Worship Musician October 2019 | Page 175

I needed to try to keep the idea of bringing having to do anything. There’s a team of people hard to create time for Q&A so that people can church technical artists together. If it didn’t worrying about all the details so that you can ask the questions that they need answers to. work, I’d stop doing it. But I would regret not hopefully be affected by what God wants to do With that as an underlying principle, we try to trying. And now, here we are. in your heart. As tech people, I think it is really have classes in each track that cover the range easy to get so distracted by what we do that of beginner to advanced; big church to small. [WM] What is your approach to programming we miss out on what God wants to do in our Each year we learn some new way we can the conferences? Are they a mix of keynotes own hearts and lives. The main sessions help to make these breakouts better, but it is definitely and breakout sessions?   point us to Jesus. If we can get back in touch a challenge to cover the full range of church with what it means to be a Christ Follower first experiences! [Todd] We know that churches want their and a tech person second, then we become tech people to get better at the task, so we better humans, which makes our teams and [WM] Dante’ is a pretty hot topic these days. work really hard to gather the best people who churches better. What do you offer at FILO for techs on that are doing amazing work at their churches, to topic? teach very specific classes on doing production [WM] How do you structure the workshops? better at our churches. At our FILO Anaheim You may have beginners, intermediate and [Todd] We’ve spent the last few years talking event, we have 20 different breakout classes advanced techs, or you may have all different about networking production systems, not like this. At FILO 2020 Chicago in May, we’ll size churches with all different tech budgets? It just for audio, but lighting and video as well. have 60 different breakouts to choose from.  seems like a large task. What is your strategy?  We’re always looking at the advancement If I’m honest though, the most important thing [Todd] It isn’t easy! I have a philosophy that classes should be taught, then also finding we do is to create an environment in the main each person is coming to a breakout with someone who is doing it in the local church. sessions where production people can just questions. These questions won’t automatically We feel like someone using the technology in a come and experience a worship service without be answered by the presenter. So, we work practical setting is the best way for us to learn in technologies and trying to figure out what October 2019 Subscribe for Free... 175