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Leading a Team

May 3, 2015

Why it’s Hard to Extend Grace to the Band and What Happens When You Do

What happens when you sit a drummer across from an audio engineer? When this happened with Chris Tomlin’s crew, a wealth of wisdom poured out from both drummer, Matt Gilder, and FOH engineer, Jeff Sandstrom. These two tackled a lot of topics during the FILO conference and a big one was STRESS. It ... Read More

August 9, 2015

When Church Staff Just Doesn’t Understand

Remember Y2K? The greatest anti-climactic disaster of the last century? A few days after 2000 started, the pundits started wondering what the big deal was since everything (for the most part) worked and the world didn’t disappear into a nuclear meltdown. (If you weren’t in the IT field during ... Read More

September 19, 2015

Humility and Reconciliation

[Post by Brian Gowing] My last article definitely struck a nerve with more responses affirming situations that we all hope, as technical ministry folks, don’t want to experience but they continue to happen. Reading some of the replies just tore my heart out. If only the pastors or worship leaders ... Read More

August 26, 2008

Sound Leadership

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 ... Read More

February 21, 2017

When Audio Disasters Happen: The Four Steps to Follow

Disaster strikes and it's usually during the service. In the early days, I panicked.  Now, I use a four-step plan that serves me well.  As a quick note, if you've NEVER experienced a production problem, your time is coming.  Refer to the recent Grammy Awards to see what I mean! I have to confess, ... Read More

March 3, 2009

What Is The Purpose of an Audio Team?

Kevin, one of the worship leaders at my church, is going through a worship team study.  In short, it looks at the purpose of a team, team dynamics, growth as a team, and other areas he hasn't revealed to the team just yet.  Over the last few months, Kevin has sent us several questions as ... Read More

November 9, 2010

Ten Ways to Lead Your Audio Team

The hardest part of many a project is knowing where to start.  These are ten starting blocks for leading an audio team. Establish a training program Establish best practices Establish Roles and Responsibilities and convey to team. Volunteer Shepherding (during and ... Read More

August 30, 2011

How One Star and One Engineer Define a Proper Working Relationship

How do you talk to the guitarist?  How do you talk with all the musicians?  Are you overbearing?  Firm?  Indecisive?  A "yes" man/woman?  The way you talk with the band defines your relationship and effects everyone's rate of success.  It wasn't until watching a music documentary last night that I ... Read More

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