How to Improve Your Live Stream Audio


There’s no reason to settle for bad audio on your live worship stream. Adding ambient microphones to your stream audio will make all the difference in the world.

Here are the microphones that are mentioned in the video (these Amazon affiliate links may provide the channel a small commission, but your price is the same):

Audio-Technica PRO 45 Cardioid Condenser Hanging Microphone
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AKG CHM 99 Condenser Hanging Microphone
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Shure MX202B/C Condenser Microphone
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Simple Steps to Recognize Black History Month in Your Church

The African-American contribution to worship is far too often overlooked. Here is a simple way you can begin to recognize and honor the contribution of black history in your church… whether it’s Black History Month or one of the other 11. 

SONG LINKS:

Woke Up This Morning With My Mind Stayin’ On Jesus –

Restore My Soul –

Down In The River To Pray –

MEDIA LINKS:

Slave Songs of the United States: The Classic 1867 Anthology – https://amzn.to/3dcrKin 

Blind Roosevelt Graves – https://youtu.be/VAfng2XlA-8

Mississippi Fred McDowell – https://youtu.be/UhreFA8qoLY

Freedom Singers – https://youtu.be/7WP_oFeCG1g

Restore My Soul w/Earl Washington – https://youtu.be/XB_E1ILGuMs

Thanks to Praise and Harmony TV for the song snippets. Subscribe to their service for 100’s of hours of wonderful content. https://praiseandharmony.tv

Worship & Tech is all about what it takes to foster corporate worship events successfully.  We cover worship leading, teams, planning and the human resource aspect of it all. We also dive into the technology behind a worship event, what it takes to do it right and how to get to that point. Take a look at our channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/garymoyers.

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Green Screen Set-up less than $300 (Pt.2)

Set up a green screen studio for your church or organization for less than $300. This video (Part 2) covers lighting for your subject, setting brightness and color temp, and apps. Illustrated on four different cameras.

Part 1 of this video series: https://youtu.be/CZexwAutqko

Here are the links that are mentioned in the video (these Amazon affiliate links may provide the channel a small commission, but your price is the same):

Lighting 3-Point Lighting System by StudioFX
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Kelvin apps:
Apple – Lightspectrum Pro – http://apple.co/39NFYTq
Android – White Balance Color Temp Meter – http://bit.ly/2NnoHch
FiLMiC Pro
Apple – https://apple.co/3sF5rqI
Android – http://bit.ly/3nUnO7j

Cameras
Canon XF405 – https://amzn.to/39UWrW2
Google Pixel 4a – https://amzn.to/3922A3g
DJI Osmo Pocket – https://amzn.to/3nZ8pCY
Sony HDR-CX405 – https://amzn.to/3ivC2dO

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Green Screen Set-up for Less Than $300 (Pt.1)

Episode 2 of Worship & Tech dives into the world of green screens. It covers the initial set up, lighting, apps and best practices. Future episodes will cover talent lighting, cameras, teleprompter and editing.

Here are the links that are mentioned in the video (these Amazon affiliate links may provide the channel a small commission, but your price is the same):

Emart Photo Video Studio 8.5 x 10ft Green Screen Backdrop Stand Kit
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4FT LED Shop Light
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Backdrop Muslin Multifunctional Clips
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Green Screener App
Apple – https://apps.apple.com/us/app/green-screener/id604935529
Google Play – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.us.hollywoodcamerawork.greenscreener&hl=en_US&gl=US

New Year, New Channel


It’s a new year and time for a new thing. A YouTuber thing.

I’ve decided to start knocking out content related to some of my many experiences over the years. I’m calling the channel Worship & Tech.

Worship & Tech is all about what it takes to foster corporate worship events successfully. I’ll cover worship leading, teams, planning and the human resource aspect of it all. I’ll also dive into the technology behind a worship event, what it takes to do it right and how to get to that point.

I’d love to have you along for the journey. Follow this link to subscribe to Worship & Tech. I’m going to try to release one video each week. Leave a comment below and let me know what you’d like to see on the channel. I will, of course, be posting the videos here as well.

