Doug Gould, Author at Sharefaith Magazine

Church Drums: Thou Art A Shield About Me!

I just got back from the NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA. It is the biggest and baddest toy store for musicians and techs in the country. Hundreds of distributors and manufacturers of musical instruments, analog/digit... Read More...

Practical Sound Tech Prep Tips for Christmas Service

Whether it’s a candlelight Christmas service or a living nativity with real camels and kings, you need to know what you can and can’t do. If it’s a major mega-production, the plans should’ve been revealed long ... Read More...

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Burnt To The Crisp – Church Ministry Burnout

Whether you are a pastor, worship leader, on the worship team or a volunteer, we all can suffer from church ministry burnout. If we are not careful, we can easily overwhelm ourselves to the point of exhaustion.... Read More...

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10 Sound Tech Best Practices: Backups When Church Sound Goes Wrong

In my last article, I solicited the opinions of worship leaders of large and small congregations to find out the ways they thought time and money were being wasted. In this post, I was asked to write about what... Read More...

10 Ways Worship Leaders Waste Time & Money

I know it’s hard to admit, but you know and I know we could be spending our time and money in much better ways than we do. When asked to write on this subject I didn’t want to confess the ways in which I waste ... Read More...

20 Tips for Worship Teams and Audio Techs Working Together

I have been a musician my whole life and worked in the audio industry for almost forty years. Having been a worship leader and a tech I know what each side needs make it work well... co-operation. I am going to... Read More...

The Ultimate Guide to Doing Church Sound for Worship – Part 2

As promised in our Ultimate Guide to Church Sound for Worship Part 1, here's part 2! We will continue our discussion of what churches need to consider in their quest for sound systems that perform well. We'll ... Read More...

Wired VS Wireless – Which Mic Is Best For You?

There are always pros and cons to using wireless on any type of device for both pastors and worship leaders and it's one of the most common questions I get. In this article, I’ll show you great examples of when... Read More...

10 Things to Practice for Worship Techs

Technical skills are important and hard to hone with the limited time a volunteer sound tech has available. Being a sound operator in church requires much more than technical acumen, it also requires an underst... Read More...

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Doug Gould

Church Drums: Thou Art A Shield About Me!

Practical Sound Tech Prep Tips for Christmas Service

Burnt To The Crisp – Church Ministry Burnout

10 Sound Tech Best Practices: Backups When Church Sound Goes Wrong

10 Ways Worship Leaders Waste Time & Money

20 Tips for Worship Teams and Audio Techs Working Together

The Ultimate Guide to Doing Church Sound for Worship – Part 2

Wired VS Wireless – Which Mic Is Best For You?

10 Things to Practice for Worship Techs

Author Doug Gould