Pac West just did a concert for me and they were very very good. For the live setting/concert I would go with Pac West. For venues such campmeetings, youth conventions etc I would go with Simon Productions (Terry Stewart). Eric is Terrys assistant Thad. Great guy. One thing about Terry though is he always mikes the drums to loud. He used to tour for TAMA Drums and is very passionate about the kick drum...lol Other than that, he kind of knows how people like it in a church setting. Jeff with packwest is awesome at special effects and will blow your socks off at a concert. And as for Starbucks I would go with a Grande Peppermint White Mocha. (Just thought I would add that)

I dont know that he has ever been pentecostal but he caters a lot to a lot of pentecostals and was a good friend of ours and I have to say one of the best... Randy Adams.

I'm with BOOM on this...

they just can't ever get it right in service...with all the technology and managing equipment, we still have generally very poor service sound around the country...

Even when they think they have it "right," it's always too low, too loud or too garbled or that proverbial "hum" is there...

Truisms:

Musicians are deaf...they always want the maximum monitor
Speakers are not deaf...but are making us deaf with the extreme sound level
Soundmen are always deaf...to suggestions, to signals from the platform, etc.

As "the poor ye shall have with you always," so it is with "the poor sound ye shall have with you always."

All I know about pentecostal sound men is that is the guy you had better bribe if you are a visiting preacher. He holds your preaching career in his hands. If he like you, he knows just how to adjust the monitors, the bass and trebble and just how to make you sound fantastic to yourself and to the audience too making them scramble for your tapes after church.

If that pentecostal soundman does not like you. Forget it. Nobody is going to like hearing you over the PA and you are going to strip your vocal cords out trying to preach. He will never see your uplifted thumb when you try to signal to him to properly adjust the monitors. He will ignore you and make you work your silly self to death.

Musicians and preachers...keep the soundman happy. Maybe a bribe will help...after all, it is your career on the line. :D

You need to visit our church - we have awesome sound!!!!

Randy is a very good and EXPENSIVE sound man.He recorded Vanilla Ice's big hit Ice baby or whatever it's called.I've played on about 10 albums that Randy's recorded and he would intimidate me.He was ready to replace you if you made a couple of mistakes.Time is money!he would say.

I agree B. Randy is good and he knows it and does not spare anyones feelings.. Especially Bass players, since Randy used to play for Dallas Holm and a few others... Never heard him play the bass but he talks a good game..

I've never heard him play either but he said he was not good enough to keep playing professionally so he started doing the sound and recording.I play the bass and it took a while before he trusted me.We went to Russia back in the 90's and he went along and ran sound at the concerts.

And sometimes those music directors and singers simply don't want to make a scene even though they are quite AWARE that nothing has changed. :penguin

Just a plug here: BHILL IS THE BEST BASS PLAYER IN PENTECOST. :D

Okay, I'm done now. :coffee2