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My wife prepares herself for each concert we go to. She knows that when we get there, the first thing I'll do is look at as much of the equipment that I can see. I quickly look and see if what they are using is what I would use.

As most of you reading this, I love southern gospel music. Unfortunately, some groups or churches are sold a system they are told is good and will meet their needs or that they've heard another group or church using and decide that it must be right for them too. This misconception can cause your worshipers/audience to be distracted by what is going wrong and not on God.

Improperly set EQ settings, wrong microphone selection and poor gain structure are some of the real causes of people complaining and walking out. They will tell you it was too loud which may have not been the case at all, but was an effect of one of the above mentioned problems.

Thus bringing me to the point of this new monthly article. I want to help performers, technicians, church leaders and worshipers to understand what is happening with the sound at your favorite southern gospel concerts and churches. I hope to explain technical problems in "english" so that we can all enjoy our worship experience without having to go broke from stuffing cotton in our ears. I will be accepting questions and responding to them through this article.

Until then…keep listening to the "Sound of Southern Gospel!"

Josh Hoevelmann

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