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Building for God’s glory – constructing worship ministry that will last

By Sam Hargreaves | June 28, 2011

The story is told of a traveller in the Middle Ages, who visited a city where many stonecutters were working. Approaching some of the men, he asked them all the same question: “What are you doing?”The first stonecutter he met replied, “I’m cutting stone. I have to do it, my master told me so.”A second […]

Getting out of song selection ruts

By Guest Blogger | June 24, 2011

It’s hard to stay fresh when you’re picking song lists week after week. You fall into predictable patterns and get stuck in ruts, resulting in a certain level of despair when you’re looking at a blank screen and have to, yet again, figure out a theme and a flow and transitions and what’s familiar and […]

Dynamics – it’s a lot more than just loud or soft

By Andy@Musicademy | June 23, 2011

From time to time people ask something along the lines of…what’s the one thing I could work on to get my worship band to sound better? Of course that’s one of those piece of string answers but once a band gets beyond the basics of playing in time and even in tune together, which sometimes […]

Building and pastoring our worship teams – notes from Aaron Keyes seminar

By Marie@Musicademy | May 26, 2011

I was at Kingsway’s Mission Worship in November and was delighted to sit in on a seminar given by our friend Aaron Keyes. As well as a singer songwriter and touring musician (Aaron co-wrote Psalm 62 – My Soul Finds Rest, with Stuart Townend), Aaron heads up worship at his church in Atlanta. In addition, […]

The worship rota – how to organize musicians

By Guest Blogger | May 16, 2011

Last week we posed the following Friday Facebook Question: Should you mix up your worship teams in terms of ability or is it unfair that the better musicians end up always having to work with out of time drummers and flat backing vocalists? I decided today to write about a few different ways that I […]

The feminisation of worship songs?

By Guest Blogger | May 12, 2011

The feminisation of worship songs? I’ve just been at a conference, which was awesome and being a good worship pastor, I went to the seminar on worship. I’ve been to lots of worship seminars (all very helpful) but in the Q&A at the end, there’s always this one question from the floor (and it always […]

Interview with Graham Kendrick

By Marie@Musicademy | April 13, 2011

Graham Kendrick has been called a ‘father of modern worship music’. Over the last 30 years, he has written hundreds of worship songs including Shine Jesus Shine, Knowing You and The Servant King. Graham’s songs have impacted thousands of churches across the globe. Now just weeks away from releasing his 30th studio album, Graham spoke […]

Wedding function bands – can you really pull it off?

By Andy@Musicademy | April 6, 2011

Following on from last weeks’ discussion about musicians being paid to play at weddings, I wanted to bring the subject of wedding function bands to the table. Now at Musicademy we have a function band comprised of professional musicians that play at weddings, birthdays and other celebrations. We charge a set fee depending on the […]

Ask the Expert – Should musicians get paid for playing at weddings?

By Marie@Musicademy | March 31, 2011

Matt Zipfel asks: Would be useful to know – how much should a worship band charge for playing at a wedding (i.e. like an organist would )? Not talking about how much for the reception. I wonder if this would be something for your blog, or just whether people may like to give their opinion? […]

Vocal Range: Engaging Your Community

By Kim Gentes | March 7, 2011

Local congregations use music in their services in most Christian church contexts. This is true of almost every denomination and facet of Christianity. Even the minimalist approach of using no instruments still requires attention to vocal operation of music concepts. In fact, those using extensive instrumentation must be even more wary of accomodating instrument and […]