What's it like mixing for Red Rocks services and concerts?


Jesse O'Brien is the Broadcast and FOH engineer at Red Rocks Church and he joins us to discuss all things Red Rocks production. 


In this episode you'll hear: 

• 1:00 We have our first podcast sponsor! 
• 4:45 Andy Bentley joins us! 
• 7:30 Five Truths and a Lie: “And they asked can we bring our guns in?”
• 17:00 Production at Red Rocks Church 
• 25:30 Mixing live vs. studio 
• 30:00 Red Rocks broadcast set up & line array 
• 37:15 Jesse’s mixing philosophies 
• 39:00 Passing on your wisdom to the next generation 
• 41:45 Disaster story: “Are we gonna have to buy a new PA?”
• 49:20 Tech Takeaway: “All stuff is the small stuff”
• 50:50 Church Tech Confessional: Sleeping in 

Resources for your Church Tech Ministry

• Does your church have used gear that you need to convert into new ministry dollars? We can make you an offer here. 
• Do you need some production gear but lack the budget to buy new gear? You can get Certified Church Owned gear here.

 
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How do you recruit and train church production volunteers?


Bobby Falconnier is the broadcast manager at First Baptist Orlando church and he joins us for a volunteer deep dive.  


In this episode you'll hear: 

• 1:00 Impersonations
• 4:30 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?

Resources for your Church Tech Ministry

• Does your church have used gear that you need to convert into new ministry dollars? We can make you an offer here. 
• Do you need some production gear but lack the budget to buy new gear? You can get Certified Church Owned gear here.

 
 Connect with us: 

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Resources for your Church Tech Ministry

• Sell Us Gear: Does your church have used gear that you need to convert into new ministry dollars? We can make you an offer here.
• Buy Our Gear: Do you need some production gear but lack the budget to buy new gear? You can shop our gear store here.

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How do you transition from being an individual AVL lead to becoming the leader for the entire church production team? 


Tim Wagoner joins us from Long Hollow church to talk about his recent promotion, their decision to buy EAW line arrays and more!  


In this episode you'll hear: 

• 1:00 Best Beaches in America 
• 5:30 Tim Wagoner joins us! 
• 18:00 How did Tim become a church tech professional? 
• 22:00 Moving from Audio Lead to Leading Church Production 
• 32:30 Is EAW a good church line array for sightlines?
• 38:40 Longhollow Church’s Biggest Production Issues 
• 40:15 Disaster Story: “There was no audio, period.” 
• 44:30 Tech Takeaway
• 46:45 Church Tech Confessional: “Broken package”

Resources for your Church Tech Ministry

• Does your church have used gear that you need to convert into new ministry dollars? We can make you an offer here. 
• Do you need some production gear but lack the budget to buy new gear? You can get Certified Church Owned gear here.

 
 Connect with us: 

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• See all the ways we can serve your church on our Website
• Get our best gear sent to your inbox each Monday before it goes public via the Early Service

Checkout HouseRight's solutions for your church and open jobs here. 

Resources for your Church Tech Ministry

• Sell Us Gear: Does your church have used gear that you need to convert into new ministry dollars? We can make you an offer here.
• Buy Our Gear: Do you need some production gear but lack the budget to buy new gear? You can shop our gear store here.

Connect with us:

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What were the early days of mixing for Hillsong like?


James Hurley is a mix engineer who has worked with Hillsong, Kari & Cody, Mosaic and more. He joins us to discuss his early days with Hillson, live production albums and more this week on the ChurchGear Podcast


In this episode you'll hear:

• 1:00 The Guys Get Gue in their ears for InEars 
• 5:45 James Hurley joins! [5 Truths & a Lie] 
• 15:00 James’s journey into church production 
• 19:00 What was it like doing production for Hillsong United? 
• 25:00 How “Live” are “Live Worship Albums”? 
• 38:30 You can only pick one piece of gear for your setup. 
• 40:45 How do you pay your church production people correctly? 
• 1:03:00 Tech Takeaway: Love your neighbor as yourself 
• 1:07:00 Church Tech Confessional: "We had budget leftover....so" 

 


Resources for your Church Tech Ministry

• Does your church have used gear that you need to convert into new ministry dollars? We can make you an offer here. 
• Do you need some production gear but lack the budget to buy new gear? You can get Certified Church Owned gear here.

