Chad Olech has been Fall Out Boy's front-of-house mix engineer for the past 11 years and he joined us on the ChurchGear Podcast this week!
He told us how he mixes Fall Out Boy's shows, the stories that have come with that and more! Don't miss this week's episode!
In this episode you'll hear:
- 1:00 Recording studios and celebrity crushes
- 5:30 Fall Out Boy’s FOH Engineer of 11 Years, Chad Olech joins!
- 11:20 Having a Kidney stone mid show!
- 13:20 How do you get into live production mixing?
- 17:20 Chad’s adventures with Fall Out Boy
- 18:45 What kind of tracks is Fall Out Boy using in live shows?
- 20:00 How does Chad mic up Fall Out Boy?
- 24:00 How do you recreate a studio sound in a live environment?
- 28:58 What gear is Fall Out Boy using for their live shows right now?
- 38:00 The most enjoyable and difficult Fall Out Boy songs to mix live
- 41:00 Advice to your younger self
- 43:45 If you could only pick one “good piece of gear” what would it be?
- 45:00 Disaster Story with Fall Out Boy
- 46:40 Disaster Story “I lost all of my plug-ins.”
- 48:30 Tech Takeaway on not being too precious with what gear you have
- 50:40 Church Tech Confessionals “I woke up at 4:00 AM"
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