Nobody died. Move on and make the remaining his stage volume. They love you, but they don’t
187 cues happen correctly. When someone understand and they can’t fix it anyway. Like-
offers mixing advice, respond with, “Sure, let’s minded techs are all over your town, so look
discuss that during load-out. It starts about them up on social media and chat. It will be
10:30pm tonight and usually ends around
1:30AM, so we will have plenty of time to go
over your ideas. You can start on the rigging.
I’m sure you're a certified rigger able to work
100 feet up. Oh, and we have to be in Tulsa
at noon.”
HAVE AN OUTLET.
Between the stress of the stage personnel and
the people in the audience, you need a relief
valve available that is safe and non-destructive.
Don’t get in the habit of eating your frustration
after the show. Caffeine and sugar are not the
answer and neither is alcohol. Have a serious
alone time with God to vent and listen. Whether
it’s ballroom dancing or martial arts, find a
...live events
good for your head and they might just have
a solution.
continuously
move forward.
There is no time
to dwell on a
momentary
glitch.
physical way to let off steam and get refocused.
BE WILLING TO LEARN.
I have been doing this for forty years and
have seen everything from consoles on fire to
rappers emptying a 9MM magazine into light
fixtures while on-stage. But, there is always
something new on the next gig. Sometimes you
learn what to do and sometimes you learn what
not to do, but you always learn.
Live sound is all about damage control.
The congregation needs to clearly hear and
understand the spoken and sung Word of God.
That’s it – the full measure of success.
Kent Morris
Kent is a 40-year veteran of the AVL arena driven by
passion for excellence tempered by the knowledge
that digital is a temporary state.
Also, it’s usually not the best idea to do a 5TB
dump on your spouse about the guitarist and
December 2018
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