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Life Church's Warren Davis on Leading Church Production Teams Feb 05, 2024

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Leadership is spoken about often but what does it really look like in the church production space?
Warren Davis is the Central Team Leader of Broadcast support for Life Church and he joins us to discuss leading teams well.
In this episode you'll hear

1:00 Rockstars breaking the law & tossing TVs
6:00 Warren Davis joins the podcast!
11:30 Moving Gear Horror Story
16:45 Warren Davis’s journey into tech
20:00 How are Life Church's campuses structured?
27:00 Leading Tech Teams at Scale
33:20 Leading & Developing church tech volunteer teams
36:00 How to lead as a young church production leader
43:15 Do church techs have to be “pastors” in production?
45:00 Creating Church Tech Culture via Time Together
51:15 Van Halen Trivia
58:00 Tech Takeaway on positioning your mix well & clean stages

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Respect Unifies Worship & Production [Kari Jobe’s PM, Brenton Miles] Jan 29, 2024

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How do we unify the church production team and the worship team?
Brenton Miles is the Production Manager for Kari Jobe and Cody Carnes, and he joins us this week on the podcast to discuss the unique dynamic between worship and production.
In this episode

1:00 Does volume or the mix matter most?
5:15 Brenton Miles joins!
11:00 Five Truths & a Lie: Helicopters & Monday Night Football
19:00 Brenton’s Tech Background
24:15 Should worship and tech be one department at church?
28:00 Does a worship leader background help you lead church production?
32:45 What causes distractions in your church production?
35:15 What does the worship team do that bothers the production team?
38:15 What does production do that worship dislikes?
39:20 How should a production & worship team bond?
50:15 Disaster Story
54:50 Tech Takeaway on Respect
57:00 Brenton’s production courses

Plugs

Check out Brenton Miles training courses here!

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Soapboxes & Hot Takes [Worship Sound Guy’s Johnny Ragin] Jan 22, 2024

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What are the quickest ways to improve our church's mix?
Johnny Ragin drops by the pod to talk awesome mixing tips, hilarious disaster stories and more hot takes than we've ever had in a single episode.
In this episode:

1:00 Toby taught production in college?!
5:00 Johnny Ragin from Worship Sound Guy joins us!
12:00 Johnny’s tech background
20:00 How do you find church production educational resources?
24:00 Learning by Mentor vs. Self Education
27:00 Mixing with your “ears” not “eyes”
32:30 2 Quick Wins to improve your church’s audio mix
35:00 Improving the mix via collaboration with the Worship Team
40:00 How do you maximize your church’s production gear?
42:45 Disaster Stories: weak floors & confetti cannons
47:50 Tech Takeaway on having a “Mix Journal”

Plugs

Check out the Worship Sound Guy training resources and community forums here!

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Chris Tomlin, Passion, & Jay Desai vs Bus [Stephen Bailey] Jan 15, 2024

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When you've worked with Louie Giglio at Passion and built Chris Tomlin's Track Rig, what can you not do?
Stephen Bailey joins us on the ChurchGear podcast this week to discuss his production time at Passion, the advice he'd give his younger self and who would win in a fight between a bus or Jay Desai.

In this episode you'll hear:

1:00 Toby’s Fellowship Church Visit in Dallas
6:00 Stephen Bailey joins us!
6:30 Jay Desai Vs. Buses
8:30 Five Truths and a Lie
16:00 Stephen’s tech journey: Elevation Band & Audio Freelancing
18:55 Working with Louie Giglio at Passion
24:40 Live Stream Sync between Multiple States
29:30 Building Tomlin’s Track Rig
37:00 What would you tell your younger self?
40:00 Don’t burn the bridges
40:45 Disaster Story: “Blue screen of death”
44:55 Tech Takeaway on balancing what matters with what’s urgent

Plugs

Check out Stephen's project prodcom.io!

Resources for your Church Tech Ministry

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Leading a Legacy [Church on the Move’s Johnathan Basquez] Jan 08, 2024

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How do you lead your church production team when you're one of the youngest people on staff?
Johnathan Basquez is the Production Director at Church on the Move and he joins the podcast this week to tell us about leading upward, Andrew Stone's advice to him and how he navigated production during a tough season.
Johnathan gave us one of the best episodes we've ever had!
In this episode you'll hear

1:00 Acting our age and church visits
7:00 Johnathan Basquez from Church on the Move joins us!
14:30 Johnathan’s journey to Church on the Move
18:30 Learning from Andrew Stone
21:40 Leading those who led you
25:30 Andrew Stone’s 3 Church Production Mindsets
31:30 How do you succeed as a young church tech?
34:00 How do you systematize your church’s production systems?
36:45 Crushing the little details in church production
39:30 Disaster story!
42:00 Tech Takeaway on community & kindness to yourself

