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Whatever you do, work at it
with all your heart... Colossians 3:23
We're often asked why we
spend so much time on the road teaching
churches across the country. The best
answer is that it's a call to teach. Our
decades of experience in the magazine
and music production worlds prepared us
for teaching, and we feel comfortable in
that setting, knowing that the chance to
help instruct thousands of churches in
their own sound ministry is a calling.
This is indeed our teaching ministry.
And while the long hours driving on the
road and setting up gear is pretty
grueling, we must remind ourselves that
Christ never took the easy road either.
We have learned that anything
worth doing is worth doing well. And
while your own work to provide better
worship sound may appear thankless at
times, remember that this is being done
to His Glory, not your own. Thanks for
your support of this important ministry.
The HOW-TO SOUND
WORKSHOPS are dedicated
to growing ministries through audio
education and applied technology. As
professional musicians, engineers,
producers and audio writers who have
worked with thousands of churches across
the country, we are uniquely qualified to
train your sound and praise teams in the
best ways to deliver your worship message. We
bring the most modern equipment and
production techniques into your House of
Worship. Thanks for your continued
support of our important ministry.
The
HOW-TO SOUND WORKSHOPS are designed
with your entire praise team and media
volunteers in mind. Because of our
extensive background in audio education
at all technical levels, everyone from
new volunteers to seasoned professionals
will learn how to deliver your worship
message in the best way possible. Our
friendly, Hands-On
approach and real world examples help
your sound volunteers retain the maximum
amount of information in the minimum
time.
MIKE SOKOL
mike@fitsandstarts.com
Our chief instructor Mike Sokol has been
a live-sound, recording, and design
engineer for over 38 years as well as a
musician for 50 years who has run sound
for thousands of Worship, Music, and
Political events. In addition to
teaching audio production at all levels,
he's been a contributing editor for
magazines such as Church Productions,
EQ, Electronic Musician, and Mix, as
well as a technical consultant to Apple
Computer and Microsoft. During the past
ten years he's presented over 600
seminars and Hands-On Workshops across
North America at Churches, recording
schools, universities, and professional
audio organizations such as the Audio
Engineering Society, the Society of
Broadcast Engineers and NARAS (Grammy
Awards Group).
HECTOR LA TORRE
hector@fitsandstarts.com
Hector La Torre was a
recording and touring musician who felt
the need to know about the record
production process. He joined the
Recording Institute of America and soon
became its Director of Studios. Hector
went on to be the Editor/Publisher of
Modern Recording magazine. He then
ran an artist management, recording
studio and record production firm in
NYC, producing artists for various
labels. Mr. La Torre soon became the
technical consultant to Music & Sound
Output and advisor to Sound &
Communications magazines. He was,
until recently, the Executive Director
of EQ and Gig magazines,
as well as the technical consultant to
Pro Sound News. Hector La Torre
heads Fits & Starts Productions, a
company providing seminars and workshops
and consulting services to the recording
industry.
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