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What happens when you pit two audio experts against one another in a mixing Battle Royale conversation?
1:00 People telling Toby to turn it down 4:00 How to know when itâs too loud15:00 Whatâs more important? FOH or monitors? 20:40 What piece of gear would you use in a fight to the death? 26:00 What console would you not want at a festival? 28:30 What console do you want with 30 seconds to start mixing? 32:00 What console would you recommend if electricity was going to be spotty?33:15 Worst Mixing story (Drew Hester) 37:00 Worst Mixing story (Jeff Sandstrom) 41:50 Disaster story: Donât trip on the fader 42:50 Disaster story (Jeff Sandstrom) 45:30 Disaster story Drew: Chris Tomlin show 49:00 Disaster story: Head set mic in an arena
Drew Hester and Jeff Sandstrom are too polite to fully fight it out in a Battle Royale, but they both join us for our first "fight it out" episode in the church production space. Join us for takes on what matters most in audio, the best consoles for the best situations and the best audio disaster stories.
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How do you respond when you are given 3 months to live?
1:00 Mixing behind glass windows 4:45 Armando Fullwood joins us!11:00 How did you get into live production?15:00 What is happening in live production outside of church?19:30 How can you prevent burnout? 22:20 What a health crisis taught Armando about Mixing and Life 27:30 How to stay healthy as you mix 38:00 Disaster story: The console just blew up 41:30 Tech Takeaway: Donât take it so serious 46:00 Church Tech Confessional: "There was fire"
Armando Fullwood joins us this week to tell us what his health journey taught him about faith, life and mixing.
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What's it like running audio for a Vegas residency?
1:00 Touring Willow Creek Church5:00 Todd Wines joins us 16:00 How did Todd get into church production? 22:00 Running FOH for Miranda Lambert in Vegas 29:30 Handling a bad source 36:00 Giving advice to your younger self 40:00 Disaster story 46:40 Tech Takeaway 49:40 Church Tech Confessional
Todd joins the pod to tell us about running sound for Miranda Lambert in Vegas, a disaster story and we wrap with a church tech confessional.
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How do you end up mixing for legendary artists like Jay Z and Marilyn Manson?
1:00 Meeting celebrities 4:45 Doug Kimball joins us!11:15 How did Doug get into production? 13:15 Mixing for Jay Z 16:00 How did Doug become the mixer for A level artists? 18:15 Dougâs top tip to work well with the musical artists 21:00 Dougâs preferred gear 22:45 What gets you fired on a tour quickly 24:30 What were Dougâs most challenging mixes in his time? 27:10 Mixing for Marilyn Manson30:00 How do you think bigger for mixing your church? 34:30 Disaster story: âHe went to prison for thatâ 38:30 Disaster story: âShe pulled power the wrong directcionâ 39:45 Favorite FOH Rack Gear 50:00 Church Tech Confessional: âI was trying to impress this girl.â
Doug Kimball got into the mixing game early via editorials and he stops by the podcast this week to give us the lessons he learned along the way. We wrap with some wild disaster stories and a church tech confessional that'll have you laughing and cringing.
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How do you build a volunteer team when your main service is Saturday night?
1:00 What do you do when your production gear gets stolen? 4:50 Blair Drake joins us! 13:00 How did Blair get started in church production? 16:15 How do they pull off their weekly services with their volunteers? 19:30 Where are you recruiting volunteers? 26:00 What big events do you do? 30:30 Disaster stories40:45 Church Tech Confessional
Blair drops by to discuss their unusual service times, recruiting volunteers and wraps with multiple disaster stories.
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What do you learn touring in production for over two decades?
1:00 Accents, Blakeâs tech fail, and Charles Manson 5:30 John O' Neal joins us! 12:00 Near Death production story 18:30 How do you get into church production? 26:45 What gets you kicked off a tour bus? 31:00 What gear is John running for Newsboys 31:30 What trends does he see coming in production turn 35:30 What does Doug say when people complain about the volume? 49:00 Disaster story: âI just deleted your whole show file.â 55:15 Tech Takeaway: prioritize vocals in worship 60:25 Church Tech Confessionals: Fader Disaster
John's been running FOH for Newsboys for over two decades and he joins us this week to discuss his time with them, being out on the road, and how to handle volume complaints intellectually or hilariously.
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How do you take an interested, inexperienced volunteer and turn them into a tech genius?
1:00 ChurchGear Fantasy League is here! 3:50 Willow Hodge joins us! 10:20 How did you get your start in church production? 15:20 How do you recruit and develop church production volunteers? 22:40 Volunteers feeling growing pains26:45 Should church production people have pastor in their title? 31:10 Whatâs it like being a woman in production? 37:25 Church Production Disaster story43:45 Tech Takeaway: Jesus isnât shaking his head at tech mistakes
Willow Hodge is the Video Director at Hope Fellowship Church and she joins to give us a masterclass on training new volunteers.
