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WHEN THE CLICK STOPS WITH ELEVATION WORSHIP | Monica Moser
At the San Antonio stop on the Elevation Nights Tour , Scott Gardner ,
Elevation Worship ’ s keys player , lost the click in his in-ear monitors during their acoustic set . Chris Brown picked up on the issue and subtly but effectively kept Scott on time .
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shared the moment on Instagram , and it garnered tons of views and comments of people who were either impressed , could relate all too well , or both ! We were among the impressed and decided to dig into the situation further with Scott on how he remained so calm , practical tips for when this happens on tour or on Sunday , and more .
[ MultiTracks . com ] So we , among many others , loved this video Elevation shared last week of you losing click in your in ears at the San Antonio stop of the tour and how Chris Brown kept you on track . Can you tell us more about what happened ? How were you and Chris able to silently communicate ?
There is a point in the show where we would transition down to the front of the stage to do an acoustic set . I played while the worship leaders were setting up the moment . Right when it was time to start the set , the click never started in my ear .
At this point , there were thousands of people watching and ready for the set . So , it was either stop the flow of the show to fix the issue or keep going . I decided to keep going .
But the real secret is , I genuinely thought that everyone on stage didn ’ t have the click in their mix and something might have happened with our session because we made a couple new adjustments to that particular set right before the show started . I had no idea that I was the only one without click until halfway through the last song in the set . I ’ ve been worshipping alongside Chris for about 2-3 years now . He knew something was off from the very beginning of the set .
[ MT ] How long were you off click , and when did Chris come to the rescue ?
[ Scott ] I was off click for the whole time during this acoustic set . So , from the beginning , I just decided to lock in with Chris ’ s vocal and anticipate the tempo with how he was singing .
I noticed Chris tapping halfway through the first song , but I was able to notice one of the other worship leaders , Isaiah “ Zeek ” Templeton , tapping his foot to help with tempo as well . I was also able to lock in with our MD for this tour run , Joey Signa , who played acoustic guitar for that particular set . Once he started playing , I was able to set in the groove with him .
It was definitely a full-team effort .
[ Scott Gardner ] San Antonio was an interesting night for sure .
[ MT ] What song were you playing when the click stopped ?
[ MT ] You remained very calm ( as did Chris ). How do you keep your cool and not panic ? Have you been in a situation like this before ?