AUDIO ENGINEER

I’ve been fortunate to receive a number of industry awards for excellence in the recording arts. I have extensive experience in recording studios and concert and church sound. I’ve served as the audio/visual technical director at several churches in Canada over the years and I’ve led numerous seminars on church sound for volunteers.

FEAR IS NOT MY FUTURE

This song was recorded live off the floor at Connexus Church in Barrie, Ontario. I recorded the live parts as multiple takes and then edited and mixed the tracks before sending it over to video post-production. This is a song that reminds us to not base our lives on fear and uncertainty but to have confidence in our faith in Christ.

FACE OF GOD

Between March of 2020 and December of 2021 I recorded and mixed over 180 songs for Harvest Barrie Chapel in Barrie, Ontario. This is but one of those songs. I approached the recording and mixing process with a lot of care to help the community at Harvest engage in worship. This type of mixing is very challenging as the schedule is very tight and I work with musicians and vocalists with varying levels of skill. Often I am turning the mixes, including editing and tuning of vocals in less than a day. For this song I recorded the drums and vocals live off the floor at the church and flew in parts from the other musicians into my Pro Tools rig. I played all of the guitar tracks.

TIDINGS OF COMFORT AND JOY

I’ve recorded and mixed several albums for the Trevor Dick Band since 2006 and this video is a song I mixed for them after a broadcast studio session. It was recorded live off the floor and I did the mix for the band in post production.

GUITARIST

I’ve played guitar for over 40 years now. As a young musician, I toured professionally in support of Christian artists. Since the 1970s I have served in numerous praise and worship teams in Canada and the United States. Always learning and always trying to improve my musical skills.

MIRACULUM

I am not often asked to play extended solos in a church setting and for good reason. Serving on a Praise and Worship team is about serving the church, the team and the song and helping to lead the church community into worship. For our Christmas Eve services at New Day in Florida, I was asked to play Miraculum as an opening call to worship. This was my take on the song. Not an exact note for note cover but fairly close to the original. Recorded live on December 22, 2024.

THIS IS AMAZING GRACE

Serving as EG 1, or as a lead electric guitarist, often requires crafting a fairly broad range of tones. Many worship songs use delays, reverbs, overdrives and modulation effects. Crafting tones and memorizing parts takes up the most time for me when preparing for a Sunday. Here is one example from Harvest Bible Chapel in Ontario, Canada. Recorded live in November of 2024.

GO TELL

Taken from a Christmas production during the first year of the COVID pandemic. I recorded all of my guitar parts along with the rest of the band before the video shoot. During the video shoot, I captured the drums and vocals and then mixed them in post. This was one of the first songs that I played where the guitar had minimal to no effects other than some overdrive and a bit of reverb. I used a telecaster for my parts and learned a little bit about how to play gospel electric guitar in the process.