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#289 - Tanya Collyer
Jan. 23, 2025

#289 - Tanya Collyer

Tanya has over 25years experience in the industry as an incredible Chef, personal Chef to Artists and Bands such as The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Muse, Florence and the Machine to name but a few. Tanya has taken a massive step r...

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#288 - Seth Jackson
Jan. 22, 2025

#288 - Seth Jackson

Seth Jackson has twice won the Parnelli Award for Set Design of the Year, the Redden Award for Lighting Design of the Year, the Broadway World Los Angeles for Lighting Design of the Year, and the Paul Waterbury Award of Inter...

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#287 - Bill Price
Jan. 15, 2025

#287 - Bill Price

Bill Price is a consultant of entertainment technology and a freelance designer, Lighting Designer, Director, Set Designer, Theatrical and Dance productions. He has been active in the Entertainment industry for over 40 years....

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#286 - Marcel Fairbairn
Jan. 1, 2025

#286 - Marcel Fairbairn

Marcel spent more than 30 years in the event industry and founded gear source in 2002 with a single goal to make it safer and easier for businesses to buy and sell gear globally Since its founding gear sources moved a quarter...

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#285 - Kristin Rinden - LEADING LADIES PODCAST
Dec. 26, 2024

#285 - Kristin Rinden - LEADING LADIES PODCAST

Kristin has been in the industry for over 25years, she started as VIP Experience & Sponsorship Coordinator for American Idol Live Tour and then became their Road Manager. Since then Kristin has been Production Coordinator and...

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#284 - Get Friggin Festive
Dec. 24, 2024

#284 - Get Friggin Festive

Geezers Of Gear special Podcast with a group of friends in the industry, catching up and raising a glass for the Holidays!

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#283 - LDI Review with Marcel and Sarah
Dec. 12, 2024

#283 - LDI Review with Marcel and Sarah

Join us to remember the 2024 LDI show, our highlights from the show, some cool products and a few stories. Plus, a bit about the inaugural Dining With Dinosaurs event as well. This episode is brought to you by Elation and Mai...

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#282 - Andrew "Hamish" Mills
Dec. 11, 2024

#282 - Andrew "Hamish" Mills

Andrew Mills, known as Hamish in the industry, brings more than 30 years of Entertainment industry Experience. Hamish Has Toured with acts like U2, Metallica, Nirvana, Rod Stewart and other high-profile entertainers, and work...

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#281 - Robert Hofkamp
Dec. 4, 2024

#281 - Robert Hofkamp

Robert Hofkamp was last on the Podcast back in 2021 at LDI where he was representing Void Acoustics. I can’t believe that is almost three years to the day and he was brave enough to exhibit at a lighting show, post covid! Che...

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#280 - Melody Tseng - LEADING LADIES PODCAST
Nov. 29, 2024

#280 - Melody Tseng - LEADING LADIES PODCAST

Melody Tseng is a Creative Producer at Live Redesigned. Melody graduated from design school with a background in art and fashion. Melody started out working as a production translator in Taiwan before touring for over 10 year...

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#279 - John Featherstone
Nov. 28, 2024

#279 - John Featherstone

John Featherstone Principal & Managing Director of Lightswitch. Born and educated in the United Kingdom, John was theatrically trained at Britain's National Youth Theatre.John met four lads who had just formed a band called T...

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#278 - Marty Hom
Nov. 27, 2024

#278 - Marty Hom

Marty Hom is a 40+ year concert touring veteran who has worked with Barbra Streisand, Shakira, Bette Midler, Lionel Richie, The Eagles, Alicia Keys, Shania Twain, Janet Jackson and Beyonce to name but a few. Marty was with Fl...

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#277 - Neil Juneja
Nov. 20, 2024

#277 - Neil Juneja

Neil Juneja is a business and intellectual property attorney. He is the founder and managing partner of Gleam Law, a law firm headquartered in Seattle, WA. His impeccable track record and years of experience in the formation,...

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#276 - Bob Bonniol
Nov. 13, 2024

#276 - Bob Bonniol

Bob Bonniol is an Emmy Award winning Director, Production Designer, andProducer. He is known for his implementation of extensive media andinteractive features in his productions and installations. His practice spans the world...

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#275 - Tim Dailey
Nov. 7, 2024

#275 - Tim Dailey

Tim Dailey’s career started in event production, particularly lighting design and technical direction for large corporate events and tradeshows. This naturally led him down a path towards power as every show needs lots of it ...

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#274 - Ellen Lampert-Greaux
Nov. 6, 2024

#274 - Ellen Lampert-Greaux

Ellen Lampert-Gréaux works at Questex as Live Design/LDI Creative Director. Ellen started at LDI in 1988, the very first LDI was in Dallas, this will be her 37th year. Ellen is a writer, editor, conference organizer for Live ...

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#273 - Cosmo Wilson
Oct. 31, 2024

#273 - Cosmo Wilson

We are extremely lucky to have Cosmo (Charles) Wilson back on the Podcast. Cosmo is a concert lighting designer and director. He has been in the industry since the 80’s and is one of the nicest people you will ever meet, he i...

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#272 - Mark Fetto
Oct. 30, 2024

#272 - Mark Fetto

Mark Fetto started working as a lighting technician in the late 1970’s, working his way through the ranks at the Obie Company and Vari-Lite, he then became a lighting designer and senior programmer. In 1989 Mark opened Vari-L...

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#271 - Marc Brickman
Oct. 28, 2024

#271 - Marc Brickman

Marc's work as an artist, director, producer, and lighting designer has reached audiences of millions world-wide and includes spectacles for Pink Floyd, Paul McCartney, The Barcelona and Nagano Olympics Ceremonies, Cirque du ...

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#270 - James Ure
Oct. 16, 2024

#270 - James Ure

James Ure is the Vice President of US Sales and Marketing at AVL Media GroupJames has been in the audio industry for over 35 years and his experience ranges from AV design and installation, live sound, rental, studio, broadca...

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#269 - Donny Lodico
Oct. 8, 2024

#269 - Donny Lodico

Donny LoDico is a highly experienced professional with over 30 years of work experience in the field of lighting, video, and event management. He has a strong background in corporate events, lighting design, and video product...

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#268 - Colleen Wittenberg - LEADING LADIES PODCAST
Oct. 3, 2024

#268 - Colleen Wittenberg - LEADING LADIES PODCAST

Colleen Wittenberg is a Freelance multi-cam director, media server programmer and operator. Colleen has worked for some incredible artists such as ColpPlay, aerosmith, alanis morissette, U2, Lizzo to name but a few. And is cu...

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#267 - Howard Glickman
Oct. 2, 2024

#267 - Howard Glickman

Howard Glickman is the Associate Principal at Apeiro Design, With over 20 years at the firm, has been a team leader on a great variety of projects from large international projects in Asia and the Middle East to middle school...

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#266 - Chris Conti
Sept. 27, 2024

#266 - Chris Conti

Chris Conti is the Chief Innovation Officer at Production Resource Group. Chris joined PRG in 2004 where he has worked on multiple concert tours, TV shows, corporate events, trade shows, and special events. Some of the highli...

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