The RHYTHM Pyro Podcast

By Bozie Music, llc.

What's The RHYTHM Pyro Podcast about?

Ignite your passion for pyrotechnics and learn the art and processes behind next generation pyromusical show design with Bo, AJ, and Jamie. Whether you’re a fireworks enthusiast, a seasoned professional, or just curious, this is the place to hang. The guys talk tips, tricks, techniques, best practices, and community and industry news.

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The RHYTHM Pyro Podcast episodes:

06.28.2024
#55 - FINAL SHOW PREPARATIONS And Some Important (and not so Important) Stuff To Remember
The day of reckoning is here...it is day you have lived and breathed for...the day you have lost so much sleep over. The fourth of July is YOUR day...are you ready to seize it? Are you prepared??? In this episode AJ,...
06.21.2024
#54 - Sh*t Show Roundtable #1 (John Mikrut & Jason Marshall)
**The Sh*t Show Roundtable episodes are raw, unedited, and uncensored ** Parental discretion is advised. The Roundtables are a departure from the normal structured episode drops. They are completely freeform conversation with pyros and there are no pre-determined topics of conversation. For...
06.14.2024
#53 - Coping With Anxiety as a Fireworks Show Producer
Putting together a pyro show is taxing, mentally, physically, and emotionally. In this episode, the guys explore their coping mechanisms for keeping pyro show anxiety at bay. Support the Sh*t Show!! Contribute -> Patreon Hang with us -> Discord Buy some Merch, balls, DB25 Cables...
06.07.2024
#52 - Pyro Soundtrack Production (Creative & Technical) w/Bo (bozie8823.com/pyrotrax)
When Bo's not doing the fireworks thing, he's producing audio. He started PYRO Trax to help companies and hobbyists with their different soundtrack application needs. In this episode AJ, Jamie, and Bo dive into what makes for a cohesive soundtrack. Bo...
05.31.2024
#51 - Sound Systems For Pyromusicals (w/Chad Leinart)
Chad knows things. Beards, Gurbs, Recreational bus driving, and home warehouse management. He can also provide sound advice on...welll...sound...Getting started with sound systems for your backyard or smaller venue pyromusicals is a daunting task. In this episode Jamie, AJ, and Bo...
05.24.2024
#50 - Travis Kramer (KCAP, 2024 S76 Missouri Showdown Winning Designer)
This week is special. We're celebrating our 50th episode...and we get to do so with an extremely talented hobbyist show designer. Travis Kramer is (fairly new) show designer out of Kansas City, MO. He's a member of KCAP, he's the...
05.17.2024
#49 - Product Substitutions
We've all been there. You can't always get what you want. Sometimes it happens early in the design process and you have time to work through a substitution, and sometimes it happens when product shows up and you've got the...
05.10.2024
#48 - Potential Disasters/Challenges And What We Learned
From the potentially serious to the not so serious, "disasters" come in all shapes and sizes and they can result in horrible shows and overall bad pyro experiences. What matters (more than anything, we'd argue) is our ability to process experiences...
05.03.2024
#47 - Marcus Berger (Fireworks Forever)
Marcus Berger is the general manager of Fireworks Forever in St. Croix Falls, WI. servicing the 1.4 and 1.4 pro markets. AJ, Jamie, and Bo rap with Marcus on the evolution of the 1.4 customer, Fireworks Forever's new website, The in-house...
04.26.2024
#46 - Thunder Over Louisville Choreography Review, and Motivating Words From Demotivated Designers
Thunder Over Louisville is one of the "must see" shows in the United States. It's also a perfect example of the caliber of pyro show (in setting, layout, and design) that exists somewhere between the traditional shell show and the...
04.19.2024
#45 - Don Kark & Neil Larson (SimpliFire/Mongoose Firing Systems)
Firing systems are the tools we rely on to bring out pyro shows into the world, and like TOOLS in a toolbox, each manufacturer has their own unique and innovative outlook on how to make the job more efficient to...
04.12.2024
#44 - NEW 1.4 PRO RESTRICTIONS Issued In MISSOURI (Peter Rogoz Spirit of 76 Call-In)
