Behind the Scenes of Bright Water Digital Studio In this session of the Music For Ministry Podcast, I chat with Gary Emory who is the president and chief recording engineer at Bright Water Digital Studio in Greenville, SC. He also designs and installs church sound, lighting, & video for new and existing facilities nationwide. With 30+ years of experience in Christian and classical recordings, Gary owns a state of the art custom recording studio and media complex. Bright Water Studio produces high definition recordings straight to digital for orchestra, choral, dialog and sound effects.  The studio is comprised of and HD3 Accell Avid digital processing with a Control 24/Focusrite mixing control an preamp section. Vintage and new mics as well as a 7.6 foot Yamaha piano. In this session, Gary and I chat about: * Growing up in Flint, Michigan * The role music played in his life as a child * His early ministry travels and mission trip to Mexico * His training in Bible, Interpretive speech, Radio and TV Broadcasting * Designing and helping churches set up quality sound systems * Working for Majesty Music, Frank Garlock and Ron Hamilton * How Sound Master became Bright Water Digital * Over 25 years of recording Patch the Pirate, sound effects and editing * His favorite voice overs: Ferlin the Frog, Zero the Polar Bear, Jezebel the Camel, Diablillos * Hosting and producing the Adventures of Patch the Pirate Radio Broadcast * The voice of Jonas Squiggly * The operations at Bright Water Digital Studio * Working with Glenn Christianson * The future of audio sounds * Wav files vs mp3 files * Psallontes recordings Items mentioned in this podcast: * David E. Smith Publications * Bright Water Digital Studio * Evangelist Frank Gonzales * Fisher Body * Charles Stewart Mott * Majesty Music * Soundforth * Lorenz * The Adventures of Patch the Pirate * Psallontes Thank you, Gary, for sharing your story with me on the Music for Ministry Podcast Have a great day and make Music for Ministry your passion too! * Click here to subscribe via iTunes. * Click here to subscribe via RSS (non-iTunes feed)