30 years of church sound, lights, video & stage tech

Serve the booth with confidence.

Free, practical tips for volunteer sound, lights, video and stage techs at small churches. We stay brand-neutral and point you to the best-value gear. Plain English, no shilling.

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What you get

Short, swipeable lessons you can learn before Sunday. Each one fixes one real booth problem.

Booth Tips carousel slide, day one — **Booth Tips**Quick daily habits

EQ Cheat Sheet carousel slide — **EQ Cheat Sheet**Where to cut and boost

X32 Reverb carousel slide — **X32 Reverb**Space without the mud

Mic It Right carousel slide — **Mic It Right**Placement that works

A small church sound booth at the back of the sanctuary with a compact digital mixer, laptop and headphones — **Built for the booth you actually have**A modest mixer, a laptop, a few volunteers.

A simple lighting console at a small church with a few colored stage lights on the platform — **Lights, video and stage too**Simple consoles, a handful of fixtures, big results.

The series

Follow for weekly booth tips. Every series starts at the basics and defines the jargon as it goes.

Daily

Booth Tips

Small habits for sound, lights, video and stage that make Sunday calmer.

Audio

EQ Cheat Sheet

EQ (equalizer) basics by instrument and voice: what to cut, what to boost.

Mixer

X32 Reverb

Reverb on a popular digital mixer: room feel without washing out the words.

Stage

Mic It Right

Mic choice and placement for voices, guitars, keys and drums on a budget.

Free download

The EQ cheat sheet

One printable page to keep at the board. It shows common problem frequencies and starting moves, so a new volunteer can fix a muddy or harsh mix fast.

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Sunday Tech Review

An experienced set of eyes and ears at a real service. We check sound, lights, video and livestream, presentation, stage, and how your team works together. Then you get a clear plan you can afford. We encourage first and coach second.

Remote Review

$250–350

Pre-visit intake
Review of a recorded service and stream
Written report
30-minute follow-up call

Sunday Visit

$600–900 plus travel

Everything in Remote Review
On-site setup-to-teardown observation
System walk-through
Team conversation

Visit + Training

$1,200–1,800 plus travel

Everything in Sunday Visit
Hands-on volunteer training session
60-day check-in

Every report arrives within 7 days. It covers what's going well, safety items, free fixes, and an upgrade roadmap by gear category (under $500, $500–2,500, bigger projects). Ask about our ministry discount for very small churches.

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Follow for weekly booth tips

New lessons every week on Instagram and TikTok.

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