Learn the drums to Bad Habits by Ed Sheeran 😱
The trick with this one is to use the simplified rhythm to jam in the verse and develop it by adding the snare in the chorus ⚡️
This keeps the drums sounding interesting and really drives the chorus forward - enjoy drummers!
Can you guess the song from this iconic riff?🎹🎸
We wanted to include a guitar version of the piano notes and they’re sounding great together.
One point awarded for the song name and another for the band name….go!
We’ve got a fun one for the guitarists today 🎸🥳
A riff is an instrumental melody that is often played on a guitar or keyboard. This has to be one of the most famous and most requested riffs to learn 🤘🏻
Keep it slow and steady and then build as confidence grows 📈
Are you shaken or stirred by this performance?🕵️♂️🔫
Much more impressive than our awful jokes is this jam through of the Skyfall theme - instantly recognisable and such a great match for a spy film.
If we get 100 likes on this post we’ll stop with the puns….
Join us for a step by step of building a band 🤘🏻🥁🎸🎹
Working together as a band is all about brining our skills and parts together, it’s always a fun process and brings out our teamwork skills 🤝
Let us know what you think and bonus points if you can guess the song 👀
Learn the piano chords for Shotgun in less than a minute 😱🎹
We’ve put together some video resources to keep everyone busy over the Summer and we’ll be sharing them on here.
Let us know how you get on!😁
FREE BAND EXPERIENCE SESSION OPEN DAY 🎸🎹🥁🎤
We’re really excited to be running an open day on Friday 30th of August for primary age students to try our band experience session for free! 😱
During the 30 minute sessions students will have the chance to try guitar, keyboard, drums or vocals. They’ll be learning a song and then jamming together as a band to finish.
Spaces are free but very limited so follow the link in the comments or our bio to register your interest today! ✅
Check out this amazing piano rendition of Bluebird by @alexisffrench 😁
We’ve still got plenty of fantastic student wins to share with you over the Summer break as there’s just been too many to keep up with!
Keep an eye out for more over the coming weeks 👀
Jamming along with @teddysphotos before leaving primary school 😱
It’s safe to say that Ed might be this students favourite artist, with our last few song studies all by the man himself 🎸
But that’s the effect of being inspired by an amazing musician, they help us to learn and push ourselves further 😁
“I never thought I could do that” 😱
It’s a great moment when a student surprises themself and achieves something amazing. We believe our students are capable of anything they put their mind to 🙌🏻
We’re finishing the week with this belter of a drum cover 🤩🥁
We focussed with this tune on how we can add subtle extras to rhythms to keep them varied and interesting throughout. We then let these changes flow naturally to give it a relaxed feel 😎
Super happy with the end result and a great tune to take us into the weekend!
Yesterday we set ourselves a challenge - can we drop off our new packs to 20 local schools 🤯
We managed it with 10 minutes of the school day left to go but had a fantastic day catching up with everyone!
Drop us a comment or message if there’s a school you think we should visit next 🧐
We’re ending the week with this fantastic play through of When I Grow Up ⬆️🎹
Super focus and counting to keep this so in time with the track! Looking forward to getting started next week already 😄
This one was too good not to share 🤩
So much practice and hard work has gone into perfecting this famous tune, and it’s paid off when you see how well and accurately it’s all linked together ✅
We 💙 student wins!
And we’re back!🥳
Like half term never even happened lessons are back on and students are back to smashing it!
Really fun to learn this Blur classic, full of guitar riffs and tricks 🎸
No rest for the drummers this half term!🤪
We were treated today to this super accurate rendition of Holiday by Green Day. Amazing commitment and practice from this student to get this sounding so strong.
Well done!👏🏻
If you need me you know where I’ll be….playing piano!🎹
This student has been using Shotgun to develop his two handed playing 👏🏻
We then mapped out a different playing style for each section to keep it interesting, great work!
We’re really excited to share this with you 🥳👏🏻
The student featured has been working on every aspect of the song you’re listening to. We started by writing the lyrics, learning and recording instrument parts and finished by creating this lyric video. All led by the student and all done by them 😱
It’s been a really fun process and to be able to watch the students confidence grow trying things they’ve never done before has been a real joy 😁
Could you inspire the next generation of musicians? ⚡️
At Band Academy we work collaboratively with musicians and teachers to help them develop their own teaching business. Partnered teachers receive access to:
🔹 Busy teaching days all within sociable hours
🔹 Our teacher training courses
🔹 All of our resources and instrument courses
🔹 1-1 ongoing support and development
🔹 A community of teachers that support each other
Applicants must be passionate about music, organised and driven. If you’re interested or know someone who may be, please leave a comment below and we can send over more information.
Another student win to share with you all 🥳
This piece has been a tricky one to master, fast movements and a left hand that changes position twice all add up to a very technical piece.
But hard work and perseverance have paid off like they always do, and check out the results! 🤩
The smile at the end says it all 😁
