Hi I'm Andy. I am currently in my 4th semester in the recording program right now and will be graduating December.
My internship is with Peter Greenlund at Wooddale Church in Eden Prairie, MN. I have actually held an internship there for the past year but out of pure stupidity haven't told the Career Center about it until now. I got involved with Peter and the church about a year ago while in Peter's Sound Reinforcement I class. I have managed to have Wednesdays off each semester so I've spent that and weekends interning at the church while still in school the rest of the week. Wooddale has a pretty advanced media department since so much goes on there. Last spring there was a service Saturday night service, 5 services Sunday morning, and one more Sunday night. All that done with Peter, 2 full time guys, 2 part time guys, an intern and volunteers, pretty impressive.
I have learned a lot so far from basics of live sound reinforcement to building my own portable sound system. We got to have a shootout from EV, JBL, L' Acoustics and more of the worlds top speaker manufacturers to try out line arrays, that was a rare experience. We also have installed more equipment than I can remember, done our fair share of troubleshooting and have redone sound systems for some of the larger rooms in the church. Audio is only the half of it though, there is the whole world of video and graphics that goes on too at the church.
Wooddale has planted a daughter church that starts up in a couple weeks here that I am actually going to be the the sound guy for. It's all thanks to this internship.
Well I'll keep you guys updated as the weeks continue at the church.
Andy Frost
Wooddale Church
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