LD-at-Large Podcast

with Tobias Rylander - Swedish-born, Los Angeles based Conceptual and Lighting Designer for such clients as The 1975, Steve Aoki, Acne Studios, and Calvin Klein.

On this episode we discussed working as an individual vs. working as a collective, where we find new inspirations, compromising design for corporate shows and client requirements, how an artistic vision still needs to fit in a truck and transport, working with an agent/management, the business of lighting and designing for personal cameras and social media.

Please visit: http://www.tobiasrylander.com/

with Jessica “Clover” Rushing - Freelance Lighting Director and Rigger from Detroit.

On this episode we discussed staying healthy on the road, self promotion in the entertainment industry, how to treat guest touring LDs, holistic healing and ear candling, unions and collective bargaining, extreme couponing, preparedness, equal gender roles and being a female in the lighting industry.

Please visit: Stagehand Learning on Youtube

with AJ Pen - Concert Production Designer - Penlight Inc, OneRepublic, Josh Groban and many more.

On the episode we discussed touring families, roadie jam sessions, scaling a show to the meet the venue, the kernel of lighting fundamentals, programming layers for purpose, asymmetrical looks, clever cloning techniques, GDTF, doing shows at Red Rocks amphitheater and final words of wisdom.

with Julian Hodgson - Director and Lighting Designer at APEX Lighting Design

We discussed, Virtual lock down in Barcelona and worldwide right now, COVID-19 and how it is affecting the entertainment industry, working around the world including Vietnam, United Arab Emirates and Brussels, working for Tom Jones, Il Divo, David Guetta, and festival designs worldwide.

Please visit: https://www.apexlightingdesign.com/

with Trevor Zulinke - National Director of Accounts & Production and Isaac Rothwell - National Director Of Operations at Digerati Productions.

We discuss the necessary federal aid to maintain the entertainment industry in these lean times, how we are the first domino to fall in a long chain of hard times, how we can support one another and where to go to support the petition.

Please visit: http://event-industry-aid.com/

with Robert Hickman of Home Port Collective - Designer, Producer, and Consultant in Nashville, Tennessee

We discussed creative cost cutting techniques, how to look big without a big budget, how to get a cheap set without looking cheap, how to use LED innovation to your advantage, how to reach out to a professional to get he best price and how how having a professional consultant costs money upfront to save money in the long run.

Please visit:

http://roberthickman.co/

On this podcast I converse about politics and Road WiFi with Cofounder and CEO Michael Cooper. We discuss how people can lose gigs if their political soapbox is too tall, the global society that is wide open on social media, polarization even within the industry, how we can work while discussing politics and not get upset, how we should not let politics stop us from doing good business and discussing politics on headset.

with Jason Newman of the Creative Technology Group. 

We discussed how we can use technology to conduct business as usual without letting the fear of a spreading virus bring us to a halt, how CT is using NEP to help their clients, how online events can be better than person to person contact during these times, the current COVID-19 crisis and social media overload and mental health and the impact of times like these. Don’t believe everything you read- most of it is wrong but with the right intention.

Surviving The Good Times and the Bad with Keith Hoagland. We take time to discuss his first hand knowledge of the Route 91 Festival, Being a parent on the road, Mental health on the road, and The Music Health Alliance https://www.musichealthalliance.com/.