Hi. I'm Dave. Although to those that knew me as a child, I'm David, or Robbie's Son, or Plum's grandson and to those who met me as their substitute teacher, school musical tech dude, or running coach, I am Mr. Dave or Coach Dave. To you though, I am Dave and I have a passion for live sound and event lighting (especially in direct worship times) 

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I grew up as this kid in church who learned the small sound system and knew what all the various switches did around the room. I sat on a stool in the foyer of that church pressing record, stop, and rewind on a tape recorder with a feed of the system most every sunday in middle and high school. I came to know the basics of microphones and what those HIGH, MID, and  LOW knobs did on the mixer. I wanted to give the congregation the best listening experience I could from the turn of a few knobs. 

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Now nearly 10 years from highschool graduation my mission remains the same though my knowledge and experience has grown in ways not fathomed while sitting on that stool. 

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I chose to pickup the bass guitar on the whim of a gym class conversation that included the words "we should start a band". Of course that band never happened, but another, a 3 piece worship cover band of an older kid named Joe and my cousin Josh did happen. We called  ourselves Powers of Worship (POW) and lasted about a year. Though short lived that time set the foundation for myself as a bassist, a guy who knew drum sets, who knew where to "plug in" and as someone who loved to do so in worship if our Maker. 

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Skip ahead to my freshmen year at Christopher Newport University. I chose to go a little early one week to our weekly large group worship gathering of Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. I'm not sure why I chose to go early in the first place, but it must have been fate, because the then outgoing "sound guy" was late and they needed someone to man the mixer. I offered to help. The team leader asked if I knew "EQ". I said  yes, cause I did mostly, and was them promptly  shown the 12 channel Samson mixer that would become my weekly battle station for the next year and a half. I saw the sound board as an instrument of its own that can shape the onstage instruments into a beautiful sound out of the speakers and into the ears and more so, to the hearts, of those listening. It's amazing the difference the slightest turn of knob can do.

 

 By the time graduation of 2011 rolled around I had served on the team as bassist and assisted with equipment load in and load out nearly every week. I also learned the ins and outs of our sound equipment thanks to my roommate Matt, and ultimately  coordinated our large group technical needs my senior year to include projection, video, power, and room set up.  

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Upon  graduation from CNU in 2011, I returned home with the goal of giving my newfound skills and same solid passion to the technical needs of my church (who then recently upgraded to a digital console) and the public school music program (that was getting new wind in its sails for student musicals) and I continue to assist current music teacher Alyssa Cross-Schulke and  Craig County Schools with anything I can. 

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I have been blessed for the past 2 years with a part-time Production Technician position at the Moss Art's Center at Virginia Tech where I've learned a great deal more technical knowledge from working with high-end  audio, video, and lighting equipment and thru working with true professional technicians and touring musicians.

 

So this website and Dave's Live Sound is the result of all of that. I seek and enjoy to offer affordable yet quality audio and lighting solutions to events that need a little something and that can't muster the charge rates of larger more established production companies and DJs. I know that fundraisers are trying to raise money so of course the budget for entertainment and PA is limited. In such cases I will work with each event on a case by case basis. 

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If you want a nice, warm, natural sound with minimum chance of feedback and enough light to see everyone on stage....look through the rest of this site and email me with any questions. 

 

 

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