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Dec. 13, 2023

#210 - Martin Thomas - LD, Production Manager and owner of Relentless…

Martin is one of those guys, you find him pretty easy to like, and super easy to talk to. This was a very enjoyable podcast to record, and hopefully, a pretty great listen as well! This episode is brought to you by and .

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Nov. 29, 2023

#209 - Welcome "The Producer" - Sarah Birnie joins Geezers Of Gear

Geezers Of Gear is growing, and super excited to be adding a new team member in the role of Producer. And not just any old producer, but the one and only Sarah "Just Birnie" Birnie. With a history in both Formula One and Conc...

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Nov. 21, 2023

#208 - Michael Springer

Michael is an Entertainment Specialist, Stage Manager, Stage Crew Member, Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, former Tour Manager and so much more. He has one of the most interesting backgrounds and stories we've he...

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Nov. 5, 2023

#207 - Bob Dickinson, the OG of televised event lighting

Bob Dickinson is a television lighting designer. His career, spanning decades, has focussed on awards shows, music shows, game shows, talk shows, and special events, which make up his over 1500 on screen television credits. H...

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Nov. 3, 2023

#206 - Bob Harmon from Eggshell Lighting

One of the hands down NICEST guys in the industry. You know you've made a mark in this industry when Bob approaches you at a tradeshow and hands you a bag of Hawaiian coffee. I am proud to say, I have been gifted numerous bag...

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Oct. 25, 2023

#205 - David Packouz - an International Arms Dealer depicted in War D…

Not many young men will lead a life of an international arms trader, have a hit movie made about them (War Dogs), close deals for as much as $300 million, then go on to start a successful audio brand, . David is an interestin...

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Oct. 3, 2023

#204 - Lighting Designer Lee Rose

For over 50 years, Lee Rose has been designing lighting for television, film, music and theater. He began in theater in the late 60s, did his first rock and roll shows in the 70s, including Boston's first real tours, when he ...

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Aug. 23, 2023

#203 - Luke Meek - Author, Production Manager & FOH Engineer

Luke began touring as a FOH engineer in 2005 then later, a production manager as well. He began writing a blog for the live production industry in 2019 which you can find . He then wrote and self published a book for aspiring...

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Aug. 22, 2023

#202 - Howie Zales... from Camera Man to Entrepreneur

Howie Zales is an Emmy Award winning Camera Operator who turned his passion for television broadcasting into several entrepreneurial endeavors including a crew and staffing company, an early live-streaming business and an edu...

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July 26, 2023

#201 - "Red" Rod Gibson has had an amazing career in touring and now …

It's impossible to have survived the 80s, 90s and even into the 2000s in the Touring Lighting business, without coming through with some stories. A really fun discussion with Red spanning from the 80s to today. This episode i...

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June 27, 2023

#200 - Patrick Whalen checks in from Backstage Productions / Backstag…

My dear friend Patrick Whalen shares some (horror) stories from the road, updates on drones and so much more. I hope you enjoy our chat as much as I did! Brought to you by and

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May 24, 2023

#199 - Steve Lieberman fresh off the heels of EDC Vegas

Not many LD's get to write their ticket. Doing things exactly as they want, staying in their lane. Steve has done that... and for a long time! And, he's a nice guy. Enjoy! Brought to you by and .

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May 23, 2023

#198 - Marshall Bissett - founder of TMB (and so much more!)

An awesome guy, and with a ton of great stories to tell as well. Marshall saw the Beatles in 1963, did early gigs with The Eagles, Pink Floyd, Elton John and so many more. He founded TMB in the 80s, and ran it successfully un...

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May 3, 2023

#197 - Han Henze discussed almost 50 years in the business

Han started his career like so many, a guitar player in a high school band until one day, someone actually said "you know, you're just not very good". That's all he needed, he decided to do lighting instead! Since that time, ...

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April 21, 2023

#196 - Erik Eastland - President of All Access Staging

Erik has been in the business more than 40 years, starting with Edgar Winter in the 70s, and more recently - the incredible Super Bowl Halftime show. He's a great guy with incredible stories, and although he had to cut this s...

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April 18, 2023

#195 - Jim Marlowe... one of the godfathers of HD projection

Jim was a very early proponent of Digital HD projection, he provided HD process images for the CBS series, “Hack” as well as having provided 3D HD projection for James Cameron’s “Expedition Bismarck” at the National Museum of...

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April 13, 2023

#194 - Roland Greil on designing for Rammstein, The Stones, Adelle, G…

Roland began his "career" with a passion for audio at 8 years old, and in his teens made the move to lighting. Since that time, he has worked hard to establish himself as a premier designer and programmer of all things lighti...

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March 30, 2023

#193 - Jeremy Bridge from PK Sound talking Motorized Line Arrays

Innovation is hard, it's expensive, and oftentimes it's thankless work. Jeremy named the company PK based on "Polar Kinetic" defined The radial directivity of a loudspeaker resulting from motion. It's not often you find a wor...

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March 22, 2023

#192 - Brad, Marcel and Rane Renshaw go FULL GEARHEAD and discuss the…

Rane has become a lighting influencer through a lot of hard work, dedication to helping folks, and some great ideas like his Moving Light March Madness tournament run on his Limelight Wired This is a fun discussion that was o...

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March 14, 2023

#191 - Omar Colom with AV Educate

Omar holds over a dozen certification and train the trainer certification in various disciplines in AV and also a second generation video engineer who is passionate about helping others achieve their educational goals. He’s a...

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March 12, 2023

#190 - Jeremy Fairbairn on a career in Motorsports with GearSource

So many friends and listeners are constantly asking about Jeremy's status, what he's racing now, where, etc. So in a departure from our usual talks on gear, shows and road antics, I thought it was time to get him on Geezers O...

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March 8, 2023

#189 - Brian Dowd chatting through 46 years in this crazy but wonderf…

Brian has a lot of "firsts" in his 46 years in this industry. He was the FIRST employee at Mainlight back in the early 80s for one! Brian is currently responsible for Designer Relations at but he's probably as well known for ...

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March 6, 2023

#188 - Eric Todd - 40 years at BML/Blackbird and an industry thought …

Eric started BML when he was still in school, and has grown it over a period of 40+ years. Today, between Blackbird and Generico, Eric continues to work very long hours, and is successful, although don't ask him to admit that...

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Feb. 16, 2023

#187 - Fausto Orsatti, truly one of our industry pioneers in product …

Fausto began his career creating amazing products for Coemar in the 1970's. Since that time, he not only helped develop the very first commercially available moving (mirror) light, but was issued many patents and awards along...

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