Why I Believe in Outside Perspective
The story that led to the Audio Reset.
When I was on staff at a church, I always felt pressure to improve my skills and accelerate my experience to keep up with our church's growth and vision. But as the church got busier, I got stuck in a cycle of getting things done instead of making things better.
Production needs grew more complex. Responsibilities expanded quickly, and education and maintenance were always the first things to fall off the priority list.
Over time, my perspective became shaped almost entirely by my environment.
Instead of evaluating my own mixing ability, I found myself leaning toward equipment purchases to solve our week to week challenges. Leadership trusted me and knew how hard I was working, so they approved my requests.
But six months later, the same bottlenecks and frustrations showed up again. I started wondering if I actually had what it took to do my job well.
Then one day we hosted a conference. Other engineers brought their own consoles and band into our room. Same room. Same speakers. Completely different mix.
It sounded fuller, clearer, and more dynamic. Everything I had been trying to achieve.
And almost immediately the comments started coming.
How come it sounded like that for them, but not like that for us?
That moment changed something for me.
I realized the room had always been capable. I had just been too close to my own decisions to see it clearly. And that was not a failure. It was simply the limitation of being inside one system for too long.
That realization sent me on a path to seek the right kind of mentorship that could help me grow into the next season of my engineering.
That is what outside perspective does.
It shows you what you cannot see. Not because you are not capable, but because you are too close to the system to evaluate it clearly.
That is exactly what the Audio Reset is designed to provide.
I come on site to your church and work alongside your team to reset programming, optimize your system, and build workflows that actually support the way your team works.
This is not consulting where I tell you what to do and leave. It is development. Your engineer learns the why behind every decision so they can maintain and improve it moving forward.
By the end, your system is re optimized, your team has clarity, and your engineer has the confidence to carry it forward.
Tiago D'Errico: Worship Pastor@ Eastside Church
"Besides being a phenomenal engineer, the most amazing thing about Gene is that he is extremely gifted trust builder. I find this combination to be very rare. I remember when Gene first visited Eastside, he got to know our Production Staff right away and was able to navigate difficult conversations with kindness and truth. He not only helped us achieve our target mix, but helped our entire Creative Team to get on the same page and align our collective goals."
