Today I was talking with Bob Nahrstadt of Next Creative Media as we made some plans for next week’s CTDRT SoCal Meeting. Something he said brought to mind a comment he made on our webinar a while back. He was talking about managing our technical ministry in such a way that we get a seat [...]
Posts under ‘Philosophy’
Sound Techs and Worship Leaders
Recently I was asked the following question, “What’s the most important part of the relationship between a FOH engineer and the worship leader?”
There are a number of aspects to that—and any—relationship, many of which are very important. It’s great if the worship leader and sound tech are great friends and hang out all the time; [...]
That’s Not Right, Tear It All Out
I was watching one of my favorite home-improvement shows the other night; Holmes on Homes. If you’ve not seen it, check it out. Mike Holmes is a contractor who gets called in by homeowners in trouble. Typically, they have hired a contractor to do a job and it’s either botched or abandoned. The homeowners are [...]
What We Can Learn From The Opening Ceremony Fail
Last Friday night, with 66,000 people watching live and another few hundred million watching on TV, Canada presented us with a creative and well produced opening ceremonies. The environmental projection was quite stunning, and just as the producer hoped, the event felt much more intimate than many such events in the past. While it may [...]
System Design With a Tight Budget
A week ago, we held a webinar with Jason Cole, Dave Stagl and Bob Nahrstadt of Next Creative media. The topic? System design. You can listen to the audio here. One of the main takeaways from that webinar is that most of the time, the best course of action for a church to take when [...]
Thriving in an Inter-Generational Setting
Today’s topic comes from a reader. At issue—how can a church with both a young, “hip” congregation peacefully co-exist with an older, more traditional one; at least from a technology standpoint. In this case, the “older” group is 35+, which I suppose makes me a senior citizen. But I digress. The younger group wants to [...]
Why I Love What I Do
Every now and again, I’m reminded of why I love what I do. Now, keep in mind, I’m blessed to be in a career that God has clearly called me to, doing a job I enjoy in a church I greatly appreciate. So even on a weekend that felt a little “rough” (at least to [...]
Why Input Sheets?
Phil raised a good question based on my last post about the Input Sheet Template; to wit, Why even do an input sheet? I can think of several reasons, actually.
Makes it Easy to Pre-Build Show Files
If you have a digital console, it’s quite nice to be able to set up the console ahead of time [...]
A Little Perspective
Last Sunday, Pastor Ken taught from Luke 12, the Parable of the Rich Fool. It was a message that came at a good time for me. I had just spent the entire previous week (working through both my days off and a holiday) getting new system processing in. I thought it sounded a ton better; [...]
When Things Go Horribly Wrong
Anyone that follows me on Twitter probably knows we had some drama on Sunday. In case you missed it, here’s the skinny. Everything was fine on Saturday. In fact, we put up some new drum mics and kept commenting on how great they sounded. Sunday morning, I came in, flipped on the system and started [...]
