The best of 2012’s new worship songs from the summer festivals

By Guest Blogger | September 7, 2012

The tent’s all packed up, the wristband you vowed you’d keep on all year just fell off in the shower, the holey airbed’s in the bin, and you’ve hit the festival comedown. You long nostalgically for sweaty circus tents full of thousands of people, many of whom haven’t showered in three days, singing their hearts […]

Musicademy’s practical worship training day (including PA training stream) in Tonbridge on 10 November. Early bird discount.

By Marie@Musicademy | September 5, 2012

Practical worship training in Kent – plus get your early bird discount today Musicademy has teamed up with PA experts SFL and the RSCM (Royal School of Church Music) for a worship training day focused on the practical skills of playing, singing and leading worship together as a team. The event will be held in […]

Graham Kendrick on worship leading

By Marie@Musicademy | July 11, 2012

Interview with Graham Kendrick I spent an afternoon with Graham Kendrick recently interviewing him for a series of podcasts for the website here. Graham has spent many decades ruminating over the craft of the song writer and worship leader and I wanted to bring some of those thoughts to the wider church. It’s well worth […]

Three truths about small church worship

By Guest Blogger | July 6, 2012

A few years after college, I was a part-time assistant pastor in the oh-so-coveted “dual role” of youth & worship in a small church. About 60-some people small. One of the problems (with me, not the church) was that I had been involved with the youth ministry and played on the worship team at Church […]

Interview with Graham Kendrick – on not feeling like much of a musician and the topic of female autograph hunters

By Marie@Musicademy | June 25, 2012

Graham Kendrick listens back to the audio recording and asks whether it might be possible to play it speeded up. He’s worried that, despite never stumbling over his words, and communicating with a real depth of insight, he comes across as speaking too slowly. He confesses that his songs are better than his sermons adding […]

How to discern a good worship song – 3 aspects to consider

By Guest Blogger | May 24, 2012

There are times when I look at the traditional church and think to myself that they might be onto something… Just think about how it works for us Lutherans: At the synodical level, a group of musicians, pastors and theologians come together to review hymns, approve them, catalog them by theme, scripture and season and […]