The One Lesson All Sound Techs Should Learn

Francis Chan said "if I did not have time with God, I'd be so self-centered, so arrogant, so in my own world because I can fool people."  His point is he can't be arrogant if he's constantly learning from God and communing with Him and submitting himself to Him.

Applying that to the craft of live audio production...  read more »

How Often Do You Work On Audio For Your Church?

Risk Management: How to Avoid Being Charged For Murder

If a dodge ball, traveling at 40 miles per hour, hits a fountain drink cup sitting on the ledge of the sound booth, what are the odds the tech director will soon be charged for murder?  read more »

How to Recruit Volunteers

"If you build it, they will come."  That's great for drawing in baseball fans but not so good for recruiting volunteers.  Just because you have a sound booth everyone can see, it doesn't mean volunteers are going to run up and ask to join the team.  Here's how you can recruit the volunteers you need.  read more »

What Was Your Best MacGyver Moment?

I think the closest person we have to a modern day MacGyver is the live sound guy (or gal).  It's up to us, no matter how bad the circumstances, to keep the church service running. 

What Was Your Best MacGyver Moment at Church? Or Another Audio Event?  read more »

The Winter of Everyone's Discontent

This morning, I awoke to the weather forecast; "another inch of snow is expected for Saturday."  "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"  I LOVE snow but this winter has lasted so long that even I (mild-mannered reporter for the Daily Planet) have become moody and crabby.  And I'm not the only one with this malady.  read more »

Audio News For Feb 26, 2010


 

Around The Globe News includes;
Three-part Series On an IEM Shootout
Do You Trust me?
Avoiding the Pitfall of Pride
and More Than One Way to Mic a Cat  read more »

Wedding Contract

Download the free wedding contract template for audio and video production.  Easy to understand and easy to modify.

Newsletter Template

Create your own church audio newsletter for your team with this simple newsletter template. (View it in Print layout format within Word)

Team Organization

Download these team documents for tracking your existing team as well as recruiting new team members.

Inventory List

Track all your audio equipment with this excel sheet.  Great way to see what you have and keep for insurance purposes.