Live sound, sound design, and recording in West Michigan.
GvG LLC is the audio side of Gordon van Gent: one engineer, a well-kept locker of gear, and a public rate sheet so there are no surprises. Your friendly neighborhood sound guy, working primarily for community events, local recordings, and theatre. Based in Kalamazoo, working across the region.
What the work is
- Live sound
- Front-of-house and monitor engineering for concerts, festivals, weddings, corporate events, and school productions, with complete systems sized to the room.
- Theatre sound design
- Design, build, and programming for musicals and plays: script markup, QLab, actor mics, board programming, tech week, and a FOH engineer for the run when needed.
- Location recording
- Multitrack recording of concerts, ensembles, and sessions on location, plus mixing and mastering afterward.
- System consulting
- Brand-neutral advice, design, and programming for sound systems in venues, churches, schools, and studios, with installation support and vendor referrals.
- Audio for video
- Production sound on set, plus sound design, mixing, and original composition for video.
- Musician for hire
- Guitar, arranging, and charts for events and sessions.
Start with the date.
Send the date, the venue, and what the room needs to do. An itemized estimate comes back from the rate sheet.