Repositioning Musical Sound Production in Nigeria Worship Auditoria: Some Issues of Concern By (original) (raw)

In Africa, sound, either musical or speech has been arrogated to power and the loudest sound is the most powerful. This cultural factor has crept into worship sessions within churches auditoria. The pastor, the choir and the congregation want to project sound at the same volume level leading to a 'war of sound' although, several researches had been carried out in the area of sound production with focus on recording studios, concert, recital and theatre halls, however research on sound production in church auditoria has been neglected. This paper investigates this neglect as a predicament to effective sound production in churches auditoria. it was recorded that there is zero percentage of normal sound production and tolerance in all the purposively selected church auditoria and therefore concludes that there are no professional sound engineers to manage church sound production in this century which poses great dangers to the health of the preacher, choir, congregation, and the society as a whole.