The evidence that vocal training really gives results - get ready for goosebumps

You’ll probably be aware that Musicademy runs a number of live training workshops as well as producing instructional DVDs. We wanted to share with you the amazing beauty of what some of our “students” achieved in a one day training session recently with Nicki Rogers. Nicki spent the day in Chislehurst working with a small, […]

Merry Xmas - Are we really taking the Christ out of Christmas?

We asked an innocent little question on Facebook today: “Can anyone tell us why North Americans use the term Happy Holidays rather than Happy Christmas? And what do you think about that?” The whole “Happy Holidays” thing sounds really strange to us in the UK, but that’s probably because we don’t have the same run […]

Playing by ear in worship | Music theory made easy

Learn to play by ear and understand music theory Buy DVDs / STREAMING / DOWNLOADS Do these questions apply to you: Are you lost without the sheet music or a chord chart? Do you struggle to work out the chords when you listen to a new song? Do you panic when the band goes off […]

Intermediate Acoustic Guitar Course now available as 12 online downloads. Save 20%

One of our flagship products, the Intermediate Acoustic Worship Guitar Course, is now available as a set of 12 online downloads. These are designed for: Customers on a budget who prefer to buy one section at a time Customers wanting instant access to a lesson – it’s simply a case of click to download Customers only wanting to […]

In-ear monitoring for churches. Yes or No?

  Is in-ear monitoring (IEM) best for worship teams? We asked a question on our Facebook page last week: In-ear monitoring. Yes or No? We got lots of for and against answers for many reasons. For me, I’ve used in-ears in a variety of settings and events with very mixed results so I wanted to […]

Does Xmas really mean excluding Christ from Christmas?

I got sent the image above on Facebook this week and my immediate thought was “Musicademy customers are going to love this image”. But rather than simply paste the image up for you to share, I wanted to also address that old hot potato about the origins of the “Xmas” word. Firstly, we need to […]