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FOH Engineer and Allen & Heath Install Empress [What can Samantha Potter not do?] Mar 07, 2022

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Industry Insider Samantha Potter joins us to discuss all the church tech trends and news:

The impact of chip shortages on mixing boards
Inspiring young girls to try tech
How Allen & Heath customized new mixing boards for houses of worship specifically

Samantha Potter is a FOH & Broadcast Engineer, Senior Editor for ProSoundWeb magazine, Install Empress at Allen & Heath and is the host of the ChurchSound Podcast.
In this episode you'll hear:

0:28 A story of a dead mixer and a burger that could kill your heart.
8:22 Two Truths and a lie to introduce Samantha Potter
16:34 The late night life of a production manager
18:06 Samantha’s start in tech & Toby gives a date disaster story
24:06 Samantha’s work at Allen & Heath for install and applications
27:51 The chip shortage created from the supply chain change ups
30:31 Samantha’s favorite Allen & Heath Gear
33:45 Being a senior editor at Pro Sound Magazine
39:56 Inspiring young girls to consider a career in church tech
44:46 The importance of auditing your system regularly
47:58 Tech Takeaway on calling cues and maximizing liquids in the booth

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Mixing for Joe Pesci with Ryan Sutton Feb 25, 2022

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When you’re working with musical icons like Frankie Valli, Adam Levine and Jeff Beck, how do you set the pressure aside and focus fully on the mix?
Ryan Sutton is a producer, musician and engineer. Throughout his career he has worked with: Frankie Valli, Jersey Boys, Jeff Beck, Adam Levine, For King & Country and Joe Pesci!

In this episode you'll hear:

How Ryan mixed the track for “Baby Girl” by Joe Pesci featuring Adam Levine.
How Ryan recently did the live stream mix for Miss America for Peacock.
How to handle Twitter criticism when people blame you for things that aren’t your fault.
The differences between running live sound and doing studio recording.
A vintage gear story about a U47 Telefunken microphone that was allegedly used by Neil Diamond and Frank Sinatra.
A Tech Takeaway about not being married to your ideas.

Resources for your 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 pay full price? You can get Certified Church Owned gear here.

Connect with us:

Follow us on Facebook
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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

Take our survey here and you'll get the full report emailed to you December 4th!

Check out HouseRight here for all the reasons we love them.

Get more money back in your budget and more space in your closet by selling us your used gear 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.

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Early Service: Get our best gear before it goes live on our site here.
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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!

A Lifetime of Church Tech with Brian Cigainero Feb 21, 2022

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How does a high school student running his choir's sound board go on to produce over 5,000 radio programs?
Our very own sound engineer, Brian Cigainero, jumps out of the editing chair and into the guest chair in this week's episode to tell us how.
In this episode you'll hear:

A successful celebrity sighting followed by an unsuccessful sighting
A literal ‘shocking’ story
How a high school student ran the board for the very choir shows he was singing in
The 'proper' way to dress like a rockstar
Toby throws his dad under the bus, backs up over him and then drives off
Lessons Brian's Tech mentor taught him.
The immense opportunity Tech Directors have to train middle/high school students to become tech directors
How small churches can improve their church’s setup on a budget
About the creative challenge Brian faced when he needed to create sounds we all know in our minds but have never heard with our ears. Ex: the Red Sea parting.
Advice to young techs: If you're a young tech director in college but you're already getting job offers, should you leave school early?
A philosophical Tech Takeaway

Resources for your 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 pay full price? You can get Certified Church Owned gear here.

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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

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Check out HouseRight here for all the reasons we love them.

Get more money back in your budget and more space in your closet by selling us your used gear 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!
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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!

Lighting Keith Urban’s shows with Nathan Alves Feb 16, 2022

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How does a teenager volunteering as a lighting tech at Calvary Assembly of God Church go on to design shows for Barry Manilow, Keith Urban and John Mayer?
Nathan Alves stops by ChurchGear studios to tell us.
In this episode you'll hear:

How Nathan lights shows for some of the biggest names in music like Barry Manilow, Keith Urban, John Mayer, Richard Simmons, and tons more
The difficulties of being a tech on tour
His process for creating arena shows
His opinion on Full Sail University
His top tip for new lighting grads
Stories where everything that could go wrong did
Dealing with Imposter Syndrome
A Tech Takeaway on approaching challenging requests

Resources for your 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 pay full price? You can get Certified Church Owned gear here.

Connect with Nathan Alves at The Darkroom Creative!

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

Take our survey here and you'll get the full report emailed to you December 4th!

Check out HouseRight here for all the reasons we love them.

Get more money back in your budget and more space in your closet by selling us your used gear 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.
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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!

The Church Tech Director’s Podcast [Who we are] Feb 16, 2022

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Welcome to the ChurchGear podcast!
In this episode you'll learn:

How ChurchGear got started
Why this podcast will be fun and educational for a Church Tech Director
Who your hosts are.

Resources for your ministry

Sell your gear:
- Does your church have used gear that you need to convert into new ministry dollars? We can make you an offer here.
Buy gear:
- Do you need some production gear but lack the budget to pay full price? 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

Take our survey here and you'll get the full report emailed to you December 4th!

Get more money back in your budget and more space in your closet by selling us your used gear 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!

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