How do you keep the church service going smoothly when production gear could break at any moment?
Brian Boggs guests to give us his advice on handling live sound snafus in concert settings and church services.
Boggs has been a touring audio guy for 20+ years, and worked with artists such as Fuel, Joe Diffie, Wynonna Judd, and Delbert McClinton. When he isn’t mixing on the road, he is serving as a church tech director or fixing production gear at ChurchGear HQ.
In this episode you'll hear:
- 1:00 Toby goes to Ben Rector’s listening party & hears how Snoop Dogg guests.
- 5:28 We introduce Brian Boggs
- 9:14 Boggs mixes the 2004 Super Bowl Afterparty
- 9:53 How Boggs learned to fix production gear on the road
- 13:45 The mindset you need to fix production gear mid show
- 15:00 Live Sound Disaster story: The console drops out completely.
- 21:10 Handling the pressures and personalities when you’re mixing for artists
- 23:25 Advice for church techs considering mixing on a tour
- 24:30 The difference between mixing on the road vs. mixing at church
- 27:00 Maximizing the gear your church budget can afford
- 29:27 Duct Tape Solutions: How Boggs survived a speaker snafu
- 30:40 Tech Takeaway on resiliency & gain structure
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 brand new gear? You can get Certified Church Owned gear here.
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Preorder Toby's new book, "Sacred Spaces. Modern Production." here!
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Resources for your Church Tech Ministry
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