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If you attend a lot of southern gospel concerts, this article is for you. Have you ever gone to a southern gospel concert and been disappointed with what you heard? Well, there are a lot of factors that cause that result. I am hoping you will send in your questions in regards to this article.

There are so many groups out there with a wide variety of sound systems and different ideas of what sounds good. The majority of groups do not have a sound technician for a variety of reasons, which a lot of them are good reasons. However, keep in mind the way the concert you're at sounds depends on everything from the equipment being used to the acoustics of the particular room you are sitting in, not to mention how many people are there. Other variants include, if there's an engineer or not, the quality of the tracks, if there's a band, and of course the quality of the group themselves.

Another important thing to remember is that, with groups that have an engineer, they don't always get to set up their mixer in an appropriate position in the venue. This can make a huge difference in the overall quality and loudness in the sound. A lot of churches or promoters want the engineer to set up in the back or off to the side, or both. Well, all the way in the back isn't a huge deal, unless you're underneath a balcony, which is a big no, no. The only problem with setting up in the very back of a venue, unless the venue is small, is that there will be more "loud" spots, because the engineer has to hear the volume at a certain level in order to mix correctly for the entire room.

Some groups also just don't have the resources to have a system that will accurately cover the venue. So where you sit can make a difference, SOMETIMES. Technically the only difference in where you sit should be the volume. Briefly on that note, if you sit in the first 10 to 12 rows, the sound will appear to be loud. But that's another article.

Write me with your concert experiences and see if I can't explain what could have been happening.

Well, send me your questions and if I get a good one I'll be happy to write on it. I want this to be everybody's article as much as it is mine.

Josh Hoevelman

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