“It’s all Greek to me.”

I hear that phrase often when speaking about the basic concepts of sound in churches.

Being both a sound engineer and a musician, I’ve noticed that there is often a stark contrast between learning to play music and operating a sound system.

When I learned to play my preferred instrument, I spent countless hours alone in my room making horrible racket that would someday become music.

After that racket became music, I went to school for music to further my abilities.

Another path may be the one of a typical pianist, who starts piano lessons at a young age and learn and grow from this foundation.

My path to becoming a sound engineer at a church was also a typical one.

I had some experience with sound systems from setting up my home stereo and playing in a band.

When I started to attend a church regularly, it was a smaller church, with a set of loudspeakers on sticks.

They had moved from a larger building and had their sound system stored in boxes. Nobody knew how to set it back up.

One day I pulled it all out and plugged it all in.

The next week, I and was elected chief sound person. I had been attending that church for about one month! I really had no clue what I was doing but I sure was trying my best.

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