FUTURETECH Featuring Live Events and Delicate Productions - Inside Live Events

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Welcome back to Geezers of Gear,
Future Tech, everyone.

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Chris here and I'm joined by
Lacey.

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This week we thought we'd pull
back the curtain a bit and dive

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into what really goes on behind
the scenes at live events.

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Because honestly, people here,
they do shows, but it's so much

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more than turning up with a
truck full of gear and plugging

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things in.
Right.

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I mean, they just about do
everything under the sun.

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Concerts, festivals, those
corporate meetings where

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apparently everyone needs a
video feed and perfect lighting.

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Plus sports events, weird one
off gatherings, it's all there.

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Every detail, from the first
idea to the confetti at the end,

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they've got it handled.
Exactly.

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It's full scale production top
to bottom.

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Their approach is sort of like,
you know, when you walk into a

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really well run kitchen and
there's a station for

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everything, Lighting, audio,
video, rigging, even design.

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They've got specialists in every
department, seamlessly moving

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from concept to execution.
And at live events, it's not

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just about ticking boxes, it's
about making something genuinely

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unforgettable.
And that end to end thing isn't

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just jargon, they actually pull
it off.

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You get dynamic lighting designs
for a festival one week, then

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it's flawless audio for a gala
the next.

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You've got LED walls and full AV
integration running like

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clockwork for a corporate
launch.

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Oh, and let's not forget
rigging.

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You and me know that if your
rigging isn't rock solid, you've

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got nothing.
True, true.

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Actually, that reminds me.
Last year on the Quinn XC and

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Tour stop I saw live events in
action.

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What blew my mind wasn't just
the kit or the size of the crew,

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it was how integrated everything
was.

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The lighting queues were locked
with audio and video triggers,

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the rigging was up and down with
no faffing about and it all

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looked so easy, like they'd
rehearsed it 100 times but you

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know they'd only loaded in that
morning.

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And credit to them, it's that
seamless integration that really

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lets the artist shine.
You never see the sweat, but you

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feel the impact.
That's exactly it.

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When it's done right, it feels
effortless, but everyone

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listening knows that's a heck of
a lot of work.

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Behind the scenes and live
events, they look calm, but you

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know they're running like mad
underneath.

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I mean, they've managed some
impossible stuff, honestly.

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We talked a lot in past
episodes, like with Atlas and

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Radius, about the importance of
having gear that can keep up

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with creativity.
But the tools are only half the

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picture without a team who knows
how to put them all together

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under pressure, right?
Totally, and that's where

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Delicate Productions fits in.
If you've ever been to one of

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those high touch events, the
kind where even the napkins have

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their own lighting cues, you've
probably experienced Delicates

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handiwork.
Their reputation is all about

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perfect audio and bold lighting,
especially at events where

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there's no room for error, like
that Maison Madera listening

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party.
The owner actually said they

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only trust delicate for these
moments because they always

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deliver and apparently do it
with a smile.

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I wish I could be that
unflappable on the big days.

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It's impressive, but it's not
just delicate, it's the whole

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network.
The live events brand includes

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Zenith Lighting and others, and
the way those companies work

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together is, well, it's like a
relay team.

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Everyone knows their leg of the
race.

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They've really built a culture
around flexibility.

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Say one team is deep in a
festival build.

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Zenith can jump in to fill
lighting gaps or delicate

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covers, the tricky audio bits.
That makes the whole thing more

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resilient, especially when
things don't quite go to plan.

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So let's talk real projects.
These guys have worked

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everything from the House of
Arches fashion show to Home

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Depot's Retool Your School and
those giant touring shows like

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the JID God Does like World's
Tour.

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Each one's a totally different
beast, but there's this common

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thread.
The bar just keeps going up.

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Like the feedback from Maison
Madera after that listening

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party.
They were raving about

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delegates.
Flawless delivery.

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It wasn't just hype, they said
the event was lively and bold

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with 0 room for error and they
got it right first time.

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That's what stands out, the
ability to adapt from a fashion

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show set up one day to a
national tour the next without

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missing a beat.
I mean, clients like Kaylee Toth

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from Team Harbinger, she's
managed loads of these programs

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and what she said about live
events was pretty telling.

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She trusts them totally.
Her words were I have complete

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confidence that the event will
run seamlessly and that's not

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something people say lightly in
this business, especially not

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after a few years working
together.

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Yeah, that's the dream, isn't
it?

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To work with teams where no
matter how complicated or

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stressful it gets, you know
everyone's got your back.

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I can count on one hand the
crews I've worked with who make

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me feel relaxed when the doors
open.

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Delicate.
And the live events group,

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they're on that list.
Same here, honestly.

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There's just nothing quite like
walking into a gig and knowing

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you're in good hands.
Even if all chaos breaks loose

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backstage, what the audience
remembers is how smooth and

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spectacular the show was.
It's why we keep coming back to

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these kinds of companies on this
podcast.

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They're shifting what's possible
across the whole industry and it

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raises everybody's game.
Totally, and that's the real

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impact.
Great production partners don't

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just save your skin, they make
you look better in front of your

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clients year after year.
I think that's why they keep

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standing out job after job.
And that's a good note to end on

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for today.
More stories and deep dives

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coming up in the next episodes.
Lacey, always a pleasure talking

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gear and good people with you.
Thanks Chris.

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Talk soon everybody.
Catch you next time on Geezers

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