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How do you keep production from disrupting your priority list?
1:00 Our new and first sponsor stops by: 64 Audio!5:45 Kids are great! 10:00 Dan McLaughlin joins us! 19:45 How do you recover from a PreShow emergency? 24:00 How did Dan get into production?29:45 How do you keep your marriage strong while youâre on the road? 35:15 How do you vet a church production job? 42:00 RF talk 52:15 Disaster story: "It costs us but it was fine." 55:15 Tech Takeaway: Donât over stress it1:00:30 Church Tech Confessional: Missing pack
Dan is a Monitor Engineer and RF Coordinating expert. He joins us to discuss balancing production with your life, vetting production jobs and some RF deep dive discussions!
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How do you launch churches at an exponential rate?
1:00 Cats vs. Dogs6:41 Andrew Hoffstatter joins us! 13:40 How did Andrew get into church production as a career? 16:00 How do you launch multiple church campuses at once?17:28 How do you have excellence without excess in church production?20:00 What principles guide you to have excellence without excess?26:00 How do you stretch a dollar in your production setups? 30:00 The Church of Eleven 22's unique production layout 35:45 Disaster story: âHe just stares at me and hands me his packâ39:30 Tech Takeaway: âThere is always someone smarter than youâ 40:40 Church Production Tip: Always put in cat walks! 42:44 Church Tech Confessional: âUpper deckingâ
Andrew Hoffstatter is the Technical Director at at The Church of Eleven 22 and he joins us to discuss church launches, stretching a dollar and excellence without excess in church production.
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What were the biggest takeaways from the Pastors & Production podcast series?
1:00 What was Toby like working at churches in his 20s? 5:45 BD joins us to wrap up the Pastors & Production Series 7:15 Stats about Pastors & Production peopleâs relationship 12:45 Top takeaways from the series 13:00 âIt takes reps to build a relationshipâ15:50 Mistakes are fine as long as they arenât consistent17:40 Its not a show19:30 Know your city and customize your service to it22:00 Have a personal friendship with your pastor26:45 Understand their role and have them understand yours 31:00 Healthy relationships have conflict 35:45 Who do you pay on Sunday mornings? 38:00 Donât waste your time on sideways energy42:00 Encouragement for techs with a tough pastor relationship 44:00 Best Quotes from the series
For our final episode in the series we discuss the biggest moments, the stats from the survey and wrap with the best quote from the series.
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How do you fill big shoes together as a team?
1:00 Visiting states, nations and filling shoes4:30 Whit George & Johnathan Basquez join us for the Pastor & Production Series!10:30 What was it like stepping into the shoes of Andrew Stone & Willie George?19:30 What churches do you look to for inspiration? 22:45 How do you balance your pastorâs vision with productionâs constraints? 33:45 How do you handle conflict with your pastor as a church tech?36:00 How involved are church production people in service planning? 37:20 Pastor, how involved should church production be in service planning? 43:00 Does worship and production have equal voice at COTM?48:00 What direction is COTM heading and upcoming trends in the American church?53:50 As a pastor, what do you wish all church techs knew about their pastor?56:45 As a church production person, what do you wish all pastorâs knew about their church techs?
Whit George & Johnathan Basquez join us for the "Pastors & Production" Series to discuss filling the shoes of Willie George & Andrews Stone and how they work together as a team to continue leading Church on the Move forward.
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How do you pastor people who tour every weekend and are A level artists/production people?
1:00 Trading places5:30 Andy Rushing and Henry Seeley join us from Beloning Co Church! 9:45 How did the Belonging Co Church come to be? 13:30 How do you determine your church's production style?19:45 Is it tough having a pastor that knows production so much?23:00 You ran Waves through a Behringer X32? 26:00 How have you handled conflict amongst yourselves? 35:00 What is it like pastoring creatives? 40:40 Bridging the gap between worship, vision and production 44:15 Is it tough to pay a competitive salary when your tech people could leave church and go on the road?49:15 Educating fellow pastors on how to recruit production people. 53:30 What would you have all church techs know about their pastors?56:15 As a church tech, what would you like all pastors to know?
Henry & Andy join us from The Belonging Co Church to discuss pastoring creatives, handling expectations and managing salaries for folks who could earn more at the drop of a hat on the road.
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How do you communicate priorities with your pastor?
1:00 Being the black sheep of the family 3:45 Five Truths and a lie with your Pastor8:00 Relocating the church 18:30 How involved is Pastor Graham in the church production? 25:45 Why is a big Christmas service still a priority? 31:30 What do you wish all tech people could know about their pastor? 33:15 As a church tech, what would you like a room of pastors to know? 35:45 Plug: Bible in a year project
Jack Graham & Bryan Bailey join us for our "Pastor & Production Director Relationship" series to discuss their dynamic, handling production decisions and how to prioritize production.
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How do you have the best possible relationship with your pastor?
