The other day, Dave(David) Wilcox posted a comment on my blog post on Dealing with Anger.  He included his site name, so I checked out his blog.  Wow, what a great example of providing recap notes for everyone on his team to see.

A good example is his 11.23 Reverb post.   read more »

Over the Thanksgiving holiday, I heard my brother-in-law's wife make the comment that she didn't like a church she visited because it was like a rock concert with everyone having their hands in the air.  She's in her late twenties; a person you would think would be at a mega-church and singing worship songs.  However, because of how she was raised, she loves singing hymns.  She likes a piano, a choir, maybe another instrument but in short, simple.  I could pro  read more »

Smashing pumpkins, that's a great way to deal with anger.  I've even been known to decimate hundreds of aliens with the quick-fire of my computer mouse.  Everyone has ways of dealing with anger and letting off a little steam.  By the way, I don't go around smashing pumpkins but it does sound fun!  read more »

Just a little something I wrote.  Hope you enjoy...

'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the building
Not a monitor was humming, no signal lights blinking;
The speakers were hung by the ceiling with care,
We'd hoped that St. Gear-man soon would be there;  read more »

I've heard my share of criticisms on the quality of the church audio.  Years ago when we ran a sub-par system, criticism was common.  Feedback in the system was common and the production quality just wasn't what it could have been.  Ah, the good old days.  read more »

I'm a tweaker.  Not a twitter'er, a tweaker.  I just can't stop from tweaking the mixer during the first one or two songs.  Unless you have a band full of professional singers and musicians, it's probable their practice session and performance session (Sunday morning worship sets) are going to be different.  I usually hear the difference in how the singers blend and how loud they sing.  The musicians sometimes play louder - and occasionally softer.  Many times, if they sound sloppy during practice, they sound tight during the performance times.  All this to say, what I might mix during the practice to compensate for volume or "sloppiness/tightness" can be different during performance time.  But when do I stop tweaking?  read more »

A few years ago, I attended a play in our town's brand new multi-million dollar high school.  Walking into the auditorium, I was thrilled at the beauty of the room.  I knew the audio electronics were all new and that this play was going to SOUND great.  Boy was I wrong.  read more »

Thanksgiving and Christmas are around the corner.  People are going on vacation.  That means I have to deal with sound person availability.  In fact, I want to go on vacation out of town just so I don't have to run sound.  read more »

Jeremy from Church Audio and Sound has interviewed me here: http://churchaudio.blogspot.com/2008/10/guest-interview-behindthemixder.html

BTW, I'll be updating the homepage so you also see the last 3-4 recent posts, articles, etc.

The biggest gift I can give my sound team is knowledge.  Comments and polls here on this site show the demand for knowledge is ever present.  Starting this week, I'm giving my team a monthly church sound newsletter.  read more »