Musicademy

Ask the Expert – How to expand a singer’s vocal range

Cat White — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:36:56 +0000

Here’s Cat White’s third post giving advice on vocalists (the first, on weak and thready voices and the second on singers that run out of puff). This time Cat deals with advice for working with singers that have a very limited vocal range. (One can only do middle C to about D, the other is much higher, about [...]

Homegroup Worship – a lifeless fire about to go out?

Marie Page — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:44:07 +0000

I’ve just finished a book by Steve & Mandy Briars called Homegroups: The Authentic Guide. The chapter on worship is worth summarising here. It starts: “The topic of worship is one of the most contentious and fervently debated issues in church life. Should we only be singing the latest songs or raising the rafters with the [...]

Newsletter – 17 March 2010

Marie Page — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:03:41 +0000

Do’s & Don’ts for Percussionists, Video clips and more Since our last newsletter we’ve launched a new advanced keyboard DVD and uploaded a nice variety of clips and articles to the blog. Click through below to read more. Video clip – working with a band A quick set of tips for working with a worship band, especially when [...]

Top 10 Do’s and Don’ts – Percussionists

Tim Bowdler — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:02:28 +0000

Picture the scene. The worship leader wants to create a bit of a different vibe to the Sunday worship time. So in a moment of intense clarity he thinks, “I know, I’ll get the drummer to play percussion instead this week. It’ll be great. After all drums and percussion are really the same instrument right?” [...]

Tips for working with a band

Marie Page — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:53:55 +0000

Marie Page gives some quick tips for worship leaders in terms of administrative and practical preparation and keeping your band happy. Also ideas for working with inexperienced musicians and musically challenged congregations.

DVD reviews in Worship Leader Magazine

Marie Page — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:51:13 +0000

Those nice people at Worship Leader Magazine have reviewed a number of our recent DVD releases. We thought you might be interested in what they had to say. Feel free to add your own review in the comments at the bottom. HARMONY AND BACKING VOCAL Volume 1 of the Harmony and Backing Vocal DVD is relaxed and [...]

Ask the Expert – Singers that run out of puff

Cat White — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:02:20 +0000

Here’s Cat White’s second post giving advice to vocalists (the first, on weak and thready voices is here). The subscriber was asking for advice for singers that run out of puff quickly especially with up-tempo songs: One possible problem here could be that your singers are finding it difficult to find the right places to breathe in songs. Common [...]

New Advanced Keyboards DVDs launched today

Marie Page — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:37:21 +0000

As a keyboard player do you ever feel frustrated that you don’t really venture beyond standard piano and pad sounds on your instrument? Our new Advanced Keyboard DVDs will guide you step-by-step to unlocking more creative potential in your playing. Taking 10 popular worship songs, Tim Martin unpacks all the keyboard parts from a professional recording [...]

Newsletter – 4th March 2010

Marie Page — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:59:09 +0000

Free worship rota planner, webinar, advice for acoustic guitarists & more A reminder about our spring coupon giving you 15% off all purchases over £50 (or $65). You have until the 8th March to use it – simply enter the code 2010SALE at the checkout. And we’ve just added a whole lot more bundle pack deals to [...]

Free worship rota planning tool

Steve Weeks — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:06:01 +0000

We first published this post a couple of years ago but we’ve a lot more subscribers now so worth a second posting. I’ve been using this application for all sorts of rotas and scheduling meetings and its saved loads of time so have a read through to see how it can take some of your [...]