Hustle Like U Broke

Shelleylyn Brandler has been a culinary force behind your favorite tours and festivals, driving new sustainability innovations along the way. Hustling her way into a job catering after being disappointed with backstage food quality, Shelleylyn would go on to form a partnership with Warped Tour's Kevin Lyman, a partnership that would be leveraged to push catering providers to offer recycled and recyclable products nationwide. Our discussion with Shelleylyn covers her history, the evolution to green products backstage, advice she received along the way, and more.

Jim Digby is a 30+ year veteran of the live music and event production industry. After witnessing the death of a patron at a show he was working at, Jim began a lifelong journey to bring standards and reasonable practices to an Industry known to resist oversight. This episode has Jim discussing his history in the industry, what makes reasonable practices the best path forward for the industry at large, ways to change the workplace culture, mental health training, and more.

Cory FitzGerald has done it all. A deep knowledge of consoles and programming earned him early opportunities to travel the world, where he toured with Lady Gaga, Leroy Bennett, and more. Since that time, he has built a reputation as one of the best designers in the world. His recent projects include designing for Bruno Mars, Beyoncé and Jay-Z, Jenner Lopex, Skrillex, and Janet Jackson among others. He's currently senior design partner at Silent House productions, and was the creative show director for Gwen Stefani's Las Vegas residency.

This week Hustle Like U Broke goes virtual with concert and live event visual specialist, Ian Simon. The conversation covers the long history shared between Ian and the hosts, expanding technologies, the new concert-in-gaming trend, and much more. This conversation is cutting edge, don't miss it.

Ian Simon partnered with Strageloop studio co-founder David Wexler for his first tour doing concert visuals in December of 2012. In the following years, Simon has toured with Kendrick Lamar, Future, Ms. Lauryn Hill, and more, as well as executive produced all of Strangeloop Studios’ visual content for The Weeknd, Pharrell, Anderson.Paak, SZA, G-Dragon, and David Gilmour of Pink Floyd. In 2019, Simon and Wexler founded Spirit Bomb, Inc., to expand Strangeloop Studios into the world of original content and virtual artist creation. Simon is also an advisor at virtual concert platform WaveXR.

In today's episode, Matt, Kyle, Christine, and Chris talk with JH Audio's Charity Lomax. A true music professional with experience as a tour manager/production coordinator, Charity has traveled the world with artists like Aerosmith, The Eagles, Queen Latifah, and the Pussycat Dolls. Now working for JH Audio in Artist Relations, Charity discusses her time out on the road, the transition to the office, and the challenges and triumphs throughout her career.

"I'm so thankful that I ended up in this business. I jump up every day and enjoy what I do." So says Mickey Curbishley, Solotech's President of Live Production US & UK. With 30 years in the industry, Mickey Curbishley has been stage side working for acts like AC/DC, Eric Clapton, Judas Priest, and Elton John. Now he works to provide innovative production technology solutions for artists like Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, and Bon Jovi. In one of the best episodes to date, Mickey walks Matt, Christine, Chris, and Kyle through a first-hand account of music history, the family you build on the road, ever changing technology, philanthropy efforts to supply PPE, and ways to take the lessons from quarantine into the workplace.

In this episode, Matt, Kyle, Chris, and Dallas talk with REVERB.org's Adam Gardner about green touring. Biodiesel, carbon footprints, and the nuts and bolts are all covered in this discussion, as we dissect the transition to a tour model that favors the future.

The HLUB hosts sit down with Emmy nominated Music Director and Grammy award winning writer Adam Blackstone. A world-class Music Director, Blackstone has worked with artists like Rihanna, Janet Jackson, Alicia Keys, Maroon 5, and Eminem, and worked on Justin Timberlake's Super Bowl 52 Halftime Show. The conversation covers making decisions in high-pressure situations, accountability, and more with a music legend.

Matt, Kyle, Christine and Chris talk with Joey Gallagher, of Gallagher Staging, about his work founding the COVID-19 Entertainment Industry Response Group, his thoughts on the current state of the business, and where he'd like to see it go in the future. Learn more about the work being done by Joey by going to EIR.team.