1:00 Meeting your heroes 4:16 Wes Ashworth and Matt Chandler join us!11:15 Five Truths and a lie with Matt Chandler 16:00 What gear is the village church running? 18:45 Handling conflict with your pastor as a production director 24:30 How do you ask for new production gear from your pastor? 31:00How do you handle production errors? 35:30 Do you pay production contractors? 39:00 Making big production decisions as a team 43:00 Whose fault is it if a church production person is working too much? 49:30 What do you appreciate about working with your pastor? 50:40 What does Matt appreciate most in his production people? 56:15 How do you prepare your heart to serve at church? 59:15 What is one thing as a pastor you wish you could tell all production people? 62:00 Whatâs something as a church tech you wish every pastor knew out there?
Matt Chandler & Wes Ashworth join us this week for Pt.2 of our Pastor & Production series. We discuss what each role wishes the other knew about their role, handling errors and requesting new gear.
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How can church production directors communicate and work best with their pastor's?
1:00 Who was Todd Elliottâs boss? 5:00 Darren & Sarah join us for 5 Truths & a lie with your pastor!16:45 Darrenâs vision for Church of the City 24:00 What gear is Church of the City running? 36:15 Handling the pressure of a pastorâs vision41:42 How to have a conversation with your pastor on realistic production? 50:30 As a pastor, what do you wish all tech people knew about their pastor? 54:00 As a tech person, whatâs one thing you wish every pastor knew about their production people?
In week one of our Pastor & Production Series, we interview Darren Whitehead and Sarah Bible from Church of the City in Franklin. We discuss the pressures of production keeping up with vision and what each role wishes the other knew about their daily struggles.
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What was it like doing church production at Elevation in the early days?
1:00 Inside baseball: ChurchGear Leadership Quarterly 5:00 Andy Bentley joins us! (Elevation & Skylark) 11:50 Staying up 60 hours straight for production 17:00 Andyâs church tech background 23:30 What was it like doing church production at Elevation? 27:30 Is Elevation Worship the same team as the Sunday morning team? 32:30 How do you keep your cool in high stress production moments?37:30 How do you put creative processes in place in church production? 44:30 Disaster story: âWe were hanging them above their headsâ 49:20 Tech Takeaway: Donât chase the sexy stuff 51:35 Church Tech Confessional: ProPresenter fail
Andy Bentley joins us to discuss his church tech times at Elevation, pacing production stress, and creating a creative process that works.
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How do you weigh the decision to stay or leave church tech ministry?
1:00 Moral failures at church 6:00 Yoshi Haddad joins us! 17:45 Yoshi's production background 24:30 How Yoshi decided to leave church tech ministry 34:00 Who is responsible for burnout?37:00 Speaker shoot out! 42:15 Disaster Story 45:40 Tech Takeaway 47:25 ChurchTech Confessional
Yoshi Haddad has transitioned out from his post as the Director of Production at Houston's First Baptist Church to become a Sales Engineer at LD Systems. He joins us this week to discuss his thoughts on the transition and we have some laughs along the way with a disaster story, tech takeaway and an ATM moment you can't miss.
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You've been hired to be the youth minister and now you're told you're doing church production. What?
1:00 Toby and Blake have been responsible for the youths of America 5:45 Kyle Bowman joins us! 15:00 What is production at Journey Church like? 19:45 From Youth Ministry to Production in 5 seconds flat 22:40 Where do you find church production volunteers? 29:30 Should you go to college for church production? 35:30 Disaster Story: First Christmas Service 38:15 Tech Takeaway: Youâre doing a good job! 40:40 Church Tech Confessional
Kyle Bowman is the Production Director at Journey Church and he joins us to discuss transitions, volunteer recruitment and more!
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What's it like mixing for Red Rocks services and concerts?
1:00 We have our first podcast sponsor! 4:45 Andy Bentley joins us! 7:30 Five Truths and a Lie: âAnd they asked can we bring our guns in?â17:00 Production at Red Rocks Church 25:30 Mixing live vs. studio 30:00 Red Rocks broadcast set up & line array 37:15 Jesseâs mixing philosophies 39:00 Passing on your wisdom to the next generation 41:45 Disaster story: âAre we gonna have to buy a new PA?â49:20 Tech Takeaway: âAll stuff is the small stuffâ50:50 Church Tech Confessional: Sleeping in
Jesse O'Brien is the Broadcast and FOH engineer at Red Rocks Church and he joins us to discuss all things Red Rocks production.
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How do you recruit and train church production volunteers?
1:00 Impersonations4:30 Bobby Falconnier joins us! 12:45 How do you find church production volunteers? 30:00 Working for a manufacturer vs a church 35:00 Disaster story 37:35 Tech Takeaway on spending the right amount 41:45 Church Tech Confessional: Try what patch?
Bobby Falconnier is the broadcast manager at First Baptist Orlando church and he joins us for a volunteer deep dive.
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