NEVER Before Seen Tech Tour - Prestonwood’s Gift of Christmas

[@Hurled]

As a volunteer member of the Prestonwood Media team, I can say that you nailed it with this video and captured the true heart of the team and Bryan. Well done, great video!

[@StanScott-h1d]

Thanks Bryan and your team of wonderful engineers. Over the years, you have allowed me to peak under the covers at how you produce the magic. This video brings it to life for everyone. But, you brought it home at the end with the reason why you do it. For God’s Glory through excellence. Prestonwood is so blessed to have you and your team. THANK YOU!!!

[@Evision777]

Ryland,, Thank you for sharing this tech tour! Brian’s closing comments really nailed it for me, it spoke volumes so much so it’s allowed us to see his and his teams Heart for God. This is so important when we see things like this, we can sometimes make the mistake and think it’s all about the lights and the fancy media. I can truly say I enjoyed seeing all of the behind-the-scenes of people that makes it happens day in and day out. May God continue to bless you and your ministry. Dyland, keep up the great work you are doing, sharing your knowledge with us in different locations around the world, helping us to improve our serve to God in our local churches. THANK YOU!!!

[@Geeztown]

Thanks for sharing so much valuable info! This was inspiring to see, and there are so many little tips and tricks in here too if you are listening carefully. The wrap up message at the end was worth watching it all the way through.

[@terrellclark]

We use to have a play where we flew people and had 3 tracks at one time. But it was soo expensive. And we have a 3000 seat sanctuary, but it was a huge production we did for about 30 years and kinda known for it but we stopped doing it a few years ago. I was on staff the last time we did it and I learned how taxing it was on our volunteers and staff members to pull it off. Seeing it come together was all worth it though. So it’s so cool to see this.

[@crashingrhino]

I love that the church is who is doing cutting edge creative work. Thanks Ryland for sharing behind the curtain.

[@RylandRussell]

@@crashingrhino amen!

[@isettech]

I work with many small robotics motors for precision motion control. A typical small motor has an incremental encoder with 500 lines. As the encoder is bi-phase to measure distance and direction of motion, and there are 4 transitions er line, it provides an effective resolution of 2,000 lines of encoder data per revolution of the motor. A typical small stepper motor without micro stepping is 1.8 degrees per step, a much lower resolution than a typical servo using an encoder.

[@mr_gjones]

Best Tech Tour ever in my own perspective 😌😌😌🥂🥂🥂

[@stevekelly1288]

Thanks for the WHY WE DO IT.... Would love to see your role hierarchy for a show like this

[@worshipmediaman]

I could get you something like that!

[@Marshall_Swift]

Great tour bro!! I hope this answers a lot of questions for people as well. A production of this magnitude takes a lot of partnership and cooperation with multiple entities. It’s so satisfying to hear that they are still intentional and purpose driven with this show. Love it!

[@PKCubed]

This is an amazing video. Thanks for the effort you put in! So cool to see all of this!

[@RylandRussell]

@@PKCubed thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

[@DayspringChristianCenter]

AWESOME!!! Thank you for this, especially the closing segment!

[@aguyandhiscomputer]

Santa at church? Weird Great video. Can tell a lot of work was put into it.

[@djrensvandeburgt1236]

holy moly now thats a amazing setup they realy got everything u might need for a show thank you for making this good video

[@RylandRussell]

@djrensvandeburgt1236 it was such a cool opportunity to peek behind the scenes. Happy to share it with you all!

[@djrensvandeburgt1236]

@@RylandRussell im sure u learned allot for your church aswell from this tour

[@davidgekler]

Wow, what a tour Ryland. Thanks for taking the time to do this! Happy New Year!

[@RylandRussell]

You are so welcome! Happy New Year to you too!

[@WorshipRefocus]

Really great video, Ryland!!

[@scottfahy5468]

Well done--- And nice job Mike Smith!!!

[@AlexBelykh-y2i]

wow! not too shabby!

[@alexandertokar4905]

Thank you so much for the tour! It’s amazing. Is there a chance to have such a tour of their broadcasting part? To see their approach in shooting, streaming, equipment.

[@RylandRussell]

@@alexandertokar4905 it might be a possibility in the future. They do some really cool stuff with PTZ cameras.

[@sp8672]

Thanks for the tour. Pretty amazing.

[@RylandRussell]

@@sp8672 you’re welcome!

[@zbrady]

Great points Bryan 🙌

[@RylandRussell]

Glad you liked Bryan's take!

[@Ethan_Barnes]

ZFX flew me at Bellevue Baptist Church for the Singing Christmas Tree

[@zackhinrichs7409]

This is epic!

[@RylandRussell]

@@zackhinrichs7409 so much to learn from this one!

[@zackhinrichs7409]

@ man, way to go Ryland! This is going to be hugely inspiring to so many people

[@Therealnathanhoffman]

Quality Content!!

[@kevin-2-5-6]

Spotted the "The Chad" chair at 1:18:59 on the bottom left corner

[@justinramirez8663]

I just want to know how many AMPS the lighting alone is using! Sheesh that's a beautiful rig!

