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Gary Zandstra

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Selecting a Contractor

How to select the company that will install the new sound system at your church

Posted 08/17/2010

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Developing a Technical Ministry

So how does one put a winning team together to make the technical production happen?

Posted 08/10/2010

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Fader Rider vs. Fader Raider

Why not replace the "Fader Rider" and "Fader Raider" with a "Fader Rookie"??

Posted 08/03/2010

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Producing great sound in a worship service!

Practical tips on how to tie all of it together to get the best sound.

Posted 07/20/2010

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Making Church Happen!!!! at the e3 summit

Points on How to Make Church Happen

Posted 05/25/2010

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It’s all about me

(M3) More Me Monitor follow-up

Posted 04/19/2010

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Obfuscation in the presentation or; Can a cacophony of esoteric words make you look and sound smart

Why does it seem that people want to exacerbate the learning process, or any situation, by using big or industry specific words or jargon?

Posted 04/12/2010

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Stage Presence or Stage presents

The band sounded great, but it took time to get the monitors right.

Posted 04/05/2010

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Live is, (well I guess) TO LIVE!

“Audio is the art that everyone thinks is a science and Audio is the science that everyone thinks is art”. When you can both understand and mix science and art together, the results can bring sound to life!

Posted 03/29/2010

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Outreach, is it an inside joke?

My friend said “I can’t be sure that some of the attendees were people that are not in the typical Christian circles, and perhaps, the concert was even a turning point is someone’s life,but at this outreach event the great majority were already regular church goers".

Posted 03/22/2010

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To upgrade or not?  or, is it live or Memorex?

Between 1913 and 1920, the master showman Thomas Edison did more than 4000 “blind listening tests” to promote his Phonograph equipment and Diamond disc recordings. Could you determine what was live and what was Memorex?

Posted 03/15/2010

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The Show

It's all about the sound, lights and video....... correct???

Posted 03/08/2010

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Is Consumerism Dead?

The tough economy has forced many to re-evaluate their economic priorities. What about the spiritual priorities?

Posted 03/01/2010

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Sound Guy as King of the World?

The biggest event of my career? Politics aside, it was fun to be on the "inside" of a Presidential Visit.

Posted 02/22/2010

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M3 Technology powered by TNT!

What is so captivating about a watching a brawl just as it gets ready to explode?

Posted 02/15/2010

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Sometimes Live is just so Live!

On a sunday morning there are no retakes or do-overs. It is just plain Live!

Posted 02/08/2010

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Upside down or inside out?

In the book of acts, Paul and Silas turned the world upside down. Find out how I turned mine inside out!!!

Posted 02/01/2010

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