Comments on: worship ministry thought - sound engineer http://onelouder.voxtropolis.com/2007/06/07/worship-ministry-thought-sound-engineer/ . . .unconnected ramblings mostly about music. . . Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:44:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: onelouder http://onelouder.voxtropolis.com/2007/06/07/worship-ministry-thought-sound-engineer/#comment-1214 onelouder Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:36:03 +0000 http://onelouder.voxtropolis.com/2007/06/07/worship-ministry-thought-sound-engineer/#comment-1214 hi joebob. thanks for your comment and questions. until this past fall, i've been in a situation with multiple volunteer sound engineers. i admit, it's much easier to have one "go to" guy. that being said, i think there are certain things you can do to help the relationship with sound volunteers and also improve the end "product." as far as the sonic vision - a couple of the things i mentioned in the post would still be applicable - 1. make sure they get recordings of any new songs. 2. if possible, sit down with them to listen to the music. make notes on particular parts of the songs that need to be prominent in the mix. here's an idea that i haven't tried, but seems like it would be good. take them to concerts. if you're using rock-n-roll music, go to a good rock show. talk about the characteristics of rock music that differentiate it from other genres - prominent bass and kick drum, punchy guitars, etc. as far as building trust.....it helps to include the tech teams in with whatever social or ministry events that you have the for the worship teams. any way you can welcome them as part of the worship band will go a long way in building that relationship. oh well, those are my thoughts for right now...... hi joebob. thanks for your comment and questions. until this past fall, i’ve been in a situation with multiple volunteer sound engineers. i admit, it’s much easier to have one “go to” guy. that being said, i think there are certain things you can do to help the relationship with sound volunteers and also improve the end “product.”

as far as the sonic vision - a couple of the things i mentioned in the post would still be applicable - 1. make sure they get recordings of any new songs. 2. if possible, sit down with them to listen to the music. make notes on particular parts of the songs that need to be prominent in the mix.

here’s an idea that i haven’t tried, but seems like it would be good. take them to concerts. if you’re using rock-n-roll music, go to a good rock show. talk about the characteristics of rock music that differentiate it from other genres - prominent bass and kick drum, punchy guitars, etc.

as far as building trust…..it helps to include the tech teams in with whatever social or ministry events that you have the for the worship teams. any way you can welcome them as part of the worship band will go a long way in building that relationship.

oh well, those are my thoughts for right now……

]]> By: joebob3 http://onelouder.voxtropolis.com/2007/06/07/worship-ministry-thought-sound-engineer/#comment-1213 joebob3 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:27:00 +0000 http://onelouder.voxtropolis.com/2007/06/07/worship-ministry-thought-sound-engineer/#comment-1213 Stephen, just found the blog, and this is a topic that I'm struggling with lately. In most church situations, you may have multiple sound engineers that all have different ideas of how Sunday should sound. My questions are two: 1. How do you convey your 'sonic vision' to your tech(s)? 2. What tangible things have you done to build trust between the tech team and worship band? I hope that the team is going easy on the 'suck' button, but I don't know if I'd call it trust yet......Thanks for rambling on about the dilemmas that are filling my head lately....great idea about providing music to the tech team!! Stephen, just found the blog, and this is a topic that I’m struggling with lately. In most church situations, you may have multiple sound engineers that all have different ideas of how Sunday should sound.

My questions are two: 1. How do you convey your ’sonic vision’ to your tech(s)? 2. What tangible things have you done to build trust between the tech team and worship band?

I hope that the team is going easy on the ’suck’ button, but I don’t know if I’d call it trust yet……Thanks for rambling on about the dilemmas that are filling my head lately….great idea about providing music to the tech team!!

]]> By: terrytimm http://onelouder.voxtropolis.com/2007/06/07/worship-ministry-thought-sound-engineer/#comment-1176 terrytimm Fri, 08 Jun 2007 13:42:19 +0000 http://onelouder.voxtropolis.com/2007/06/07/worship-ministry-thought-sound-engineer/#comment-1176 this is excellent stuff. we are in a season of transition with sound techs and i did not pay enough attention to what you highlight here. thanks for the reminder! this is excellent stuff. we are in a season of transition with sound techs and i did not pay enough attention to what you highlight here. thanks for the reminder!

]]> By: jbow http://onelouder.voxtropolis.com/2007/06/07/worship-ministry-thought-sound-engineer/#comment-1175 jbow Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:46:38 +0000 http://onelouder.voxtropolis.com/2007/06/07/worship-ministry-thought-sound-engineer/#comment-1175 thanks to you both...all the relational and musical investment you do does indeed pay off huge each weekend. love you both. thanks to you both…all the relational and musical investment you do does indeed pay off huge each weekend. love you both.

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