Control (Somehow You Want Me)

About halfway through the Covid isolation period (or what seems like halfway as I’m writing this), I decided to get our worship team to jump into the “Zoom music video” craze that was going around. It took a lot more work than I anticipated. But isn’t that the way it always is?

Anyway, we chose Control (Somehow You Want Me) as the song and decided to use the sheet music from The Acappella Company’s Praise & Harmony project. After getting everyone’s agreement to do it, I sent out the sheet music and recording of the song to everyone on the team. Out of 40+ singers, I had 31 who took the time to submit their recordings. Not bad!

They were given the usual instructions… create good lighting, listen to the accompaniment track on one device and video yourself on your phone, choose a quiet room, etc. I was amazed at the quality of the recordings that came back. While I used everyone’s video in the project, I only used 24 voices for the final product.

All the voices were imported into Logic Pro where I tuned and fixed timing on all parts. From there, it was over to Premiere Pro where I synced up the final mix of 24 voices with 31 videos. After that, it was a process of editing and getting everything lined up just so.

One of the surprises came when Blake McNeill sent in two submissions… one as tenor and one as vocal perc. It was well done. I did very little editing on his perc. I think I nudged maybe a couple of bass hits and a couple of snare hits. Otherwise, it is as he did it.

We’ve gotten great response from the video. I hope you enjoy it!

Live Music: Tin Man

Continuing the songs recorded at A Beautiful Mess in Lubbock, one of the questions I got asked a lot that night was about my harmonies. It’s pretty obvious I have pre-recorded tracks for the band (all of which is me), but the harmonies… how did they match so closely?

That’s probably because I generate them live. No, it’s not Tibetan throat singing. When you watch the video, look at the little blue box by my right foot. That’s a TC-Helicon VoiceLive Play Acoustic. It’s a magic little box full of musical voodoo.

My guitar and microphone are routed through that box. It constantly analyzes the chord structure that’s being played. So when it comes time for harmony, all I do is choose the harmonic structure I want (one above one below, two on top, two below, 3rd above, etc) and just punch the button. At that point, that magic little box will take my voice and match it to the harmonic structure I’ve chosen while tuning it to the chord that I’m playing on my guitar. Voilà! Perfectly matched harmony (as long as I play the chord correctly).

So here’s a chance to hear the harmony, America-style.

Live Music: Ain’t No Sunshine

I’ve recently been having some fun putting together tracks for live music. I’ve been known for my contributions to the a cappella world for years. Sometimes the instrumental side of me gets a little covered up.

I’ve found it quite relaxing to build tracks in my spare time (yes, I’m learning what that is now) and do some gigging here and there. Not too much… just an occasional live thing.

I played recently at A Beautiful Mess. No, that’s not my studio. That’s a really cool antique store in Lubbock. Michelle Hammond, the owner, has decorated is so nicely, with a bajillion antiques, that you don’t want to buy anything lest you destroy the ambiance of the place. Thankfully for her, many buy anyway.

I recorded a full set of 18 songs. Here’s the first. Hope you enjoy!

Looped Video Behind Notation in ProPresenter Software

Two of the most popular choices for presentational software in churches are Proclaim and ProPresenter. Both packages offer expansive options in the way content in presented and I would highly suggest either one. For churches who wish to present notation on screen (sheet music), your options for aesthetically pleasing images pretty much go out the door. Unless, that is, you know how to format things correctly and make the software do things it wasn’t necessarily intended to do.

This article will focus on how to allow a looped video to play behind your notation on screen in ProPresenter.

Getting a moving background to play behind on-screen notation in ProPresenter is a simple action. The brunt of the work comes in prep for the slides itself.

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Looped Video Behind Notation in Proclaim Software

Two of the most popular choices for presentational software in churches are Proclaim and ProPresenter. Both packages offer expansive options in the way content in presented and I would highly suggest either one. For churches who wish to present notation on screen (sheet music), your options for aesthetically pleasing images pretty much go out the door. Unless, that is, you know how to format things correctly and make the software do things it wasn’t necessarily intended to do.

This article will focus on how to allow a looped video to play behind your notation on screen in Proclaim.

Getting a moving background to play behind on-screen notation in Proclaim is not a simple action. Maybe I have not discovered the “easy” way to do it in Proclaim, but I have found one way. I imagine there are other options. 

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