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Sound Advice
by Stephen M. Newman
Pastor of Worship and Arts
June 14, 2009





Worship Leader/Sound Tech


I have no idea what it's like to be a sound tech in a large church.  The duties and responsibilities are endless each week.  So much to worry about in the way of making it all happen.  So much to rely on with power, mixing, lighting, speakers, EQ's and more.  It's not like playing one instrument where all you have to worry about is not making too many mistakes.  The sound tech has a million things to worry about and there are as many things that can go wrong in a single service.

As a worship leader, I am very sensitive to our sound tech.  I let him have total say in the house sound.  Not many of us can have that luxury.  It hasn't always been that way but that is another article. What I want to communicate through this article is this: Even though I have the ultimate say in what happens, even though I am ultimately responsible for the sound of the church, I have to give my sound tech the freedom to do his job. It is his gifting and his talent that helps us sound good on Sundays. If he cannot do his job, it will come out in the sound and worship times. 

We all have two choices when it comes to the relationship of our sound techs, we can be a controller and try to run everything (hopefully we won't run them off), or we can work with them....side by side to get the best sound possible.  Just like the musician, the sound tech is a different bird,( just kidding) to a degree.  They need to be able to perform their ministries that God has called them to do.  Just as we don't like our pastors breathing down our necks with suggestions and ideas about the music and worship, the sound tech needs his space to do his job.  

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