Working With the Sound Team

CLINT CHRIS AND BRIAN- SOUND TECH

Sound holds everything together.

Worship leader and sound men relationships

• Next, to the leader, the sound men are the most important person on the team
• Become real friends with each other
• It solves communication issues and gives you space to trust each other
• Know that your sound men have your back as a worship leader
• The anxiety goes away and you can become a better leader when you have a relationship
• What it means to have a good relationship is to never lie about it. Tell the truth 100% of the time. You can create a place for growth. Don’t tell someone that it is good when it's not.

Meet with your team weekly, including the sound guys.

• Here we meet weekly and it has changed the relationships between the worship team and the sound team.

Worship leaders, your sound men are everything to you. The sound men are working there but off in the back.

If your sound team builds relationships with the leaders in the church and the worship teams then it creates strength as a whole with the church.

Having an open sound booth policy at the church is one of the most destructive things you can do for the sound team.

• Having just 2–3 people that can tell the sound team what they can or can’t do gives a cushion for them to never get a super upset offended feeling

You want your sound team to be supported and encouraged.

• Over-communicate to keep those people around you that are strong
• Pay attention to the little things that your sound men do. They usually are there before anyone is.
• Show appreciation for what they do that people don’t see

Having volunteer sound men it is SO much more important to show them appreciation.

• Get on the same page with them.
• Do whatever you need to do to create a relationship with them
• Break any attitudes in your department towards the sound men or even from the sound men.
• They are representing you

Create space to help them grow.

• Send them out to grow and learn, it pays off
• Send them to conferences

We never stop growing

• With sound, they stay in a posture of excellence. Where knowing that you can always get better
• Getting bored is dangerous
• The sky is the limit, cultivate a vision for more

Work that piece of gear until you learn everything about it and you grow to be better than your gear.

• Getting better gear prematurely won't make you better.
• It is so important as a church to have people who are experienced in choosing your gear. Otherwise, you are just throwing your money away

Learn how to communicate your needs.

• Do not grip and complain about it to leadership because it won't get you anywhere
• Go low and learn as a worship leader that pastors need just as much encouragement as anyone else. Help them to understand what great sound can do in a loving humble way