For Black Friday everything at Musicademy is currently half price and everything at Worship Backing Band is 20% off. This is in addition to our usual discounts. Simply use the coupon code BLACK at the checkout to get the discount applied. Go to Musicademy or Worship Backing Band to order either downloads, DVDs or CDs and […]Please visit Musicademy for the full article.The post Black Friday Sale appeared first on Musicademy.

We’re having an end of summer sale. Everything at Musicademy is currently half price and everything at Worship Backing Band is 20% off. This is in addition to our usual discounts. Simply use the coupon code SUMMER SALE at the checkout to get the discount applied. Go to Musicademy or Worship Backing Band to order either downloads, […]Please visit Musicademy for the full article.The post End of Summer Sale: everything at Musicademy half price, 20% off at Worship Backing Band appeared first on Musicademy.

Footage from a Musicademy seminar on band skills. This is the section on tips for worship keybaord players.Please visit Musicademy for the full article.The post Video clip – Top tips for worship keyboards appeared first on Musicademy.

Planning a Christmas service? Read this first DO plan well in advance and lock everything down in good time with the leaders DO choose and circulate your music/key choice well ahead of rehearsals.

Last weekend was the first weekend that many churches globally closed their physical doors and instead embraced the virtual world of online services. Over on the Musicademy Facebook Group several people had spent the previous few days discussing the technical options, the pros and cons of the various streaming platforms before taking their decisions on […]Please visit Musicademy for the full article.The post Streaming online church services: the tech, the tips and the stories from around the world appeared first on Musicademy.

Online Church: How the world worshipped With Covid-19 forcing much of the world into lockdown, churches have responded by diving into online services. Whether using Zoom, Facebook Live, YouTube or more complex set ups such as OBS, tech, pastoral and worship teams have found themselves in a steep learning curve in recent weeks. This article […]Please visit Musicademy for the full article.The post How the world worshipped this week: sharing your online services appeared first on Musicademy.

Here at Musicademy and Worship Backing Band, we’ve had calls and emails daily about the legality of using worship songs in online services. People are very confused about the different licenses, and the new Streaming Plus License that CCLI has created. I decided to chat to our friends at CCLI and asked them to point […]Please visit Musicademy for the full article.The post Streaming your worship services legally | Everything you need to know appeared first on Musicademy.

Getting the band back again only to find you are all a bit out of practice? Kick-start your post lockdown band skills with our half price DIY Worship Team Workshops. Churches across the world are gearing up to return to face-to-face services which means that in many cases musicians are playing together again for the […]Please visit Musicademy for the full article.The post DIY Worship Team Workshops (and Band Skills course): Half Price Offer appeared first on Musicademy.

I recently read a book which chronicled the rise of the evangelical church in England from the 1950s onwards. This reported a clear link between high levels of participation in worship and personal spiritual growth and communal church renewal. The book, controversially called ‘Selling Worship' (by Pete Ward), also observes that in sung worship in […]Please visit Musicademy for the full article.The post 8 ideas to encourage more participation in worship appeared first on Musicademy.

If you have ever recorded a worship song, it is an exhilarating experience, but also a lot of work. First there is the writing, wrestling with the words to make them work with the music and rhyme, and say what God has put on your heart to say. There is capturing the right melodies, and […]Please visit Musicademy for the full article.The post How to get maximum exposure for your song writing appeared first on Musicademy.