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I keep failing worship team auditions. What can I do to improve my singing?

By Marie@Musicademy | March 6, 2013

As mentioned in our recent article on giving kind buy honest advice to musicians who perhaps have the heart but not the aptitude for the worship team, we received this email from a lady looking for advice: “I’m in my church choir and have been auditioning for my church worship team since 2008 or so […]

How do you give kind but honest feedback to musicians who just aren’t up to the job?

By Marie@Musicademy | March 4, 2013

Feedback – Mixing kindness and honesty We had a touching email arrive at the office last week from a lady who had been turned down at worship team auditions for several years. The lady really, really loves to sing and had been so determined to progress that she had employed a vocal coach to help […]

Bad habits of vocalists and what to do about them – Part 1 – Breathing

By Cat Mayne | February 19, 2013

Everyone has them- those little things that we do without even thinking about them. Bad habits in singing, as well as in life, are things that we don’t necessarily notice we do unless someone points them out to us. Over a series of posts I’ll highlight the most common bad habits I come across […]

What new DVDs are we planning to release this year?

By Marie@Musicademy | January 12, 2013

We’ve had a few emails recently from customers who have seen that we’ve recently upgraded our Beginners and Intermediate Guitar DVDs and concerned that we are about to do the same with Bass, Drums, Vocals, Keys etc. I can confirm that we have no plans this year to replace any other of the Worship Course […]

New year resolutions for singers

By Guest Blogger | December 31, 2012

New Year is a good time to make new goals & look back on what has been achieved over the previous months. A constant goal I keep renewing myself is to do more regular vocal practice. The VOICE, which is after all a muscle, cannot be expected to get any stronger without ‘working it out’. […]

Caring for your voice during the winter months

By Guest Blogger | December 10, 2012

With the cold weather upon us, the voice can take a real bashing so it’s important to look at how we can best look after it in the winter months. Going from one temperature into another – i.e from a warm room inside to the freezing cold outdoors, can really affect your singing voice – […]

Christmas gift ideas from Musicademy

By Marie@Musicademy | December 5, 2012

Whether you are looking for low cost stocking fillers or something rather special for your significant other Musicademy has a great range of music-related gift ideas: Stocking Fillers Musicademy Vocals Warm-up and Work-out CDs Vocals Workouts for Guys and Girls Hand drumming (djembe, bongo, congas) and percussion Drums Work-Out CD Bass and Guitar Song Learner […]

Musicians Practice Tracks DVD now HALF PRICE

By admin | November 19, 2012

Half price offer on 54 practice tracks Our Musicians Practice Tracks DVD is now HALF PRICE. What you get are 54 worship songs on one DVD with on-screen chords and words. Perfect for guitarists, keyboard players, bass, drums and even vocalists. Click through to read why it’s got 5-star reviews by other customers. (Click […]

Free vocals seminar video clip – Improve your singing tone, range and power

By admin | November 6, 2012

Here’s the second in our series of video clips from Musicademy worship vocals seminars. This is Nicki Rogers teaching in Stafford. And if you missed, it click through to the first video (on breathing, posture and warm-ups) The Musicademy product range for singers Worship Vocals Course DVDs Harmony and Backing Vocals in Worship Vocals […]

Vocal skills seminar for singers- breathing, posture and warm-ups

By admin | October 23, 2012

Here is a live vocals session from a Musicademy training day with Nicki Rogers. If you’d like further help with your singing, check out our worship vocals DVD course and Harmony & Backing vocals DVDs. And if you like the warm-up exercises Nicki is teaching here, take a look at our range of CDs and […]