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November 21, 2014

How We Screw Up Our Ears – Healthy Ears

"Can you hear out of this ear?" the nurse asked me.  "Yes," I replied.  She proceeded to pull out the nastiest wax I'd ever seen.  "I THOUGHT I could hear," came my next words. Ear health isn't a topic that will trend on Twitter any time soon but it's important for sound engineers and ... Read More

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

November 8, 2015

Does an Audio Engineer Have to Be a Control Freak?

Does an audio engineer have to be a control freak?  Answer yes and you're wrong.  Answer no and you're also wrong.  Let's explore. There are two extreme views of how an audio engineer should operate.  One view says they are to be servants to the band and the pastor and therefore should do ... Read More

June 21, 2008

Church Sound System Stress Reduction

I was recently asked a question by a church elder. "Do sound engineers get to worship during the service?" I wish more people would think about this question. After ten years of experience on sound ministry teams, I still can't worship 100% during my time "behind the mixer." ... Read More

September 22, 2009

How to Deal with Criticism

Running sound during a church service means we try to do everything perfectly.  Volume levels, mixing, and hitting cues are all things we should do spot on.  With that being said, we are open to criticism on two fronts; criticism for something we did wrong and criticism for something ... Read More

November 5, 2010

Why We Must be Willing to Fail

I read a short blog from Seth Godin today that immediately made me think about sound tech's and how we behave.  Check out his post below and then I'll tell you how we relate. Title: Childish vs. childlike Childlike makes a great scientist. Childish produces tantrums. Childlike ... Read More

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