 
 Connect with us: 

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• Hang out with us on Instagram
• See all the ways we can serve your church on our Website
• Get our best gear sent to your inbox each Monday before it goes public via the Early Service

Checkout HouseRight's solutions for your church and open jobs here. 

Resources for your Church Tech Ministry

• Sell Us Gear: Does your church have used gear that you need to convert into new ministry dollars? We can make you an offer here.
• Buy Our Gear: Do you need some production gear but lack the budget to buy new gear? You can shop our gear store here.

Connect with us:

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• Instagram: Hangout with us on the gram here!
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How do we balance our work life well?


Conor Hale is a church tech at The Summit Church and he joins us to discuss work life balance.


In this episode you'll hear: 

• 1:00 Disrespecting Consoles, Studios and Pappy Van Winkle 
• 5:30 Conor Hale joins us! 
• 13:00 Conor’s journey to being a Summit Church Tech 
• 16:00 Summit Church’s system setup 
• 22:00 Finding a healthy rhythm of work 
• 27:15 Production hacks used at Summit Church: PCs 
• 32:00 Disaster Story
• 35:45 A legendary Production Person Reveal 
• 43:30 Tech Takeaway on balance 
• 43:38 Church Tech Confessional “I wasn’t doing anything.” 

Resources for your Church Tech Ministry

• Does your church have used gear that you need to convert into new ministry dollars? We can make you an offer here. 
• Do you need some production gear but lack the budget to buy new gear? You can get Certified Church Owned gear here.

 
 Connect with us: 

• Follow us on Facebook
• Hang out with us on Instagram
• See all the ways we can serve your church on our Website
• Get our best gear sent to your inbox each Monday before it goes public via the Early Service

Checkout HouseRight's solutions for your church and open jobs here. 

Resources for your Church Tech Ministry

• Sell Us Gear: Does your church have used gear that you need to convert into new ministry dollars? We can make you an offer here.
• Buy Our Gear: Do you need some production gear but lack the budget to buy new gear? You can shop our gear store here.

Connect with us:

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• Instagram: Hangout with us on the gram here!
• Reviews: Leaving us a review on the podcast player you're listening to us on really helps the show. If you enjoyed this episode, you can say thank you with a review!

How does one of the biggest churches in the country approach lighting design? 

Caleb is the Senior Lighting Designer for Life Church. He tells us about Life Church's approach to lighting, some disaster stories and more on our final live FILO episode.


In this episode you'll hear: 

• 1:00 Toby and Blake go to a baseball game before FILO
• 6:30 Caleb Darago joins us live at FILO! 
• 14:00 How to have AR/VR/XR at church! 
• 19:00 Caleb’s journey as a lighting and video tech at Life Church 
• 21:15 How does Life Church do lighting design? 
• 37:00 “We put the Furman at shoe kicking level” 
• 41:10 Tech Takeaway: “Pastor first, tech second” 
• 44:45 Church Tech Confessional on baptism 

Resources for your Church Tech Ministry

• Does your church have used gear that you need to convert into new ministry dollars? We can make you an offer here. 
• Do you need some production gear but lack the budget to buy new gear? You can get Certified Church Owned gear here.

 
 Connect with us: 

• Follow us on Facebook
• Hang out with us on Instagram
• See all the ways we can serve your church on our Website
• Get our best gear sent to your inbox each Monday before it goes public via the Early Service

Checkout HouseRight's solutions for your church and open jobs here. 

