After more than 150+ episodes, the ChurchGear podcast finally landed a pod with the most elusive guest we've ever had: DiGiCo's Ryan Shelton!

Come for the heck the hosts give him for finally recording with them. Stay for the expertise Ryan shares on essential soft skills, top AVL mistakes he is seeing and a fun update on all things DiGiCo.

In this episode you'll hear

1:00 🎤 Inside the “Exclusive” DiGiCo Lounge at FILO Conference

4:25 🎧 Ryan Shelton from DiGiCo Joins the Podcast!

13:30 🔧 Breaking Into Church Production: How to Get Started

16:30 🎚 Training New Church Production Volunteers: Best Practices

21:15 🛠 Essential Soft Skills for Church Production Volunteers

25:30 ⚠️ Top Church AVL Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them)

33:40 🎛 What’s Next for DiGiCo? Inside Their Latest Church AVL Innovations

45:30 🎶 Tech Takeaway: Why You Should Invite Secular Touring Artists to Church

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Is live streaming still a must for churches in 2025?

In this episode, we sit down with AVL pro Tyler Kerpsack to tackle the big questions. Who should stream their services? How can your church stream on a budget? Could remote mixing be in the future church tech toolbox?

In this episode you'll hear:

• 1:00 Crazy ChurchGear driving adventures
• 5:00 Meet Tyler Kerpsack – Church AVL Pro
• 14:00 Tyler’s Journey into AVL Production
• 19:00 How to Tell If Your Church Mix Is Good
• 21:00 Pro Tips for Better Live Audio Mixing
• 23:15 Perfecting Your Mix With Time Limits
• 24:10 The Worst Audio Mixing Mistakes to Avoid
• 26:30 Can FOH Audio Work for Broadcast?
• 34:00 How to Stream Your Church Service on a Budget
• 40:00 Remote Mixing for Church Services – Is It Wise?
• 45:30 Church Production Nightmares & Lessons Learned
• 50:45 Tech Takeaway: Stay Passionate, Not Jaded

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Resources for your Church Tech Ministry

• Sell Us Gear: Does your church have used gear that you need to convert into new ministry dollars? We can make you an offer here.
• Buy Our Gear: Do you need some production gear but lack the budget to buy new gear? You can shop our gear store here.

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Touring Life + Willow Creek Production + Christ's Church of the Valley = A Production Pro.

Ivan Talamantes (Christ’s Church of the Valley, Willow Creek) shares his journey from touring pro to church tech leader. He gives us insights on volunteers, gear, and the best (and worst) audio consoles in church production!

In this episode you'll hear:

• 1:00 🎙️ Toby never set a lineup in the CG Fantasy Football League
• 4:45 🎛️ Special Guest: Ivan Talamantes from Christ’s Church of the Valley
• 10:00 🎚️ How Ivan got started in church production
• 12:00 🎤 Behind the scenes of Willow Creek Church’s production team
• 18:00 🎟️ Ivan’s journey from touring production to church production
• 25:00 🏛️ How Christ’s Church of the Valley keeps its production spaces clean and organized
• 28:45 🙌 Best practices for caring for and retaining church tech volunteers
• 32:00 🎛️ What’s the go-to audio console for church production?
• 33:00 🎧 Live sound vs. studio: Which does Ivan prefer?
• 34:00 ❌ The worst audio console Ivan has ever mixed on
• 35:00 🎛️ Favorite outboard gear for church production
• 36:00 🔌 Must-have plug-ins for church audio engineers
• 43:15 🎯 Tech Takeaway: Always leave the space better than you found it
  
  

🔥 Whether you’re a church production director, worship pastor, or audio engineer, this episode is packed with insights to level up your church AVL game! 🎚️🎛️🎤 #ChurchProduction #WorshipTech #ChurchAudio

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Resources for your Church Tech Ministry

• Sell Us Gear: Does your church have used gear that you need to convert into new ministry dollars? We can make you an offer here.
• Buy Our Gear: Do you need some production gear but lack the budget to buy new gear? You can shop our gear store here.

Connect with us:

• Sales Bulletin: Get better deals than the public and get them earlier too here!
• Early Service: Get our best gear before it goes live on our site here.
• Instagram: Hangout with us on the gram here!
• Reviews: Leaving us a review on the podcast player you're listening to us on really helps the show. If you enjoyed this episode, you can say thank you with a review!