Alright, so our main worship leader, let's call him Tom, is loosing his hearing. That always makes it fun. We have a new singer up there which also adds some fun into our mix. All the musicians are behaving themselves and have them plugged into our system rather than their own amps. If they're in their own amps, we have... basically not much power of them. Mainly mute. No volume, bass, or monitor control. Very frustrating.

 

To start it off at the beginning of the worship, Tom tells us to pull the new singer, let's say Linda, out of his monitor completely. We do so. Not a big problem. About half a song into the service my cousin asks me if Tom sounds funny. I say he does, quite a bit actually. He's all muddled and unclear, while everything else is very crisp and clear. We are puzzled with that for a while and he makes some adjustments to no help.

 

Then we realize that Linda has a very... interesting voice. She could join an opera, let's say. And she does the 'slow part of the song, hold mic away from you. Fast part of the song, hold it closer' which means we are constantly adjusting her to keep it even.

 

My cousin and I finally come to the conclusion that Tom was plugged into his own amp. We tested it and yes, we're pretty sure he was. So we have very little power over him. That in itself is very hard to work with. Next, Tom says between songs to put Linda back into his main monitor. So we do.

 

Next song he says to pull Linda from ALL 4 monitors on stage. My cousin is very hesitant but does it anyways. Next song he wants her back in. By this point my cousin is getting pretty frustrated. Finally the worship ends and the chaos is over.

 

Not quite, however.

 

My cousin starts muting the musicians as they leave the stage but doesn't get to Toms guitar fast enough before he unplugs it. So the crowd was greeted with a nice, loud, satisfying