Resources for your Church Tech Ministry

• Sell Us Gear: Does your church have used gear that you need to convert into new ministry dollars? We can make you an offer here.
• Buy Our Gear: Do you need some production gear but lack the budget to buy new gear? You can shop our gear store here.

Connect with us:

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What production upgrades should you recommend to your church leadership?


Matt Kotthoff joins us live at FILO 2024! We discuss gear stewardship,  community building and wrap with a disaster story that has us all wondering if there is ever a right time to allow software updates to go through. 


In this episode you'll hear: 

• 1:00 “Toby! Unhand that woman!” 
• 6:19 Matt Kotthoff joins us at FILO Live! 
• 12:40 Matt’s FILO teaching session topic 
• 14:15 Todd Elliott cameos! 
• 17:00 What is Sun Valley Community Church's production setup like? 
• 22:30 What PA does Sun Valley Community Church use? 
• 24:10 How do you decide to sell or keep your church’s used production gear? 
• 25:50 What level of production gear should your church upgrade to? 
• 29:10 How much “backup gear” should you have on hand? 
• 32:10 What common production mistake does Matt see in other churches? 
• 36:20 What’s the most important church production element to improve first? 
• 38:40 Disaster story: Can’t delay or do updates! 
• 41:40 Tech Takeaway on asking for help 
• 43:20 Church Tech Confessional: “That was rough. But no one has questioned my mix decisions since.” 

Resources for your Church Tech Ministry

• Does your church have used gear that you need to convert into new ministry dollars? We can make you an offer here. 
• Do you need some production gear but lack the budget to buy new gear? You can get Certified Church Owned gear here.

 
 Connect with us: 

• Follow us on Facebook
• Hang out with us on Instagram
• See all the ways we can serve your church on our Website
• Get our best gear sent to your inbox each Monday before it goes public via the Early Service

Checkout HouseRight's solutions for your church and open jobs here. 

Resources for your Church Tech Ministry

• Sell Us Gear: Does your church have used gear that you need to convert into new ministry dollars? We can make you an offer here.
• Buy Our Gear: Do you need some production gear but lack the budget to buy new gear? You can shop our gear store here.

Connect with us:

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• Early Service: Get our best gear before it goes live on our site here.
• Instagram: Hangout with us on the gram here!
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We took over the Amplio Podcast studio after day one of FILO to recap the conference and bring the party to you!


In this episode you'll hear: 

• 1:00 FILO Amplio After Party Pod! 
• 4:00 What happened at FILO 2024 Day 1? 
• 7:00 Toby’s horrific Gene Kim introduction 
• 11:00 FILO pre party activities 
• 15:00 Amplio’s podcast has launched! 
• 20:00 Game: Classic Rock pop quiz!
• 26:00 Game: Name that song for Toby
• 29:15 Game: Songs the Government plays to torture people 
• 33:00 Rapid round questions 
• 40:00 Worship Sound Guy joins us! 
• 43:00 The Rest of the ChurchGear Crew & Jeff Vandergiessen joins! 
• 53:20 Church Tech Confessional: "I shouldn't have listened to my pastor's wife" 

Resources for your Church Tech Ministry

• Does your church have used gear that you need to convert into new ministry dollars? We can make you an offer here. 
• Do you need some production gear but lack the budget to buy new gear? You can get Certified Church Owned gear here.

 
 Connect with us: 

• Follow us on Facebook
• Hang out with us on Instagram
• See all the ways we can serve your church on our Website
• Get our best gear sent to your inbox each Monday before it goes public via the Early Service

Checkout HouseRight's solutions for your church and open jobs here. 

Resources for your Church Tech Ministry

• Sell Us Gear: Does your church have used gear that you need to convert into new ministry dollars? We can make you an offer here.
• Buy Our Gear: Do you need some production gear but lack the budget to buy new gear? You can shop our gear store here.

