Worship Keyboard Chord of the Month – E7#9

By Tim Martin | September 23, 2009

  E7#9 – Use in place of a dominant 7th. It’s effectively got both the major and minor 3rds so it goes crunch! Hendrix fans will recognise the sound of this. Click through for the guitar version of Hendrix’s E7#9 Other posts you might like: Keyboard Chord – A7#5 Guitar Chords of the Month – […]

Downloadable drum grooves for worship songs and practice

By Marie@Musicademy | July 16, 2009

We’ve had so many requests for copies of our drum groove “backing tracks” on MP3 tht we’ve made them available on our webstore. There are 19 tracks (click to the bottom of the page that this link takes you to) in total representing a wide range of grooves and tempos. Originally constructed by Matt Weeks as […]

Keyboard Chord of the Month – A7#5

By Tim Martin | July 7, 2009

  Tim Martin, presented of our Worship Keyboard DVDs, will be bringing us a new interesting keyboard chord each month. We start with A7#5. A7#5 – sometimes known as an augmented chord. Basically the 5th is a semitone higher than in a normal 7th chord. This can sometimes be used in place of a dominant […]

Ask the Expert – Improvisation skills for piano

By Marie@Musicademy | May 11, 2009

Mark Ecclestone from Canada asks: “Can you please recommend any websites/teaching resources on learning how to develop musical improvisation and arranging skills (like on how to play a piece of music for piano building around playing arpeggios with passing notes) that are easy to understand for piano playing?  A lot of the material out there […]

Worship Backing Band – Musicians Practice Tracks – New DVD Launched

By Marie@Musicademy | April 15, 2009

Would you like to practice playing worship songs with a pro band? 54 practice backing tracks on DVD with animated on-screen lyrics and chord charts. Select any song without either vocals, drums (click included), electric guitars, bass or keys and play along! Worshipfully produced by world class Christian musicians like Ben Cantelon, Paul Evans, Marc […]

10 tips for worship keyboard players

By Marie@Musicademy | February 19, 2009

Set up where you can always see the face of your worship or band leader. Signals and communication will be much more intuitive Don’t just stick to piano sounds. Pads, Rhodes, Whirly, Hammond, strings. Variety is the spice girls of music. You are playing in the same sonic spectrum as the lead guitarist so try […]

Free Video Lesson – 10 things to do with chords on a keyboard

By Tim Martin | January 27, 2009

Here is a free clip from our Intermediate Worship Keyboard Course. Tim Martin gives 10 ideas to make chords-based playing more interesting. There are six hours of great instruction like this on the full 3-DVD course. Volume 1 starts with some simple lessons explaining how to move from traditional to chords-based playing; it then shows […]

The Song Learner “How to Play” Series – get a FREE coupon here

By Marie@Musicademy | January 9, 2009

I thought it would be worth flagging up for you the Musicademy “Song Learner” DVDs and online downloads this month. I’m not sure that we really came up with the best brand name for them as they are really about “How to Play a Worship Song Properly”. In a nutshell, the Song Learners are individual lessons […]

Recommended Keyboards to use in Church

By Tim Martin | January 6, 2009

We have been asked for recommendations on keyboards to use in church. Here are some suggestions by Tim Martin, presenter of our worship keyboard DVDs: The question of which keyboard to buy for church use is a common one. Many people are baffled by the choice available or simply don’t know where to start. The […]