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Today we're talking to Matthew Wardell of the Reilly Arts Center, the Marion Theater, and the Ocala Symphony Orchestra. Topics include surviving a pandemic when you mostly work with live events, doubling down on events, and a significant chunk on the Ocala food scene. Enjoy.

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This isn't a reboot, folks. Maybe a return, or striking back? But unlike George Lucas, we're making our fourth episode our first one... again. 

Today we're talking to Keith Watson of Keith Watson Events about how he got started and the challenges of running an event business during a pandemic. 

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In this episode we have an epic conversation about the ins and outs of theatre sound with accomplished Audio Engineer Matthew Raudabaugh. Matthew has mixed Book of Mormon, Bring it On the Musical, and is currently the A2 for Hamilton the Musical in Chicago. We discuss everything from doing a show with Sinbad to how a musical is designed and teched. Buckle up for 2 hours of fun audio and production talk. 

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Eric's production company Bunt Backline Event Services can be found at www.buntbackline.com or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/BuntBacklineEventServices/

JUniverse Studio Founder and Engineer BJ Courtney can be found at @blakk_ju on Instagram

In this episode the Cheerful Soundman, Eric Lenasbunt, and James Tucker of Neato Design discuss what it takes to become an event production professional. We also discuss internships, schooling, and preparation for a gig.  We chat about what to bring to the gig, how to act, and how to react to the ever-changing production environment. 

BJ Courtney of the Juniverse Studio joins us and we tell an epic story of [truck key] loss at a T Pain show.

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In this inaugural episode the Cheerful Soundman, Eric Lenasbunt of Bunt Backline Event Services talks with Lighting Designer James Tucker of Neato Designs, Jason Fuller from Christ's Church in Jacksonville, FL and BJ Courtney of JUniverse Studios in Gainesville, FL. 

We chat origin stories, general approach and philosophies of doing business in the production industry. We also discuss some goals for 2019 and forward. 

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