Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Gregory Mabe. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Gregory, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today Learning the craft is often a unique journey from every creative – we’d love to hear about your journey and if knowing what you know now, you would have done anything differently to speed up the learning process.

Oh man, where to start… I started in my church as a musician and later moved to engineering. Realizing that I could piece the whole band together and create behind the seems was so fulfilling and attractive to me!

I wish I would have chosen a school that had an audio engineering program. Would have been nice to get a head start on what I’m doing now rather than being self-taught on 98% of what I do. I honestly probably just do it all wrong and don’t realize it haha but it’s worked so far.

Skill wise, being a musician and knowing what things should sound like acoustically and replicating that with detail in the PA has been invaluable. Really helps being a people person too. I’ve always told people that the client will remember the show but what gets you the call back was how the felt working with you. It’s all about relationship and trust. Do a good job and be kind. Those two things will get you so far.

Obstacles that stood in the way would honestly be the normal stuff. Management that doesn’t trust, being pushed down because of age. But nothing major.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.

My name is Greg Mabe and I’m 32 living in Indianapolis, IN. I’m happily married with three kids.

I have been in the music world since I was five wanting to learn drums. Bass became my main instrument in high-school and building tracks and engineering became big for me senior year.

As soon as I touched an audio console and was able to engineer for the first time I was totally hooked. Being able to piece the band together and listen to all of it was so fun and cool. I fell in love with it instantly.

I have been an audio engineer for about 12 years now.

For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?

The most rewarding thing for me is getting to do what I love for work everyday. It doesn’t feel like work for me most days. You still have the days that do haha don’t get me wrong but it’s so cool to be able to make noise for a living.

How about pivoting – can you share the story of a time you’ve had to pivot?

In 2019 I decided to step out of touring as we had just had our first child and decided to take a job at a church in Virginia. It always helps to remember that a developed skill can apply to multiple areas. And pivoting can be good.

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• Other: I used to have social media and a website but I deleted my socials to focus more on my family and my site is so out of date lol

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Me (Gregory Mabe) Liberty Live Church