Background:The Okemos Community Church is a Methodist church on the east side of Lansing where I contributed my talents since 1998. In high school I began running live sound for worship services, and expanded the audio system, trained students and began to experiment in recording through albums. Because of the outstanding music program not only at this church, but on the east side of Lansing, there was a large demand for recording support, and with the small amount of equipment and access to space... I found a job.
My Role:In addition to taking on the a website administrator role and co-leader for the Youth Group. The church supports the production of the yearly Christmas Cantata service into small-run albums, and I have also brought in equipment from Michigan State University (and other places) to support Coffee House shows and other activities.
Album Production:
2005 & 2006 Coffee House
The final push for the church's massive organ project, I was asked to provide live sound and possibly a recording for a "Coffee House" style gig. Mostly youth, and some professionals sang and danced in front of a full social hall. The rig consisted of a Digi 002 for recording AND live sound. This allowed me to feed real-time reverb and other effects for the show. Digital imputs and outputs provided video and CD capibility, while iTunes was routed out the Powerook's soundcard and back into the Digi002. Mackie Active speakers were used with Shure Beta 87 and 58's.