1.4G PRO comes under new restrictions issued by the Missouri State Fire Marshal for the 2024 season and beyond. Peter Rogoz from Spirit of 76 calls in with and update. Jamie's @ COBRA-CON, Bo and AJ hold down the fort covering...
04.05.2024
#43 - The Creative Evolution of 1.4 Pro
In choreographed fireworks shows, 1.4 Pro Lines (UN0431 & UN0336 for professional use only) offer designers from all walks of the hobby or profession greater control over their display compositions. In this episode, Jamie, AJ, and Bo delve into their...
03.29.2024
#42 -Small Shoot Sites. Let's Get Creative In Really Tight Spaces!
If you've got hundreds of feet of frontage, getting creative and "exploring the space" doesn't carry as much of a burden as it does when you're confined to one (or a few) very tightly packed positions in an effort to...
03.22.2024
#41 - Taking Fireworks Video with Zach Huibregtse
Capturing video of your firework shows can seem like a daunting task, or even worse, an afterthought. As show designers, our attention is often consumed by every aspect of getting the show off the ground, leaving us with a sense...
03.15.2024
#40 - Cake Talk #2
In this episode of CAKE TALK; AJ, Jamie, and Bo discuss three solid pyromusical worthy cake choices (UN0336 or UN0431). YouTube Playlist <-Follow along with the cakes in this episode Support the Podcast! Buy some merch!
03.08.2024
#39 - Jim "Goofy Darts" Gifford (ProPyroRacks.com)
You need mortar racks to shoot fireworks...Jim "Goofy Darts" Gifford from Pro Pyro Racks has been a long time provider of consumer and display racks for the pyro market since 2014. Pro Pyro Racks RHYTHM Merch <-Support the Sh*t Show
03.01.2024
#38 - Concepts for Choosing Firework Effects to Nail Your Flow & Emotion (DEEP)
AJ, Jamie, and Bo dive DEEP into the artistic concepts of creating fireworks choreography. In this episode, they try to unravel the mystery behind choosing fireworks effects that perfectly complement the emotional nuances of a display's music and flow. Merch <-support...
02.23.2024
#37 - Michael Karr, The Novice Pyro
Michael Karr's new to pyro. He's a content creator on a mission to educate new fireworks users and enthusiasts just like him. He has experiences, he learns lessons, and he shares. AJ, Jamie, and Bo dive into the mind of The...
02.16.2024
#36 - Pyromusical GIRTH | Can A Show Be Too Big?
Choreographed pyromusicals are like a recipe (to make a culinary comparison)...too little or too much of an ingredient can find the final cuisine lacking in flavor or chalked so full of ingredients that your taste buds get overwhelmed. In this episode,...
02.09.2024
#35 - Ellery Ho (Tong Po) | Hobbyist Pyromusical Designer
Ellery Ho (Tong Po) is a hobbyist pyromusical designing madman, and that's meant in the most endearing of ways. He's put up shows at loads of community and industry events throughout the US. His design workflow and simplistic approach to...
02.02.2024
#34 -What Inspires You?
Inspiration has a funny way of finding a pyro. The artists inside us are always in pursuit of it. At times, finding it can come as easily as drawing breath, and other times our inability to accept it can choke...
12.22.2023
#33 -2023 Year In Review
AJ, Jamie, and Bo pour some drinks, get silly, and reminisce as they look back on the inaugural year of the RHYTHM Pyro Podcast. Our first year has been a blessing. Your friendship, patronage, time, and opinions have enriched our journey....
12.15.2023
#32 - Pyro Wives Tell All 2023
AJ, Jamie, Bo, and special guest Nate the pyromusical meat-man step into the firing line this week as the women that stand behind them (Amber, Stephanie, Katie, and Vannah) take center stage to speak the truth about their feelings for...
12.08.2023
#31 - Cake Talk #1
1.4G (whether UN0331 consumer or UN0331 For Professional Use Only) multi-shot fireworks cakes can be great product to lean on for variety and effect variation in your pyromusicals. This episode is the first in the CAKE TALK series where Bo, AJ,...
12.01.2023
#30 -THUMP JUNKIE Doug Moser
Before the fancy pants pyros showed up with their buttons, batteries, and little blinking lights, pyros used fusee's, coordinated team effort, and sheer will alone to put stellar shows up. In this episode long-time Thump Junkie, Illinois resident ,and lead...
