I saw the survey results about listening with a critical ear...and I want to be honest with you.  It's hard for me to worship when my head is too busy thinking about how I would have EQ'd the sound or how I might have arranged the volume levels.  I want to crack my head open like a chicken egg and dump my brains out.  I don't want to think about sound!  The survey showed many of you also suffer from, what I like to call, the mixer mentality.  So what can I do about it?  What can YOU do about it?  read more »

It doesn't matter if you head up the church a/v ministry or if you are a solo-flyer, you are seen as the person "IN CHARGE."  Doubt it?  Screw up during a church service and you'll hear about it.  If you head up a team and a member has a bad day behind the mixer, you'll hear about that as well.  If you are "IN CHARGE" then you are seen as a leader.

There are several areas in which you, as a leader, can fail.  If you watch for these areas, you will make a better leader.  read more »

You want better equipment?  Expect to hear some of these statements..."What's wrong with the equipment you have?  It's worked for all these years hasn't it?  Do we really need it?  It costs how much?  For that price, I think the church can live without it."  And my favorite..."ok, if you say it will help the church, then get it."

There are three steps in getting better equipment for your church.  read more »

The truths behind the job, the equipment, you, and them.  read more »

The truth, the whole truth, and how the sound operator can accept it.  read more »

"The “sound guys”, as we often refer to them, are important to the success of a worship gathering. In many ways, they can either make the service operate smoothly or crash with one slip of the finger. Following is a list of tips and ideas to help the sound engineers in their ministry of enhancing and supporting the worship experience and ensuring the delivery of biblical teaching."  read more »

Here is something you can try at your next service for monitor mixing...I've just read about this so take it for what it's worth...it's from a worship teams old blog. Everything seems theoretically sound...and it seems easy. 

1. Have one person liasing the sound from the Stage with the Sound guy from the Desk

2. Line Check Instruments in this order : Vocals, then Instruments and then drums last  read more »

Running a church sound system is more than just being there for the church service.  Do you do everything on this list?  read more »

I was in a heated discussion this weekend, after the service, with a worship team leader over what to do when a technical problem occurs during a worship song.  In this case, we had a problem with a singer's microphone that had shorted out.  The shorted mic became a distraction during the first song of the set.  read more »

What if tonight your church burned down?  What if tonight your church was robbed and all your a/v equipment was stolen?  Would you have any idea the replacement costs?  This list will help you find out what you have as well as enable you to keep an ongoing list of your working equipment.  read more »