[@UltimateArvin]

Watching while crying infront of our m32.🤣

[@RylandRussell]

@@UltimateArvin recently sold our m32 and honestly loved that thing.

[@AKSKMY]

Damn I'm still on MA2 but how did the lighting guy learn MA3 in that short amount of time? And yup can imagine sitting 2 weeks trying to set it up from scratch.

[@Palvader]

Great video, Ryland! Seeing a church getting close to Sights & Sounds levels of production is SO COOL! We need more quality Christian entertainment, because the very fact that we watch hr+ KZbin videos shows that we pay for entertainment too! Sorry about all of the negative comments down here.

[@dg3media]

I'm confused by them saying the show is 30+ years old. Bradley Knights The gift of Christmas choral music only came out in 2011, prior to that they called it other things, is that what they are referring to? Either way it's a great show we do songs from the Bradley Knight collection every year. So cool that you got to do they Ryland!

[@jenngriffin1058]

The show started as “The Dallas Christmas Festival” back in the early ‘90s. It’s changed names over the years, but has had the same intention.

[@prettysimplemusic]

It’s too much??? Says who? This isn’t a Wednesday night bible study or a Sunday morning baptism!!! We go to Disney for Christmas because of the entertainment and excellence… So why should Christians provide “average” production & entertainment for the world to experience? The boring Christian mindset is terrible… go ye into ALL the WORLD! Going into the world with a “Disney” level presentation is one step CLOSER to getting them to give their lives to Christ, come to bible study and baptism! Great job Ryland! 🔥🔥🔥

[@sergiiu]

You are wrong... you don t have to be like the world to spread the gospel. I m sorry for you😢

[@RylandRussell]

Love this mindset! Thanks for sharing bro.

[@prettysimplemusic]

@sergiiu In love, one must first admit that they lack innovation and strategy OUTSIDE of their regular Wednesday Bible Study and Sunday morning service. This is a ONE-TIME event for the WORLD to come see about a man - a man named Jesus! It’s totally ok man - everybody doesn’t have the FAITH to do things on the Disney level of excellence. We need small churches with 50-150 members too! 💚🥰🙏🏽

[@indi2174]

....wow first of all ... I am obsessed over this ... Hand up I bow to this creative heart behind it all . Now to the above comment of the person... You have not yet mature in your heavenly visual.. you need to get out of traditionally boards 4 wall buildings and step into Noah's ark .. and also the description of Christ robe in white... Or go and listen to the song These are the days of Elijah

[@marcusjones2486]

It’s not too much! It’s a lot but no such thing as too much. As stated this is one week of the year. And if it like the one that happens in Houston. The tickets start at $12. They do about 7 shows and two Spanish versions

[@stephenvaughn2635]

The part at the end with Bryan is solid gold!!! I knew it was a matter of time before someone did this tour. I used to work at PWood and that show is incredibly special. You don’t understand the impact of GOC until you experience it first hand. I take the knowledge that I have gleaned from all of these guys to run the media team at my church now. As Bryan said, we have learned to our production to match what God has called us to do. And as the church is growing we have been scaling up slowly. Excellent tour Ryland!

[@RylandRussell]

Totally agree! Thanks for watching til the end :)

[@vanmetschke]

My buddy Mike Smith!!

[@sethwengermusic]

Any chance they shared how they were able to control ProPresenter with midi? I've controlled other things over midi from Pro Presenter, but never vice versa....

[@RylandRussell]

@@sethwengermusic propresenter lists its midi commands and you just send it the correct note after connecting the devices.

[@RenewedGraphics]

240 universes 😮😮😮 = 122,880 channels 😮😮😮

[@RylandRussell]

@@RenewedGraphics 🤯

[@ErnestDotPro]

I'm still waiting for my jaw to start functioning And I thought my 8 universes was overkill....

[@RenewedGraphics]

@ernestdotpro SAME! I THOUGHT A TON OF PIXEL TAPE, 10 AYRTON MAGIC BLADE FX, 34ish KL PARS, and 8 AYRTON EURESES WAS OVERKILL. We use an MA3 lite and around 8 universes

[@peterthorogood7025]

Imagine if the band lost the click...What is the backup for that? I understand normally when the loops might get cut and the sound might be a little less full and someone would have to manually control propresenter...but what on earth do you do on this scale when youre so locked into timecode?

[@williamschaefer3368]

It is a fully redundant tracks rig utilizing 2 computers with 2 audio interfaces each running through radial SW8 automatic changeovers all linked together. If anything crashes the playback is switched and it can also be manually changed if the need were to arise

[@peterthorogood7025]

@williamschaefer3368 I mean if they just got out of sync with the click track.

[@Josh-lm7qq]

I would guess that extensive soundcheck goes into this that every band member has a good level of clicks and cues in their ears, and through my experience as a musician, most of usnwho re professional (or just really good) rarely ever have timing issues and therefore won't lose the click. I am a keyboardist, and when I play with different bands most of the timing issues happens when the drummee either can't hear the click well or just downright have timing issues🙈🙈

[@JoshuaStephens-r6y]

Please tell me you at least did one of the shows as Santa!

