Episodes

Hailing from Perth, Western Australia, Chris ‘Chalky’ Chalk discovered his passion for production lighting during high school, sparking a career that began with an Advanced Diploma of Performing Arts (Lighting) at WAAPA in 2000 and an internship at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. After joining the Festival as a lighting technician in 2003, he transitioned to film lighting in 2005, launching a successful career in the industry. A member of IATSE Locals 488 and 728, Chris has worked on acclaimed...

Welcome to Geezers Of Gear first FutureTech Podcast. In this inaugural episode, our Ai hosts will be discussing the new Elation Paragon Series. Now isn't this better than reading spec's?

With a career spanning nearly five decades, David has been a key figure in live entertainment, working with iconic artists such as The Rolling Stones, Van Halen, Night Ranger, Alice Cooper, and many more. His multifaceted expertise includes roles as a Lighting Designer, Production Manager, Tour Manager, and Video Director, showcasing his versatility and dedication to excellence.Currently serving as Tour Manager for Alice Cooper and the Hollywood Vampires, David oversees everything from travel lo...

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 recently and started her very own Catering Company, The Rolling Stoves. Her very first Gig was with ColdPlay in Australia. Tanya has travelled the world and been an inspiration. Leading Ladies Podcast is brought to you by Lightswitch

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 International Distinction in Architecture. In 2024, he was the lighting and production designer for The Doobie Brothers Tour 2024, and the lighting designer for Labyrinth in Concert, as well as production designing the final shows for country icon, Toby Keith, before his death i...

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. Most recently Bill was the Vice President for AKT3 the Mid-Atlantic representative of lighting, rigging and draperies for entertainment. He is also the Past Chair and Founder of the Havre de Grace Arts Collective, the Immediate Past Chair of United States Institute of The...

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 of a billion dollars. Today Marcel along with his global team are focused on ramping up growth. Marcel says, I love this industry and I'm focused on growing gear source to help even more people while democratizing access to gear for your markets and markets for your gear, ...

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 Production Manager for many bands and artists including; Meghan Trainor, Barry Manilow, Pharrell Williams, Carly Rae Jepsen, Kanye West, St. Vincent, The Chicks, Deftones, OneRepublic, Josh Groban, one-off’s + Great Big Radio City Show, Thomas Rhett, Backstreet Boys to nam...

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

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 MainLight.

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 worked with service providers in the U.S., Australia, U.K. and Europe. Hammish has been responsible for managing and directing operational functions for large entertainment service providers in multiple countries. A leader with proven success at companies including VER, Tait To...

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! Check out episode #158 on our website www.geezersofgear.comRobert has been in the audio industry since the 70’s. Nearly 20 years as Sales Director for Tannoy, North America, 20 years as Director of Operations for Martin Audio,and almost ten years,Director of Operations for Voi...

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 years as a production coordinator and VIP/sponsorship manager for artists such as Justin Timberlake, Maroon 5, Janet Jackson, Ariana Grande, and Billie Eilish.During the pandemic Melody was assistant creative producer Fireplay run by Nick Whitehouse. Since then she has moved up...

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 The Smiths,John hit the road with The Smiths, and worked with them and his dear friend Johnny Marr until the band split. After that, he spent a decade concert touring under the watchful eye of Roy Bennett. John toured with bands from DuranDuran, INXS, Janet Jackson, Van Halen...

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 Fleetwood Mac for 21 years, most of those years as tour manager. Marty was last on the Podcast back in 2021 you can check out episode #128 on our website www.geezersofgear.comThis year Marty has been extremely busy on tour, directing/managing the Rolling Stones, Olivia Rodrig...

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, growth, and exit strategies of business throughout the world as well as navigating the complexities of patents, trademarks, and copyrights, with clients in 46 states and on five continents. The majority of his practice focuses on trademark protection of cannabis brands in ...

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 worlds of theater, broadcast, opera, installations, and architecture. In 2023, he has widely deployed new interactive technology and AI to elevate live concert production, with tour designs for Billy Joel, Blake Shelton, Megan Thee Stallion, and the One Night Houston Festival. ...

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 (well they used to anyway). Since then the bulk of Tim’s career has been in rental/temporary power generation for events. This has mostly been with diesel generators until the last 2 or so years where we have seen this transition to mobile batteries that can actually power e...

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 Design/LDI she is from Philadelphia and went to college in Brooklyn. Ellen is the editor-in-chief of Harbour Magazine for Saint Barth and Saint Martin and Organizes The St Barth Film Festival “Cinéma Caraïbes” this year was the 27th edition of "Caribbean Cinema", from May 1...

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 is a legend.Cosmo has worked with over 40 acts including AC/DC, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Foreigner, INXS, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Meat Loaf, Mötley Crüe, The Rolling Stones, Ronnie James Dio, David Lee Roth, Scorpions,[2] and Rod Stewart. He was a...

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-Lite's satellite office in Las Vegas. He went on to become general manager of Vari-Lite's Dealer Network and later General Manager of North American Operations., Following a 16-year career at Vari-Lite, Mark joined Stage Rigging, Inc. as the National Sales Manager before mov...

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 Soleil, Neil Young, Blue Man Group, Barbra Streisand, Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen and hundreds of others. Now, with David Gilmour and other technical collaborations, Marc is pushing even further into bridging art and light including various new technologies. This ep...

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, broadcast and rehearsal. James was with Harman for 10 years and covered 18 countries on a regular basis through Europe and the Pacific rim and has been all the way around the world twice. James is known for the Road Trip with Jim Ure demo trips. Also dubbed the "Insanity Tour" whe...

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 production. Currently, Donny is the Director of Lighting / Senior Account Executive at Video West Inc in the United States. An incredible moment was last year when Video West Inc and Lightswitch were honored to help deliver The Virgin Galactic event to the public via a livestreamD...