By Tim Martin | April 18, 2015
Last week we ran a training day featuring a number of new seminars. This seminar, presented by Tim Martin looked at the concept of the modern hymn and explored how to re(write) one. Click below to view the slide share presentation of the session.
By Andy@Musicademy | April 2, 2015
We recently asked our Musicademy Facebook page members the question “What advice would you give to a worship team wanting to make rehearsals as effective as possible?” It had a huge response and we’ve compiled some of the best ideas into these 30 tips. “Rules” for worship rehearsals Don’t noodle/text/call/Facebook/SnapChat between songs Separate rehearsals from the […]
By admin | March 19, 2015
It’s time to do much more with our worship according to Abba Father writer Dave Bilbrough The trend towards fresh worship expression can quickly lead to ‘new song overload’. That’s the view of worship leader Dave Bilbrough, one of the fathers of modern-day worship. In an article in the upcoming Resources magazine, Dave offers seasoned advice […]
By Andy@Musicademy | March 12, 2015
Its often been noticed how many pop songs sound like each other, or how many worship songs sound like pop songs, but what about the other way round when a new pop song sounds like a worship song? Take a listen to Hllsong’s Man Of Sorrows and James Bay’s Hold Back The River… Man of […]
By Guest Blogger | February 22, 2015
It was 3:30pm on what had been, up until then, a rather unremarkable Tuesday afternoon when I received the phone call. ‘‘We have a project that we might be interested in using your songs for over here in the States,’’ said the caller. Trying to sound relaxed, but with a growing sense of urgency, […]
By Guest Blogger | February 16, 2015
Before you begin the song: TEN Tell your congregation, “This is the best worship song EVER. Only a moron couldn’t worship to this.” NINE Spend 12-18 minutes analyzing the lyrics. Give personal, vividly-detailed testimony to back up each line. EIGHT Dedicate it to the memory of your favorite childhood pet, Rufus the Gerbil. SEVEN Point out […]
By Andy@Musicademy | January 26, 2015
When we create our backing tracks we face the dilemma of people (thinking that they) want the song as close to the original recording as possible and actually creating a track that is actually singable in church and also practical as a backing track. Inevitably that will involve recording it in a lower key […]
By admin | January 24, 2015
Today we have launched 10 new MultiTrack backing tracks. Each also has an EveryKey Chord Chart where you get 12 pdf charts per song, one in all 12 keys plus a Nashville Number Chart too! The new MultiTrack backing tracks Alive – Aodhan King, Alexander Pappas (Hillsong) Build Your Kingdom Here – (Rend Collective) […]
By Guest Blogger | January 15, 2015
Have you ever gotten to that place in a worship song where you just wanted to linger for a moment? It might be as a song ends, or during an interlude within the song, but the arrangement you’re using doesn’t seem to give you that. That’s because many of the worship songs we use in our service […]
By Andy@Musicademy | January 8, 2015
We’ve had great feedback on our initial set of new EveryKey Chord Charts so have added another set. Your Love Never Fails – Chris McLarney, Anthony Skinner (Bethel) This is My Desire – Reuben Morgan (Hillsong) Sing Sing Sing – Chris Tomlin, Daniel Carson, Jesse Reeves, Matt Gilder, Travis Nunn Say So – Michael Gungor […]
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