Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Our Most Embarrassing Moments...III

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I just couldn't resist!  Yep, the laughs just keep going.  I enjoyed pulling together the first couple posts on our most embarrassing moments in music ministry, that I just had to put another one together.  What a gift to be able to laugh at ourselves!  And what a greater gift is His forgiveness of our blunders!  Enjoy.

If you're like me, you will likely find these painfully familiar, especially the last one down below (ugh!).

Ring-a-doodle-do!
"The bass player at my last church accidentally left his phone on stage turned on with a chicken clucking as his ringtone. Well it started ringing during the sermon much to the pastor's surprise, and my friend's embarrassment!"

Breathtaking!
"At my small rural, traditional Methodist church we were doing a hymn sing service where I let the congregation request any hymn from the hymn book. Someone requested "How Great Thou Art". As they tend to enjoy this type service, they really get passionate and into the singing and so do I (and keep in mind we are really laid back and comfortable with each other on Sunday nights). So when we got to the end where you would put in the fermatas, I really held them out long.



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Saturday, November 13, 2010

Replacing Ye Olde Sound System

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Our current church sound system is old.  Real old.

I would venture that it was installed by my predecessor's predecessor's predecessor's predecessor's predecessor!  And it sounds old as well. 

From a music ministry perspective, the importance of a good sound system cannot be understated.  Even the best sounding music ministry can sound worse than AM radio with a poor system.  Our system easily falls into this latter category.  I've heard it.  During our practices, I always take the time to go into the pews and listen to how we sound.  How do we sound?  Honestly, our sound is comparable to the utterances of Charlie Brown's teacher, "wha-wha-wha-wha". 


But given this situation, I am very happy.  Why?  I have the full support of the church to replace the system.  Yes!  The need for a new sound system is fully recognized and appreciated by the church as well as the church council.  How many music ministries have this support?  What a treat!

Now, it has been up to me to answer the question: what do we want?  What should our new system be?  And how much will it cost?  These are not easy questions to answer.  Other music ministers often farm these questions out to a sound consultant company.  Our church is small and would prefer to avoid this extra expense.  I am also rather handy on the technical side of things, so welcomed this challenge.

I compiled the result of my investigations into a concise report.  I thought I would share this report since I am sure my church is not alone in the need of a new system.  Here below are just the first few pages.
 


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