Connect with us:

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• Early Service: Get our best gear before it goes live on our site here.
• Instagram: Hangout with us on the gram here!
• Reviews: Leaving us a review on the podcast player you're listening to us on really helps the show. If you enjoyed this episode, you can say thank you with a review!

How do we customize our lighting design to draw people to God?


Griffin McCravy joins the podcast to tell us how Church of the Highlands is adjusting their lighting design to create a more welcoming environment for potential believers.


In this episode you'll hear: 

• 1:00 Blake’s first time in the tech booth 
• 6:00 Griffin McCravy joins us! 
• 12:00 What is Griffin teaching about at FILO this year? 
• 18:00 How do you rethink your church production approach? 
• 23:30 How does The Church of The Highlands Approach Christmas?
• 34:15 How does Church of the Highlands do their lighting design? 
• 39:00 Where is the global church going with lighting design now? 
• 43:30 Disaster Story: “I’ll never use a snow machine again.” 
• 49:10 Tech Takeaway: How do you set good expectations for church production? 
• 51:51 Church Tech Confessionals  "My pastor walked off and didn't fire me" 

Resources for your Church Tech Ministry

• Does your church have used gear that you need to convert into new ministry dollars? We can make you an offer here. 
• Do you need some production gear but lack the budget to buy new gear? You can get Certified Church Owned gear here.

 
 Connect with us: 

• Follow us on Facebook
• Hang out with us on Instagram
• See all the ways we can serve your church on our Website
• Get our best gear sent to your inbox each Monday before it goes public via the Early Service

Checkout HouseRight's solutions for your church and open jobs here. 

Resources for your Church Tech Ministry

• Sell Us Gear: Does your church have used gear that you need to convert into new ministry dollars? We can make you an offer here.
• Buy Our Gear: Do you need some production gear but lack the budget to buy new gear? You can shop our gear store here.

Connect with us:

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• Early Service: Get our best gear before it goes live on our site here.
• Instagram: Hangout with us on the gram here!
• Reviews: Leaving us a review on the podcast player you're listening to us on really helps the show. If you enjoyed this episode, you can say thank you with a review!

How do you speak your pastor's language?


Will Chapman is the Online Pastor for Cottonwood Creek Church and he drops by the ChurchGear podcast to discuss  communication methods, advancing in your role and how to transition a church's production style over time.


In this episode you'll hear: 

• 1:00 The Church Tech Mecas in Texas 
• 6:00 Will Chapman joins us! 
• 16:45 How do you get into church production ministry? 
• 21:00 How do you grow and advance in church production? 
• 27:00 How do you communicate with your church pastor better? 
• 36:30 How do you keep the production gear from being distracting? 
• 43:30 Why is video over IP so important in church production now? 
• 51:20 Disaster Story: No stage design for Christmas 
• 58:00 Tech Takeaway on the Parable of the Talents 
• 1:02:00 Church Tech Confessional  

Plugs:
Hangout with Will on Facebook and Instagram!


Resources for your Church Tech Ministry

• Does your church have used gear that you need to convert into new ministry dollars? We can make you an offer here. 
• Do you need some production gear but lack the budget to buy new gear? You can get Certified Church Owned gear here.

 
 Connect with us: 

• Follow us on Facebook
• Hang out with us on Instagram
• See all the ways we can serve your church on our Website
• Get our best gear sent to your inbox each Monday before it goes public via the Early Service

Checkout HouseRight's solutions for your church and open jobs here. 

Resources for your Church Tech Ministry

• Sell Us Gear: Does your church have used gear that you need to convert into new ministry dollars? We can make you an offer here.
• Buy Our Gear: Do you need some production gear but lack the budget to buy new gear? You can shop our gear store here.

Connect with us:

• Sales Bulletin: Get better deals than the public and get them earlier too here!
• Early Service: Get our best gear before it goes live on our site here.
• Instagram: Hangout with us on the gram here!
• Reviews: Leaving us a review on the podcast player you're listening to us on really helps the show. If you enjoyed this episode, you can say thank you with a review!