Dan Collins

What to Look For in a Band Engineer
The Four E’s
Experience
Live Music Groups
Reggae (King Solomon)
R&B (Ayres Rock)
Rat Pack (Da Tree Guys)
Oldies (The Daddy D Band)
Rock (Buying Silence)
Blues (The Bluecats)
Barbershop (Baylanders)
Ensemble (Green Bay City Band)
Contemporary and Classic Country (Daddy D Productions)
Church Sound Reinforcement
Contemporary Worship Teams
Traditional Worship
Praise Choir
Wedding Ceremonies
System Design
Music Theatre Sound
A Time for Christmas
It’s a Wonderful Life
The Taffetas
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
A Chorus Line
Beauty and the Beast
The King and I
Respect
Little Shop of Horrors
Daddy D Productions (Original Works)
Studio Work
Full Length LP: Bluegrass (Bent Grass)
EP: Emo Rock (Searching for North)
Demo: R&B (Ayres Rock)
Commercials & Jingles (Broadway Lounge, Darren’s Ditties)
Radio Talk Show Production (Answers from God’s Word)

Expertise
Some individuals have technical skills while others are musically inclined. To be an effective band engineer, one must be strong in both disciplines. One must know and understand the subjective elements that add up to a pleasing musical experience, have his ears trained to rightly perceive those elements, and must understand the tools of his trade well enough to keep those elements in balance.

My musical training includes eight years of organ lessons, several years of self-taught guitar playing, and my parents discovered I had perfect pitch when I was five years old. Several years ago, I took up recording as a hobby, built my own home studio and have successfully recorded a wide range of musical styles.

A band engineer must be able to deal effectively with the scientific aspects of music production. As with music, my interest in electronics is among my earliest memories. For the past seventeen years, I have made my living troubleshooting, repairing, specifying and installing electronic equipment of all kinds. The skills involved in this line of work naturally lend themselves to the science of good sound. The ability to quickly detect, troubleshoot and fix problems and keep the show going is just as important as the ability to operate a working system. Impedance matching, ground loops, gain structure, phase,