Resources for your Church Tech Ministry

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Vetting An Integrator [Clint Aull] Jan 01, 2024

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How do you pick an integrator?
Clint Aull is a Designer and Installation Manager at All Pro Integrated Systems. He joins us this week to discuss vetting integrators, diversifying your skills and gives us his side of the legendary shrimp disaster story.
In this episode you'll hear:

1:00 Toby heads to Detroit to avoid budget planning
6:45 Clint Aull joins us! (Fires & Sharks)
16:45 Clint’s Bethel Background & Tech Journey
22:45 How Clint diversified his skills
25:45 How to vet an integrator for your church
39:10 Making it happen with creativity, not budget
43:45 Disaster Story: “It was the worst production thing that ever happened to me”
48:30 Clint’s side to the shrimp disaster with Daniel Ellis
52:00 Tech Takeaway on diversifying your skill set

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Wild Stories & Heart Felt Moments [2023 Wrap Up] Dec 25, 2023

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What were ChurchGear's best moments in 2023?
We review the best stories, give out some awards and conclude with the moments ChurchGear's mission was fulfilled to the fullest!
In this episode you'll hear:

1:00 Toby’s Top Three 2023 Moments
10:45 ChurchGear’s 2023 “Five Truths & A Lie”
14:10 BD’s Conference stories
19:00 “Who are you the most afraid of running into!?”
21:05 Charlie & Ryan fight a blizzard!
33:00 Love at ChurchGear Headquarters
39:40 “ChurchGear almost blew up” -Kurley
51:10 The best guest story of 2023
54:00 How many times did Blake get fired in 2023?
55:55 The Top Liar of the year award
57:40 The Top 5 episodes of the year
1:00:00 The moments ChurchGear fulfilled the mission
1:06:00 "We brought the church their first com system"
1:10:15 Tech Takeaway: How much gear did ChurchGear buy this year?

Resources for your Church Tech Ministry

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Resources for your Church Tech Ministry

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Christmas Disaster Stories [Church Techs Call In] Dec 18, 2023

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How do we keep the most attended services of the year free from mishaps?
We are joined by some of our church techs pals to hear their "Christmas Disaster Stories" this week. We hope this can provide you some laughs as you prepare for your own Christmas Services this year!
In this episode you'll hear:

1:00 Rolling Black Outs During Christmas
3:40 Blake’s Christmas Disaster Story: “Blown Budget”
7:00 Christmas Trivia: Toby Vs. Brian Dishon
11:00 Christmas Disaster: “Everyone has to go home now”
14:40 Jeremy Van Valkenburg’s Christmas Disaster Story
19:00 Curtis Taylor: “We pushed passed our power limit load.”
28:45 Drew Hester: “It was just one button.”
36:00 Drew Hester: “Just have him sing in the Adult Choir.”
41:55 Michael Short: “We shouldn’t have built an elevator.”

Resources for your Church Tech Ministry

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Before Camera & Action - Lights![Tony Fransen] Dec 11, 2023

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How do you become one of the best lighting designers in the production world?
Tony Fransen is a lighting designer who has worked with Prince, One Republic and many more artists. We discussed church lighting design, burnout prevention and some disaster stories that are as exhilarating as they are terrifying.
In this episode you'll hear:

1:00 Meth Labs, Church Visits & Leg Lamps
6:30 Working with Prince [Tony Fransen joins us!]
22:30 Tony’s Tech Background
30:00 Landing the Lighting gig for One Republic
35:45 How do you draw your church congregation in with lighting?
40:25 How do you prevent burnout in church production?
45:20 How can church techs communicate work load during Christmas?
48:12 Disaster story: “Then the elephant walks in”
51:08 Disaster story: “Then the video wall snapped loose”
55:00 Tech Takeaway

Resources for your Church Tech Ministry

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Building The Vegas Sphere [LAWO's Tony Staires ] Dec 04, 2023

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What gear did it take to create The Vegas Sphere?
Tony Staires has worked in churches and he now works at LAWO. He joins the pod this week to tell us about LAWO's work in The Vegas Sphere Project! What gear did they use? What experiences can it create? Tune in to find out!
In this episode you'll hear:

1:00 Taylor vs. U2 trivia
6:00 Texas, Gunpoints & Touring Life [Tony Staires joins us!]
14:45 Tony’s tech background
20:00 How to know if it’s time to leave ministry
25:45 Tony’s work on The Vegas Sphere!
29:35 Why The Sphere is amazing
37:55 The million $ bounty on hacking The Vegas Sphere
44:30 What other ways will The Vegas Sphere be used?
49:00 How is LAWO being used in church production?
53:10 Tech Takeaway on being where your feet are

Resources for your Church Tech Ministry

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