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
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
[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
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
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
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
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
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
