5 top tips for developing and training your church sound team

By Guest Blogger | December 28, 2015

We ran an open question on the website and Facebook recently inviting you to submit your questions in relation to common problems with church sound. The team at SFL have been through the responses and picked out the most common and interesting themes which we’ll be bringing you in a series of articles in the […]

What are the common problems in church sound?

By Marie@Musicademy | October 27, 2015

Announcing an exciting new series on the problems of church sound. We had an email from Rowland who says: “As one of the soundmen in our church I was wondering if its possible to have a feature on problems encountered and what could be the causes and resolutions.” Now that’s a pretty broad question and […]

Ask the Expert: Sound proofing for drummers

By admin | August 7, 2015

What’s the easiest way to create a soundproof room on a budget? A great question which we shared on Facebook. The way these shared posts work is a little strange but it’s worth clicking through to the responses which you can read here. Some really great advice. But do have a read and let us […]

5 things about church PA I wish I’d learned years ago

By Guest Blogger | April 21, 2015

Here’s a live session from a Musicademy seminar presented by SFL’s Tim Horton and Pat Smith. Tim and Pat are the presenters on our Sound Tech and PA Training for Churches DVDs and online downloads which are available now. Pat is also standing as an MP in the May General Election!

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 […]

Ask the Expert: How to mic a flute

By admin | December 4, 2014

Martin Sapsed from Caernarfon emailed with a question: “My wife plays the flute in our worship group which usually comprises my electro-acoustic guitar, bass, keyboard, my wife’s flute and a couple of singers. Currently the mic usually pointed at the flute is what I think would normally be a singer’s mic – not an SM58 […]