Curt Taipale

Curt Taipale enjoys over 45 years of experience in audio as a church tech team leader, recording and live sound engineer, consultant, AVL system designer, integrator, educator, author, and professional musician. He is the founder of ChurchSoundcheck.com, author of “The Heart of Technical Excellence”, and a contributing author to Yamaha’s “Guide to Sound Systems for Worship”.

Curt has provided church sound training for thousands of sound ministry volunteers, technical staff, worship pastors and musicians through his online sound system training course known as the Church Sound Boot Camp.

Having made his living as a professional musician for 12 years, earning a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Engineering from the University of Miami, serving 11 years full time on the production staff of three churches as Audio Director and Technical Director, plus several more years as a sought-after freelance sound engineer, and now focusing his career on designing state of the art sound, video and theatrical lighting systems for churches nationwide, Curt brings a unique perspective and depth of knowledge to every AVL system he designs and every workshop he teaches.