Encouragement

Encouragement is not heard a lot around a sound booth. If some in is talking to you it usually is someone needing a monitor adjustment, someone telling you how the mix should be, or just telling you it is way to loud or to soft.  Today I had a great compliment.  My friend Matt was running 1st service today, he always does a great job, but a man came up and complimented him on the mix.  He said that we have the vocals very clear, you can understand the words.  He mentioned he had visited a couple of times and was impressed each time with this.  He said that we do get about as loud as he likes, no more please, but it was not just noise.  Two things I got out of this. First, Matt does a really good job 1st service. Second it goes off of how we build our mixes at DSC. I try and get the vocals right. In church we need to understand what the leaders are singing.  This does not mean you need to sacrifice a good bass or electric guitar tone, but places the priority first and everything else in the mix is there to support it.