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
If I gave you a choice between mixing and setting up the stage, I know which you'd pick. However, it's the work on the stage that gives you everything you need for mixing. Recently, a discussion came up surrounding the best process for training volunteer sound techs. Many people said they have ... Read More
[Guest post from Aaron West] "I paid for the movie, so I can show it whenever and wherever I want." If only video licensing was that easy! A few days ago, music and copyright infringement was covered in detail. As mentioned, this has been something that's been going on for years and unfortunately ... Read More
[Gurus 2013 in Review: Alberty Reyes and Curtis Templeton] Continuing this week's series on the Gurus of Tech review, I bring you the insight of Alberty Reyes and Curtis Templeton. Alberty and Curtis are two people working in God's kingdom, doing transforming work, doing it in completely ... Read More
[Gurus 2013 in Review: Todd Elliott] Do you feel limited in your capabilities because your church doesn't have the latest, greatest, biggest, newest, best WHATEVER? Todd Elliott, the Willow Creek Community Church Technical Coordinator, told his story of when he was first working at a smaller ... Read More
Lincoln Brewster had just finished his talk at the 2013 Gurus of Tech conference and Todd Elliot took the stage. Todd briefly talked about working in the tech ministry and then said, "[My] family needs a vision of what I do in tech ministry." At that moment, I realized my own family didn't fully ... Read More
What is technically transparent worship? I’m not the first to use the term. I’ve been thinking about this lately, having visited a number of churches and observing how they handle a service. Technically transparent worship means someone coming into your church for either the first or the 1,000th ... Read More
No. That's the answer one can assume when looking at the extensive planning that goes into proper technical church production. Even audio production planning seems to leave little room for God. Or, so one might think. Brian Gowing and I have been involved in church audio production for decades ... Read More
