Speakers and Contributors

Stephen Proctor – Worship VJ (USA)
Stephen Proctor is a "VJ", or "visual jockey". In 2006, he co-founded Grateful Inconvenience Inc., a creative design & production company that focuses on live environmental design, film production & visual media.

His time is split between an active involvement in the music industry and an ever-growing need for creativity in the Church at large. He's spends most of the time on the road with music artists and engaging in conversations with other creatives in the areas of "visual worship".

The rest of the time, he finds himself back in his Nashville studio dreaming up new ways to effectively stimulate and challenge the Body of Christ into active worship both in and out of the church building.

His passion is for "visual worship"...to explore new ways to visually echo our response to the glorious revelations of God. And he loves to help others find their way on this journey, as well. "My hopes are to facilitate and train the local Body in effectively and clearly projecting the message of Christ and modeling authentic worship through the relevant and dynamic technology that we have at our fingertips today."

To see how Stephen transforms an ordinary worship space to an extraordinary worship space click HERE.

Wayne Huirua – Musician, Producer and Worship Pastor (NZ)
Wayne Huirua & wife Libby are worship pastors based out of Equippers Church Auckland, New Zealand. Wayne has been serving in full time ministry in music, worship, teaching and evangelism for over 20 years predominantly known for his work with the Parachute Band.

For 10 years Wayne & Libby served as worship leader and Music Director in the Parachute Band, producing many worship albums, touring and leading worship throughout the world. The band were signed to Integrity music and were honoured by the Gospel Music Association of USA with their esteemed International Award. Now having handed it on to the next generation they are called to a ministry of training and equipping local church worship teams.

They have established the New Zealand Worship Network for worship pastors and leaders as their heart is to input into church music teams and individuals and to see God's worship reach new levels in power and influence in their own nation and beyond!

Dave Jacques – Engineer, Production Manager, Designer & Grammy Winner (AUS)
Dave Jacques is a well-known sound engineer and production manager with production design skills gained over the last 15 years. He owned and operated a production rental company in Melbourne, worked in outside broadcast for major Australian TV networks, and engineered for many clients, bands, and a Audio rental companies in Australia. Working also as a freelance touring sound engineer within Australia/NZ, Dave moved to Nashville TN, USA, where he has been retained as Production manager / FOH sound engineer for many Grammy Award winning touring bands over the last 8 years.

In 2010 Dave also received a Grammy award for his work on Third Days’ latest live record “live Revelations.”  Since 2000 Dave has been touring with a variety of bands including, Delirious, Third Day, Relient K, Jars of Clay and Paul Colman trio, gaining valuable skills in sound engineering and system design.

In recent times, returning back to Melbourne Australia at the end of 2008, Dave is now employed by National Audio Systems, an importing and distribution company representing many high profile brands throughout Australia and New Zealand. Working in application design and support, he now provides system design and product support for customers using industry leading brands such as d&b audiotechnik loudspeakers, Midas Consoles, Klark Teknik and Heil Microphones to name a few.

Dave brings much real world experience with these and many other products, and has a genuine desire to help raise the standard for audio and production for worship.

Michael Hedges – Oscar Winning Re-recording Mixer, Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (NZ)
With nearly 20 years experience and over 40 feature credits to his name Michael is an internationally recognised and highly awarded Re-recording Mixer. He has won two Academy Awards for sound mixing, one for his work on Peter Jackson‘s King Kong and the other for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of The King. In 2010 he was nominated for a BAFTA for his work on District 9. He also has designed, installed and operates the sound equipment at Christian Fellowship Upper Hutt.

Goff – Director, the Production Co. (NZ)
As Director and Founder of the Production Co, Goff has been at the helm of many shows and events over the last 20 years, ranging from corporate roadshows through to rock n roll tours. He spent 15 years as Production Executive for the Parachute Music Festival and has acted as Production Manager for Dave Dobbyn, Th‘ Dudes, Brooke Fraser, Tim Finn, Evermore, Bic Runga and other kiwi greats. Goff is also a sought after lighting designer/director, who has toured New Zealand and Australia with the likes of Elemeno P, Scribe, Op Shop, Gin Wigmore and many more.