[@ethandabassman]

So many grandMA’s!

[@djspecialpaul]

That is holy crazy - That is more like a musical/touring concert ... It is so "sad" that the German "churches" do not do this ....

[@paulloth]

As a German id say it is better that way

[@MrBriansaunders]

This video makes me question why churches don't have to pay tax lol. Great setup regardless! :D

[@dg3media]

Ah, easy question to answer, because even though they can put on a big budget show like this, no one is making a profit on it. There is no ownership, no shareholders. A huge part of the overall budget goes to charity work, the ticket sales for the show go to pay for the show. The show is used to get people into the church who normally don't want to go to a church service. It's all ministry work.

[@prettysimplemusic]

@@dg3mediaThat part! 🎯

[@jordanstipes8045]

This is not a church. This is a live production house. It's pretty insane the amount of money these mega churches spend on AVL production. Millions of dollars. Yet the streets are full of homeless, hungry, and poor who need help and Jesus. But to the mega church, the production is more important...

[@mycroft3322]

Nah, never too much, Jesus invented cool.

[@thefroggy70s]

Yeah Looks really Like its all about Jesus😂😂😂

[@Dank_Matter_188]

Time to start taxing this place. This is over the top ridiculous. The number of times in this video that the service was referred to as "the show" says it all.

[@jbloodwo]

I hear it all the time. Heck I quite often refer to a Sunday service as a “show”. Personally I have no issue with the term show.

[@tompaytom]

Because it literally is a show. This isn't a replacement to church, it's a separate ticketed Christmas concert. Do you also think your local community theater should be taxed?

[@markjastrzebski2065]

It’s amazing what you can do when you don’t have to pay taxes. Help those need with the money? F no where going to spend it on expensive show

[@tompaytom]

It's a ticketed event. Like going to a concert. Try again

[@jerryjonas8178]

@@tompaytom what do you think is the ROI on a concert if you pay taxes??

[@markjastrzebski2065]

@ so they are charging to attend a church, even worse. The comment was asking about how, as a church, you can afford millions and millions of dollars in technology.

[@mrovi789]

Good tech, but that santa claus and drummers flying around is a bit too much for a church... this type of megachurches have no soul left in them, they are simple theater shows with Christian topics...

[@RylandRussell]

@@mrovi789 we dive into this topic of “where is the line with technology, and how do you know if you’ve crossed it” in this previous video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZbEfKN_apukgNksi=htfcwJUR1KWNGNSh

[@mrovi789]

@@RylandRussell yea seen that long ago, but we know how all this will end, i am that "hillsong" type of generation.

[@worshipmediaman]

@@mrovi789 I hate to hear that kind of assumption, but I also understand how you come by it. There are many soulless churches out there doing production. However, Prestonwood is certainly not one of them! Hundreds of people come to know Christ through the outreach of this production every year.

[@boaz63]

Imagine being proud of this… 🙄🙏

[@thedrumssayyes]

While I can agree that every church is called to different outreaches and that this is freaking cool - when is it too much? I appreciate the main guy at the end and his heart, but sometimes when we are neck deep in things we can lose focus on keeping the main thing the main thing, even if that’s the intention. At what point does the multi million dollar production lose its edification towards God? We were part of a 10,000 plus per weekend church in Nashville that was doing 2-3 large scale worship nights per year. Full production to the gills. Then they realized that all of those resources could go into the community to actually help rather than putting on a spectacle. Yes, I believe we should do everything with excellence, but I also believe we serve a God that will accept the praise on a small or large scale. At this point this church has a reputation and now every year will chase to have the next “big” thing and will want every year better than the last. I am not condemning what they are doing, but I do question from a high level the intentions behind it. Also, I do believe that if one person came into a saving relationship with Jesus because of the GOC event, then it’s worth it. It’s just a hard pill to swallow seeing all of those resources being used for a “show”.

[@RylandRussell]

Thanks for taking the time to share! What a lot of people don't understand is that the "resources" are tickets sales...to see the concert. The church has MANY ways that they serve the community with their normal budgetary resources.

[@jerryjonas8178]

@@RylandRussell if you actually make money enough on just ticket sales, you do better than most legit theaters.

[@abecoulter8550]

looks like another church is more focused on money than ministry

[@marcusjones2486]

Very interesting how the judgement of ministries that are Mega is always defaulted to money focused. There is a church in Houston that does the same thing and the tickets literally started at $12. Those is a production that could easily ask for $100. They tell an amazing story about Jesus where you can remember.

[@abecoulter8550]

@@marcusjones2486 an internal church event shouldn't be a ticketed event

[@kennygrooms4248]

TAX THE MEGACHURCHES

[@Joel-Monterra]

Why is a church in southern Texas on the edge of the world's AV production? Guess not paying taxes makes you special. At least they invest the money in technology.

[@aaronjesse13]

This is gross and against what Jesus wrote and spoke. You all should be ashamed.

[@tompaytom]

A ticketed Christmas concert is against what Jesus wrote? Interesting perspective