"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
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
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
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
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
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
