Nope, this is not about my first time meeting Pastor Ed Kang. It's about my first time doing sound at the board with Pastor Ed. Now, I've been doing sound/tech stuff for church for about 10+ years and I've learned a lot but when I first started as I was as green as grass. I was running the board after only 1-2 months of training b/c the previous sound guy was going to LA for grad school and I had to fill his shoes.
And that first Sunday I was running the board we had some major feedback problems and mics not properly set. In particular, Pastor Ed's mic was not set with the right gain and so it gave out a loud and sharp feedback loop through the system causing everyone to wince...I remember Pastor Ed Kang saying with a smile, "Man, I miss Jeff..." and many roared into laughter. So my first Sunday running the board was with Pastor Ed and as much as I made that big mistake his funny comment helped relieve some of the pressure and stress. It's like another time when some of my peers and I were doing a special verse recitation and Pastor Ed....well, maybe I won't go there with this one.
But did you know that Pastor Ed was actually the original Sound/Tech guy for our church? He was the first to use Pagemaker and make the Sunday bulletins and he and Kelly bought the first PostScript printer for our church b/c they were only ones making money when we were first starting. They helped fund an audio translation system b/c we used to be a more bilingual speaking church. He was the one running the cables, electrical, etc... He's the original Tim Fitz!
Just wanted to give a shout out to Pastor Ed! I think that's why he's always supporting all of our tech/sound endeavors. He's always for us!
