I’m the Technical Director of a good-sized church. As such, I oversee all technical aspects of the weekend services; sound, lighting, video, presentation and even some stage design and set up. In my current role, my time is split between all those disciplines. But at the end of the day, my passion is sound. So [...]
Posts Tagged ‘volunteer’
Worship Arts Gathering
Last night we hosted a gathering of all our worship artists. We invited band members, vocalists, photographers, tech people, set designers; just about anyone who is involved with the worship arts at Coast Hills. As this was my first one, I don’t have anything to compare it to–however, I’d rate it a resounding success. Brining [...]
The Good Enough Principle Pt. 2
Monday, I talked about the trend toward things being “Good Enough.” It’s happening in electronics, music, TV and many other disciplines. The question before us then is this; how does this impact my work as a church TD? Now, I tend to be a bottom-line kind of guy. So for starters, I’m re-evaluating how I [...]
Sustainability–How Do We Achieve It?
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been writing about sustainability. If you missed the previous 2 posts, you can read them here and here. The first post is about what sustainability is not. The second talks about reasons we don’t tend to live sustainable lives. Today, I want to explore how to live sustainably. Now [...]
Preventing Insanity Among Presentation Volunteers
By now you probably know that I’m all about the volunteers. I keep tweaking my systems, formulating new processes and trying to come up with new ways to make life easier for our volunteers. Recently, we implemented something that has gone a long way to lowering the blood pressure of our ProPresenter operators. It’s so [...]
The Porch
Those of you that follow me on Twitter probably remember that a few weeks ago someone on the creative team had the idea that we should have a porch in church for one weekend. It actually makes more sense than it sounds at first; our theme for the weekend was The Front Porch: Practicing Hospitality. [...]
Sustainability
The word sustainability is all the rage now. We hear talk of sustainable forest management, sustainable building, sustainable manufacturing. It’s finally come to our collective attention that the resources on this planet are not inexhaustible, and we had better figure out how to live within our means, so to speak. Over the last 2 weeks, [...]
Confessions of a Workaholic
This week, I did the unthinkable. I postponed 2 projects and took a few days off. Hi. My name is Mike. And I’m a workaholic. I would say a recovering workaholic, but just as quickly as I think I’m “recovering,” I’m back at it again. And don’t look at me with that “I can quit [...]
Sound Check–Who’s In Charge
Last week, on Audio Monday, I wrote a little blurb about how I think a successful sound check should go. Several people brought up a valid question in the comments: Who’s in charge of a sound check? While the answer could be, “It depends,” I would say 97.6% of the time in church settings, the FOH engineer [...]
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