Recently, a friend of mine asked about miking up a kick drum. Currently, their drums are all acoustic and not run through the system. The drummer plays fairly quietly though, so the church tried putting a mic on the kick. According to Mark, there was a rattle in the monitors. My first thought was, “A quiet drummer?? Is there such a thing?!”

Being in the back of the room, typically slightly higher than the congregation, you probably can see who is paying attention, who is sleeping, what new youth group couple is holding hands, and who is texting during the service. Seems a lot of people don’t pay attention, and I seem to find a lot of sound engineers pay too much attention during church.