Merlin Mills – Veteran Tour Manager & Events Manager, World Vision New Zealand (NZ)
Merlin has spent years lurking around production offices and seemingly endless tour debrief meetings trying to make sense of the music event industry. Over recent years Merlin has worked as a production manager on events ranging from the NZ Big Day Out to The Wiggles national tours.

Currently holding down an almost “normal” day job as national events manager for World Vision New Zealand.

A favourite at Frequency 09, Merlin brings a wealth of knowledge from his years in the production and event industry.

David J. Fuller – Sales Manager for Asia/Pacific at QSC Audio (NZ)
An industry veteran, David Fuller started his production career as musician, where he recorded his own album, and then went onto start up his own Sound-Rental company.

In 1996, David joined Jands NZ as the "National Sales Manager" and was responsible for the nationwide sales, marketing & technical-support of JBL, QSC & Shure products.

In 2000, David joined JBL Professional in the role of "Market Development Engineer" for the Asia, Africa, Middle-East & Latin America territory.

During this period, David was directly involved in designing and/or commissioning many high-profile sound-system installations, including the "Khalifa Stadium" (Qatar), "Le Royal Cinema" (Jordan), the "Palais de Congres" (Beirut), "Massey Hall" (Toronto), the "Hong Kong Stadium", the "Teatro Teresa Carreno" (Venezuela), the "Ministry of Sound" Nightclub (Bangkok) and the impressive 5000-seat "Soo-Young-Ro Presbyterian Church" (Korea).

David was also the Line-Array Systems Engineer for many live events, including the "2002 China National Day Celebrations" (Shanghai), the "2002 Placido Domingo Concert" (Shanghai), the "2004 Boyz II Men Concert" (Manila) and the "2002 Soccer World Cup Opening Ceremony" (Seoul).

In 2006, David returned to New Zealand to establish a Southern Regional office for Jands NZ. David is now the Sales Manager for Asia/Pacific at QSC Audio.

Brent Greenwood – Operations Manager, the Production Co. (NZ)
Brent has been working in the production industry for over 12 years. He has experience in all aspects of the industry including being involved in tours, roadshows and numerous events from conferences to product launches and everything in between.

Originally employed with The Production Co as a senior technician, Brent took a break to work at Life Church for 4 years as the Production Manager overseeing numerous weekly services, conferences, the production team and the installation of a wide variety of gear including fitting out an 800 seat auditorium, designing and implementing a Line Array system and the purchase of the first PM5D console into a church in NZ.

Now he‘s back at The Production Co as Operations Manager and is involved in all aspects of the business. He has spoken at conferences and churches around the country and brings with him a wealth of experience particularly in the church environment.

Scotty Pearson – Drummer for Elemeno P (NZ)
The heavy hitter for multiple platinum earning Elemeno P, Scotty Pearson has played with numerous acts over his long and illustrious career. Scotty was the beat behind innovative Kiwi worship/rock artists Form and Solace. He has over a dozen drum kits filling up every nook and cranny in his office and he knows how to make things sound good. By day, Scotty is a construction magnate running his company Scotty Construction.

Glenn Stewart – Lighting Guru
Glenn’s production career started with him doing sound at Valley Rd Church 16 years ago. Glenn went onto study with Excel School of Performing Arts in 1995, majoring in sound and lighting. He took his skills on tour throughout New Zealand as part of the second year in 1996 mixing FOH for 55 performances in 51 churches, monitors for 224 performances in 200 schools and operating lighting with conventional and moving lights for 24 concerts in 24 venues - all in one year! With the experience gained with Excel Glenn found employment with Kenderdine Electrical, one of the top lighting companies in NZ. After nearly 13 years with Kenderdine and a large amount of other event experience including at the Parachute Music Festival, Glenn has seen many advances in the technology of lighting and control systems. If it can move or change colour, chances are Glenn knows how it operates. Glenn also brings with him vast experience of to build a system from start to finish.