How We Rehearse For The Multisite

• From time to time I will be sharing some things about our multisite endeavors at Christ Church. Things I am learning, solutions to problems that we have had to face, and the like.

  Today’s solution is our rehearsal issue. How do you rehearse a band on a weekday (as we are all accustomed to) for a worship space that only exists on Sunday for a few hours? Luckily there is a product that has managed to market itself well enough to have caught my eye before this issue even came about. This product is JamHub. It is basically a hub with XLR and 1/4 inch inputs and headphone jacks that lets you rehearse without a full PA and a guy running it. And it has been awesome for us.

  We chose to go with the TourBus model, which has been awesome because it has an SD card slot and can record audio from the rehearsal, which can later be emailed to my sound guy so he knows what to expect Sunday morning.

  As you can see, each person has control of their own mix. This is pretty handy. We’re used to Aviom, so the concept makes sense to us.

  

  Here is a video from our rehearsal on Wednesday night, for you to get an idea of what this thing sounds like:

  As you can tell from the video, it provides great audio for a rehearsal. It amazed me what the SM57 picks up for the drum kit. This is also an awesome tool if you need to record quick demos.

  Since we are so early in the process of the multisite movement at Christ Church we are currently utilizing band members from Christ Church FVH campus to play at Christ Church CM. We are all used to rehearsing on Wednesday nights, so we kept rehearsal for CM on Wednesday nights in the music rehearsal room. The band for FVH is rehearsing at the exact same time just feet away in the sanctuary.

  Not sure what we’ll do when we move to several campuses as far as rehearsing goes. But we’ll figure it out and I’ll let you know here!