Feed the Crew - A Taste of Life Backstage

Yaya Trejo, a Production Manager and Logistics Coordinator from Mexico City takes us through her journey, climbing the ladder in Mexico. Yaya is also a Podcaster and if you speak Spanish, I encourage you to check out her MxM con Yaya Trejo Podcast as well. 
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Beckie Campbell, an Audio Engineer from Florida, tells us about the launching of her career and the future of her podcast, all with an emphasis on  respectfulness and prioritizing people over money. Becky is very well known in the industry and has been mentioned in a couple of our previous episodes by her peers.

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Laura Nagtegaal, a 25 year veteran Touring Professional from the Netherlands, shares stories  about the effects of 2020 on the International Touring Industry and the unique challenges of being a transgender woman in the industry. She also discusses the importance of being allies to marginalized groups and imparts words of wisdom for everyone. Visit her website Msgyver.com or Instagram @MsGyver.

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Kellee St. Clair, a Scenic Carpenter and Set Designer in Houston, chats with us about the process of building a show from scratch, the lofty ideas he sometimes faces while working with designers and clients, and the most memorable shows in his career- both the good and the bad.

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Lotje Horvers, a Tour Manager from Amsterdam, joins us to share how she got started as one of a very few female tour managers, talk about how downtime during Covid sparked a Clubhouse called Step Into My Production Office with other female tour managers as a resource for younger generations, and how getting started again may be the hardest part of tours being stopped.

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Angela Dane, somewhat of a newcomer to the industry, has jumped in with both feet. She is the owner of Atrocity Drums, a creator of Gear Fanatix, an admin for the Womxn in Audio Facebook group, and the drummer for Atrocity Girl. After some bad experiences with recording studios, Angela decided to go to school for audio engineering so she could mix the Atrocity Girl albums in-house. Dedicated to representation for women and minorities in the entertainment industry, she created Gear Fanatix as a place for resources, inspiration, and forums for underrepresented people in audio.
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www.soundgirls.org/

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Jan Landy, the President and Founder of SoundBroker.com, shares his stories of industry experience from sweeping the floors to running a used sound equipment company, with his time as a stand-up comedian in between. He now also runs SoundBroker’s Mastermind RoundTable, a weekly panel discussion, in an attempt to combat the negative atmosphere that COVID has brought to the live events industry.

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Tasha Thorne, an AV Technician and Community Support Worker from the Washington DC area, talks about working in mental health and the importance of dealing with the stresses of a live events industry job in healthy ways. She also discusses the impact of community within the industry and how she hopes to create one by building her own production company.

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Steve Zweifel, a long time Stage Manager, Rigger, Lighting Designer, and more, reminisces on his years traveling with Kansas, Heart, Faith Hill, and other well-known artists, shares how he used his industry knowledge to transition jobs in retirement, and gives input on the future of the industry.

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Noah Firtel, Audio Technician, and Eileen Goodrich, Stage Manager, join us to talk about being an industry couple finding the balance between work and home, the transition from schooling to real experience, and  how Covid forced them to find “survival jobs” until they can continue to follow their passions.

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