Toby Walters [Church Tech Advocate]

The ChurchGear Podcast

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Are you a church tech director? If so, this podcast exists to serve you specifically. Each week we pull the tech director out of the booth and place them onto the stage to share their most outlandish stories and hidden wisdom from the tech trenches. Hosted by Toby Walters and Blake Hodges.

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Toby Walters [Church Tech Advocate]

Episodes

FOH Engineer and Allen & Heath Install Empress [What can Samantha Potter not do?] 07.03.2022 54:39

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 ho...

Mixing for Joe Pesci with Ryan Sutton 25.02.2022 49:28

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 “Bab...

A Lifetime of Church Tech with Brian Cigainero 21.02.2022 54:55

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...

Lighting Keith Urban’s shows with Nathan Alves 16.02.2022 54:17

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 o...

The Church Tech Director’s Podcast [Who we are] 16.02.2022 11:52

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...