Jeff - Teacher Sound Coach - Sound Amazing LLC

Jeff - Teacher Sound Coach - Sound Amazing LLC I help elementary music and theater teachers gain total sound-system confidence so students are heard and parents rave about the sound.

https://soundamazing.com/link-in-bio

09/04/2026

Great sound starts with WHERE you mix.

A mixer in a closet is convenient.

A mixer in the audience is EFFECTIVE.

Where is your mixer located during shows?

09/02/2026

Too much sound-system preparation has been allowed to creep into tech week.

And that steals time from what your tech students REALLY need to be learning:

🎭 How to run the show.

The good news? We can fix this.

During a recent PD at Blumenthal Arts, I shared a plan for moving much of that audio preparation into the Fall and Winter — months before opening night.

Start by giving your tech students a checklist.

Get the wireless microphones show-ready early — clear sound, reliable RF, and no surprise dropouts.

Get the mixer organized and ready months before tech.

Work through the one-time setup tasks BEFORE the whole cast is staring at the sound person.

Because when tech week finally arrives, I don’t want your students spending their limited rehearsal time figuring out basic system setup.

I want them learning the exciting part:

🎚️ Following the script
🎤 Managing microphones
🎭 Anticipating entrances
🎶 Making musical moments land
đź‘‚ Listening critically
💪 And learning how to mix a show like a seasoned professional — even if they’re brand new to mixing.

Prepare the system early so tech week can actually be about teching the SHOW.

A huge thank-you to Blumenthal Arts for hosting this professional development and for investing in the teachers and students who make school theatre happen. ❤️

09/02/2026

Make tech team a place kids are PROUD to earn.
Give them real jobs.
Let older students train younger students.
Time the setup. Celebrate the wins.
Show them that their work looks like professional productions.

What would make YOUR students excited to join tech team?

08/31/2026

I was the AV kid in 2nd grade. 🎚️🎤

And looking back, one of the biggest reasons I’m doing what I do today is simple:

Teachers gave me opportunities that built confidence.

Those opportunities eventually led from school audio… to mixing high school musicals… to professional live sound at places like Madison Square Garden…recording concerts for PBS… working on global broadcasts… mixing state show choir competitions… owning a recording studio… and running Sound Amazing LLC.

But after all those experiences, some of the work that means the most to me is happening right back where it started:

In schools.

I’ve worked with area schools for about 30 years, and my mission today is really two things:

🎤 Help teachers feel confident with sound.

🎚️ Help the tech kids discover what they’re capable of.

Because somewhere in your music room, theatre, cafeteria, or tech booth might be another AV kid who just needs an adult to say:

“Want to try it?”

That opportunity can change a kid’s life.

A huge thank-you to the Blumenthal Arts for hosting this recent professional development session and creating space for teachers to learn, share, and build stronger performing arts programs for their students. ❤️

08/31/2026

Elementary and middle school theatre teachers… does this sound familiar?

It’s time to set up sound for the show.

Your mixer is in a closet.

The portable speakers are heavy.
The wall-mounted ones sound dull.
The mixer may be old, janky, or both.

You’re sharing the gym or cafeteria with everyone else.

Setup takes hours — sometimes most of the day.

You finally get everything connected, but you still can’t seem to get the kids loud enough.

Then the bargain wireless mic starts popping.

And somehow… all of this is YOUR job figure out.

That’s where we started during my Middle School Theatre PD at the Blumenthal Theatre in Charlotte.

A huge thank you to Ms. McDougall, NBCT — CMS Theatre Arts Lead, Theatre Arts Teacher, and Fine Arts Department Head at Ballantyne Ridge High School — for the introduction and for helping make professional development like this possible.

And thank you to for hosting us in such an incredible space.

My goal is simple:

Make school sound easier.
Make teachers more confident.
And make sure every kid gets heard. ❤️🎶

08/30/2026

It was a pleasure to mix sound again today for Trouble So Hard in Charlotte. This is so much more than a concert—it’s a powerful musical and narrative journey through the stories of slavery, freedom, and civil rights.

Through live music and storytelling, Trouble So Hard brings history to life in a way that can move you, challenge you, and stay with you long after the final note. The message matters and these shows deserve to be experienced by audiences throughout Charlotte and beyond.

And here’s the truly amazing part: Trouble So Hard offers these performances FREE to the community. Their upcoming events can fill to capacity, so visit troublesohard.com/shows, register early, and bring someone with you. This is the kind of meaningful local art we should show up for and share with others.

I’m grateful every time I’m trusted to help their voices, instruments, stories, and message reach the audience clearly. Today’s sound system featured an Allen & Heath mixer and dBTechnologies speakers—and they did a beautiful job helping every word and every note connect.

Follow Trouble So Hard, visit their website, and make plans to experience one of these remarkable performances for yourself. You’ll hear wonderful music, learn something meaningful, and leave moved.



08/29/2026

Controversial opinion…

Serious question: why are we paying $18,000 in labor to install $250 speakers?

Those numbers are real and typical. I walk into elementary schools all the time and see speakers mounted high on the gym wall… and they’re not “special” speakers. They’re a couple hundred bucks each. But the budget disappears into lift rental, conduit, hole drilling, wire fishing, and labor. Because there’s a lot involved to make installed speakers comply with codes and rules. And in support of good vendors, they’re proposing to install speakers “the usual way”.

So here’s the mindset shift: The next time your school talks about upgrading the sound system, consider a portable setup. You can leave the old installed system alone if it’s good enough for gym classes & announcements. Just bypass it for concerts and musicals.

Now you can do the gym. The cafeteria. The parking lot. A field day. A PTA night. Or DJ during car line.
And if the parts that go up on stands are light enough? Kids can set it up.

Many of these systems are way more POWERFUL than the ones stuck on the wall - and most have Bluetooth built in.

If you like to challenge old paradigms, especially those related to elementary school sound systems, follow for more. Also, check the link in my bio to get a free checklist that’ll quickly help you make your shows sound better.

08/28/2026

Feedback PREVENTION is way easier than feedback firefighting.
So if you want a simple “step-by-step” that tells you exactly what to check (and in what order)…
Grab my FREE Ultimate Feedback Elimination Checklist.
It’s teacher-friendly - and you can laminate it! I know you love to laminate!

Tap the link in my bio to get it free right now.

08/26/2026

Why can’t you simply turn up every actor’s microphone and leave it there? 🎭🎚️

Because every open mic can make the sound more hollow and increase the risk of feedback. That’s why musical theatre mixers follow the script and mix line by line.

Like choreography, those fader moves must be marked, rehearsed, and repeated until they become muscle memory. Start early—because tech week is too late to learn the dance.

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