from last year with the girl that sang chords? Here’s how to do it.

By Guest Blogger | February 10, 2015

We posted a video of Snarky Puppy featuring Lalal Hathaway last year demonstrating what appeared to be a single voice singing chords. The video got lots of response. Lalal basically uses polyphonic or overtone singing techniques. Then in late 2014  one particular video of a singer became immensely popular on Facebook. You’ll probably recognise it below. […]

Turn it up to 11 (and down to 1)

By Tim Martin | February 6, 2015

  Yesterday I was flicking around radio stations in the car as I do from time to time. I’d stick with each station just long enough to hear what was going on and decide whether I was in the mood for what I heard. As I was scanning through I came to a station which […]

Q&A from a day of Musicademy worship training

By Marie@Musicademy | January 27, 2015

The Q&A is often one of the best bits! 15 minutes of video footage from the Question and Answer session from a day of Musicademy band skills and worship training. Questions covered include: What practical ways can we learn about what is going on with the congregation? What are the challenges of using an acoustic […]

Worship Leader Magazine review of our PA Tech Training and Worship Backing Band DVDs

By Marie@Musicademy | January 22, 2015

Worship Leader Magazine has reviewed a couple of our more recent releases. This is what they have to say about the Musicademy Sound Tech and PA Training DVDs: “An affordable, user-friendly means to train your tech team. This comprehensive package of over nine hours of video instruction is a value-added, cost-effective way to train your […]

The Golden Ears Challenge. Improve your sound techs’ listening skills

By Andy@Musicademy | January 21, 2015

This is a great little hearing test for your musicians and especially your sound techs. The Philips Golden Ears online challenge was designed to develop the listening skills of audio engineers and helps you, through a series of tests, to learn to pick out changes in Timbre, Detail, Spatial Impression, Bass and Perceived Loudness. Perfect […]

How music theory can create a worship moment. Guest post by Jon Nicol.

By Guest Blogger | January 15, 2015

Have you ever gotten to that place in a worship song where you just wanted to linger for a moment? It might be as a song ends, or during an interlude within the song, but the arrangement you’re using doesn’t seem to give you that.  That’s because many of the worship songs we use in our service […]

5 tips for keyboard players leading worship as a solo musician

By Tim Martin | January 14, 2015

Flying solo – keys players Previously we began to consider what differences there are in leading worship either on your own or with one instrument. As well as considering the importance of rehearsal and real practice (even if only one person is involved), we considered some of the techniques that guitarists might want to use […]

Two free lessons from the Beginning Worship Guitar DVDs: teaching Cadd9, G and Em7. SALE: up to 50% off Guitar course, workbooks and training tracks.

By Marie@Musicademy | January 9, 2015

We shared a while back how Andy had devised a new system for teaching beginners guitar ditching the more usual chords of Em, G, C, D, A, Am for chords with more complex names but that make more sense in the context of modern worship songs and enabling quicker chord changes. In this first short video lesson, […]

On the power of songs

By Guest Blogger | December 8, 2014

We all have our songs, our heart cries to God. We sing them in our cars, our homes, on the way to work. We sing them through pain and through joy. Sometimes they are audible and beautiful to the human ear. Often they may be silent, or lack musical expertise, but to God they are […]