Church Tech Weekly Episode 132: The NAMM Contagion

Better late than never, we wrap up NAMM with our insightful commentary, hard-hitting analysis and a few coughing fits thrown in for good measure. While we did get sick, we also saw a lot of great products; here is our report.

Guests:

Van Metschke

Lee Fields

Theme song:
But I Play One on TV (I'm Not a Fuzoid) by Norm Stockton from his Tea in the Typhoon album.

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Church Tech Weekly Episode 131: Thanks Uncle Duke!

Technical artists always walk a line between being new and innovative so we stay engaged and delivering a solid, consistent technical experience for the congregation. Finding that balance is critical, and while new and shiny is fun, useful is forever. 

Guests:

Van Metschke

Duke Dejong

Todd Elliot

Theme song:
But I Play One on TV (I'm Not a Fuzoid) by Norm Stockton from his Tea in the Typhoon album.

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Church Tech Weekly Episode 130: Makey Makey

It's all about making stuff today! Our guest is well known for his creative hacks including a giant real-time Instagram wall for Passion 2013, switching video with an arcade controller and much more. Learn how to hack your way to a better tech booth.

Guests:

Van Metschke

Duke Dejong

Nicholas Rivero

Theme song:
But I Play One on TV (I'm Not a Fuzoid) by Norm Stockton from his Tea in the Typhoon album.

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Church Tech Weekly Episode 129: You Can Change Frequencies?

Our guest this week is Karl Winkler of Lectrosonics. We have a great discussion around RF issues, proper selection and setup of wireless mic's, and some general audio geekery.

Guest:

Karl Winkler, Lectrosonics

Theme song:
But I Play One on TV (I'm Not a Fuzoid) by Norm Stockton from his Tea in the Typhoon album.

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Church Tech Weekly Episode 128: Duke's At Disney

It's New Year's Day! We ring in the first episode of the new year talking about Cirque Du Soliel and how we can improve our teams, process and systems for 2013.

Guests:

Van Metschke

Jason Cole

Theme song:
But I Play One on TV (I'm Not a Fuzoid) by Norm Stockton from his Tea in the Typhoon album.

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Merry Christmas

Well here we are on Christmas day. I wanted to let you know that we're not releasing a show this week due to the timing of Christmas. We figured we'd all be pretty busy getting ready for yesterday, and it was time to take a week off anyway. But never fear, we'll be back next week with our regularly scheduled programming, and we have a bunch of great guests lined up for the new year

Merry Christmas!

Church Tech Weekly Episode 127: Christmas Carols; At 100 dB

Our special guest this week is Robert Scovill, award winning concert sound engineer and Sr. Specialist for Avid Technologies. We talk with Robert about mixing, both on the road and in a church setting, how we can improve our mixing skills, and navigating the people side of audio.

Guests:

Van Metschke

Robert Scovill

Dave Stagl

Theme song:
But I Play One on TV (I'm Not a Fuzoid) by Norm Stockton from his Tea in the Typhoon album.

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Church Tech Weekly Episode 126: Squeeze the Donkey

It's call-in week! Our guest plans didn't work out, so we opened it up to you, the listeners (well at least 2 of you...). We ended up in a great discussion about budgets, leading up, the CL5 & Lincoln Brewster's tour and a lot more.

Guests:

Van Metschke

Dave Stagl

Lee Fields

Theme song:
But I Play One on TV (I'm Not a Fuzoid) by Norm Stockton from his Tea in the Typhoon album.

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Church Tech Weekly Episode 125: Roll the Intro, Roll the Dice

We start out talking about where a young tech can go for an education that will prepare him for technical ministry, and end up in a discussion of how to know if you're called in the first place. What a journey!

Guests:

Van Metschke

Duke Dejong

Tyler Cronk

Theme song:
But I Play One on TV (I'm Not a Fuzoid) by Norm Stockton from his Tea in the Typhoon album.

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Church Tech Weekly Episode 124: From the People That Brought You WWII

CTW hits the road! Mike and Van travel to Palm Springs (not Vegas) to hang out with Lee Fields and the rest of the crew on the Lincoln Brewster Christmas of Hope tour. We talk about the Yamaha CL, the amazing tracks rig and the lighting system. 

Guests:

Van Metschke

Lee Fields

Jake Cody

Mike Johns

Aaron Padilla

Chris Thomas

Theme song:
But I Play One on TV (I'm Not a Fuzoid) by Norm Stockton from his Tea in the Typhoon album.

