Episodes
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April 10, 2019
#14 - David Milly on life, the Biz, selling your Biz and Boating
David Milly had a very successful run in the rock and roll and country touring business, but many won't realize he was actually schooled in business and began working for a pyro company. Since that time, David build a highly successful touring, rental and install business and then sold it prior to diving into the boating life. This is a great chat that covers everything from gear to finance and fun.
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April 3, 2019
#13 - Marc Brickman talks Pink Floyd, Genesis, Empire State Building and More
Marc Brickman is a director, producer, lighting designer and production designer. He is an Emmy nominee but of course, his visuals for Pink Floyd are probably his greatest calling card. He has designed massive stadium rigs, and a very artistic Neil Young show with ONLY Follow Spots. Marc cut his teeth with Bruce Springsteen so his career has been filled with only highlights.
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March 27, 2019
#12 - John Wiseman 40 years of Rock n Roll Touring, Memories and oh yeah... Motley Crue
Not many strike fear into competitors like John does! For 40 years, John has been a character to be reckoned with in rock n roll lighting and production. From rock tours with The Stones, The Who, Motley Crue and Poison to virtually every pop and country tour out there, plus awards shows and much more. He's lived through it all to share his stories with us today!
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March 20, 2019
#11 - Paul Dexter, Lighting and Production Design for Dio, Ozzy, Reo and more!
Geezers of Gear Episode 11 offers a conversation with a gentleman who's career spans 40 years of Rock and Roll - highlighting tours including Ozzy's Diary of a Madman, Dio from 1983 until the artist's death in 2010 (and still today via incredible hologram technology) and now more than a decade with Reo Speedwagon. Paul is currently designing incredible, state of the art hologram tours for two incredible rock icons who are no longer with us, Dio and Frank Zappa.
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March 13, 2019
#10 - GearSource Asia - Don Chan
Today, on Episode 10 of Geezers of Gear the Geezers are joined by Don Chan, the company's partner operating GearSource Asia. Don has a lengthy experience with Video and Stage design and brings that knowledge to this weeks podcast. We discuss topics including Dynamic Staging, Asian shows compared to N America, a couple of tradeshows and some new technology. Please - Enjoy!
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March 7, 2019
#9 - What Happens in Vegas... Happened because of Tim Brennan!
Very few people represent as much to an important segment of the market as Tim Brennan represents to the Las Vegas Lighting / Visual market. Working his way up thru the ranks from a very young age in his family's lighting business, Cinema Services, to one of the most recognized Sales Exec's in Lighting and Video today while working with PRG, Tim is nothing short of a character. Today, Tim talks about the Lighting / Visual business in Vegas, some of the evolution in the Lighting space, a few comp...
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Feb. 28, 2019
#8 - Robert Mokry brings 30 years of Automated Lighting Experience
Today, we talk with Robert "guitar" Mokry about the past, present and future of automated lighting. We cover a bit about control consoles, video and much more. Unfortunately, a technical glitch (Marcel hit the wrong button at a VERY wrong time) - we lost the first 20 minutes of our interview... so you miss the introductions and a lengthy discussion about his early days in the biz. Sorry!!
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Feb. 22, 2019
#7 - Goddo, The Geezer of Rock!
Today, the Geezers had the great pleasure of interviewing a true Rock and Roll Legend in the Canadian music business, Greg "Goddo" Godovitz. Beginning in 1964, Greg established himself as a player in the Canadian music scene and created one of the greatest hard rock bands to ever come out of the Canadian music scene, Goddo. Greg remains active today with his many live music, recording sessions where he plays and produces for others and writing projects. His first book, Travels With My Amp - is a...
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Feb. 13, 2019
#6 - Super Saturday and Mega Structures with Andrew Gumper
Today, the Geezers have the privilege of interviewing one of the more intriguing individuals in production today. Andrew Gumper, the owner and founder of AG Productions, has created an entirely new and unique genre in the world of Staging and Rigging. He calls it the "Mega Structure, and that's exactly what it it. We interview Andrew to learn more about his structures and the origin of Mega Structures, but specifically, we learn more about his recent involvement with the SuperBowl in creating wh...
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Feb. 7, 2019
#5 - Geezers Of Gear - Top Gear
Today the Geezers talk about the top Searches and Item Sales on GearSource.com. Great information if you're looking to succeed with your gear sales GLOBALLY through the site.
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Jan. 30, 2019
#4 - Geezers of Gear - Top 3 Concerts
Today, the Geezers discuss their top 3 concerts, along with a few stories of course. You'll be surprised to hear Henry's #1 and #2... And remember, you can now reach the Geezers by email - .
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Jan. 25, 2019
#3 - The Evolution of Automated Lighting... Cont'd
In this episode, the Geezers finally dig into the history af automated lighting, from its early beginnings with rubber bands or air-drive, to the state of the art LED fixtures of today. Along the way, the duo discuss the beginning of Varilite, with Genesis backing them, the early Martin days, High End lawsuits and much more.
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Jan. 25, 2019
#2 - The Evolution of Automated Lighting - Part 1
In this episode, Marcel and Henry talk about how tradeshows have changed and specifically, the NAMM show which is taking place this weekend. They also begin a discussion on video, the new LED tiles that the company, GearSource are so involved in re-marketing and of course, like the title says, they start the discussion on evolution of lighting - which will be continued in Episode 3
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Jan. 23, 2019
#1 - Geezers of Gear Intro - Episode 1
Two Entertainment Production industry Veterans discuss WHY we're doing a podcast, where we came from, the beginning of GearSource and fun stuff about the industry.