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Church Tech Weekly Episode 123: Time, It's a Cruel Mistress

Plug ins; they're all the rage right now. But before digital plug-ins, there were actual plug-ins. This week we talk about when to use them, how to use them and what to do if you only have a few.

Guests:

Duke Dejong

Jason Cole

Andrew Stone

Dave Stagl

Theme song:
But I Play One on TV (I'm Not a Fuzoid) by Norm Stockton from his Tea in the Typhoon album.

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Church Tech Weekly Episode 122: I'm 20% Cherokee

While Mike replaces his water heater, Van & the guys talk about choosing system upgrade components. It's a great conversation on how to properly choose new equipment.

Guests:

Van Metschke

Duke Dejong

Brad Duryea

Lee Fields

Theme song:
But I Play One on TV (I'm Not a Fuzoid) by Norm Stockton from his Tea in the Typhoon album.

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Church Tech Weekly Episode 121: No Bouncing; Hobbling, Maybe

How do you build teams that can produce a weekend when you're not there? How do you build teams at all? As technical leaders, this is one of the most critical things we have to do, and we talk about it in this episode.

Guests:

Van Metschke

Duke Dejong

Todd Elliott

Marcus Hammond

Theme song:
But I Play One on TV (I'm Not a Fuzoid) by Norm Stockton from his Tea in the Typhoon album.

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Church Tech Weekly Episode 120: Addicted to White Shirts

Just in time for Christmas, it's all about environmental projection and lighting! We talk about matching EP with lighting, choosing EP media, training operators and more.

Guests:

Van Metschke

Camron Ware

Theme song:
But I Play One on TV (I'm Not a Fuzoid) by Norm Stockton from his Tea in the Typhoon album.

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Church Tech Weekly Episode 119: Award Winning LDI Coverage

As LDI loads out of the Las Vegas Convention Center, we bring you our picks on the stand out products from this year's show.

Guests:

Van Metschke

Duke Dejong

Thomas Pendergrass

Theme song:
But I Play One on TV (I'm Not a Fuzoid) by Norm Stockton from his Tea in the Typhoon album.

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Church Tech Weekly Episode 118: That Sync'ing Feeling

Nigel is back! Once again we're talking video with our resident video expert, Nigel Spratling. This week, it's delay management, format conversion and master planning tips. 

Guests:

Van Metschke

Nigel Spratling

Theme song: 

But I Play One on TV (I'm Not a Fuzoid) by Norm Stockton from his Tea in the Typhoon album.

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Church Tech Weekly Episode 118: That Sync'ing Feeling

Church Tech Weekly Episode 117: I Always Get Those E Words Mixed Up

Feeling tired? Burned out? Hit the wall? This week we help you recognize those signs, and offers some suggestions on what to do when you get there.

Guests:

Van Metschke

Duke Dejong

Roy Cochran

Theme song:
But I Play One on TV (I'm Not a Fuzoid) by Norm Stockton from his Tea in the Typhoon album.

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Church Tech Weekly Episode 117: I Always Get Those E Words Mixed Up

Church Tech Weekly Episode 116: Keep It In Phase

It's the long-awaited Bob Heil interview! Bob talks with us about phase, ham radios and how he designs mics with 40 dB of rear rejection. Plus, some fun demonstrations!

Guests:

Van Metschke

Bob Heil

Theme song: 

But I Play One on TV (I'm Not a Fuzoid) by Norm Stockton from his Tea in the Typhoon album.

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Church Tech Weekly Episode 116: Keep It In Phase

Church Tech Weekly Episode 115: Episodes Since Crisis, 0

This week we recap WFX 2012 with a twist. We'll talk about a few of the new products that the guys saw, as well as highlights from the show. And a very special In The News segment!

Guests:

Van Metschke

Duke Dejong

John David Boreing

Marcus Hammond

Theme song:
But I Play One on TV (I'm Not a Fuzoid) by Norm Stockton from his Tea in the Typhoon album.

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Church Tech Weekly Episode 115: Episodes Since Crisis, 0

Church Tech Weekly Episode 114: Shake Your Euphemism

This week, we talk acoustics. Why are churches usually so bad acoustically, how can we fix them, and how to we convince leadership to spend the money necessary to do it right. 

Guests:

Duke Dejong

Theme song:
But I Play One on TV (I'm Not a Fuzoid) by Norm Stockton from his Tea in the Typhoon album.

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Church Tech Weekly Episode 114: Shake Your Euphemism