11.24.2023
#29 - LEGAL OHIO 1.4 Consumer Storage w/Andre LeBlanc & Jim Sakaley
In 2022, Ohio (finally) granted legal permission to consumers to discharge 1.4G consumer fireworks during specific holidays within the sate, however this legalization comes with an imposing storage limit of 125lbs of total pyrotechnic composition materials at any one time. In...
11.17.2023
#28 - COBRA Zach, COBRA Tips, and the Future of COBRA Firing Systems.
COBRA Zach once ordered a steak at a restaurant, that steak obeyed every command it was given... COBRA Firing Systems places the utmost priority on service to their customer base. Zach Gilbert; head of COBRA's customer service and customer experience dept....
11.10.2023
#27 -The Sovereign State of Chad & Jamie’s Fireballs
All aboard the short bus ladies...we're going to fireball school...Bo and Alfredo Pasta boi get a crash course on fireballs courtesy of Jamie and guest host and dear RHYTHM friend Chad Leinart. Technical difficulties run rampant. Who'd have thought talking...
11.03.2023
#26 - Unique Pyro Show Experiences
What do narrow shoot sites, wide shoot sites, smoky shoot sites, floating shoot sites, wheels, sporting events, talking DMX lights, Defqon.1, parade floats, and Rammstein all have in common?? They all make extraordinary firework show experiences. Bo, AJ, and Jamie recount...
10.20.2023
#25 - Igniterflation, Site Cleanup & Gear Storage For Transportation
Jamie goes off the deep end as the chili is cold and void of Nate's meat as Firewireflation looms. As the buzzkill sets in the guys decide to make lemons out of lemonade and go in-depth on their post-display clean...
10.13.2023
#24 - Sky Wars 2023 Reflections w/AJ
AJ reflects on his Sky Wars 2023 Pro-Am Champion of Champions run and lessons learned. Bo addresses Octoblast poorly and Jamie gets poison ivy on his dingy.
09.29.2023
#23 Sky Wars 2023 Roundtable Rewind (AJ Plata, Crew, & Chad) - Sky Wars 1.4 Pro-AM Designer
Sky Wars is the very definition of living in the moment for a lot pyromusical show designers...this year Bo, AJ, and Jamie kick off their post Sky Wars 2023 content with an episode that encapsulates those memories as they were...
09.22.2023
#22 Tim Traphagan - Sky Wars 2023 Pro Division Designer
Jamie and Bo do da real talk & the importance of prior experiences with long time pyromusical designer, and Sky Wars 2023 Pro participant; Casabella's Tim Traphagan.
09.20.2023
#21 Donnie Toms - Sky Wars 2023 Pro Division Designer
The enigma himself, Donnie Toms burns up the mic with Bo and Jamie to talk about his first time designing and coordinating on the big stage. The guys chat the keys to KCAP's multi-designer, coordinated full-frontal assault on the 1.3...
09.15.2023
#20 Scott Smith - 1.4 Hobbyist Designer/Sky Wars 2020 PRO-AM Champion
Jamie and Bo spend some quality time with their 3yr long mullet mohawked homeboy Scott Smith; Sky Wars 2020's 1.4 Pro-AM Champion to discuss his return to the field in 2023 for a run at the Champion of Champions. Scott's special...not...
09.06.2023
#19 David Anglin - Sky Wars 2023 Pro Division Designer
Jamie and Bo sit down with David Anglin, full-time sales rep and shooter for RKM fireworks in Edwardsburg MI to rap about his return outing to the 2023 Sky Wars main stage where he'll compete in the Pro (1.3) category...
09.01.2023
#18 Brandon Williams - Sky Wars 2023 1.4 Unlimited Show Designer
Bo and Jamie sit down with Blind Pyro veteran and hobbyist show designer Brandon Williams to chat past experiences, blind pyro beginnings, and his debut onto the Sky Wars main stage with 2023's 1.4 Unlimited show.
08.25.2023
#17 Mike Allen - 1.4 Hobbyist Designer/Sky Wars 2022 PRO-AM Champion
Bo and Jamie sit down SKY WARS 2022 1.4 Pro-AM Champion Mike Allen from Glasglow, KY to rap on his pyro origins, inspirations, show theme's, and his return to the fighting pits for SKY WARS 2023's 1.4 Pro-AM Champion of...
08.18.2023
#16 Fireworks Inventory Management (Product)
Bear ye witness as team RHYTHM's Jamie and Bo bewilderingly look into the elusive face of product inventory management. May you experience a hearty chortle as these two stare blinkingly at spreadsheets in hopes that the the plethora of 1.4...
08.11.2023
#15 Paul Burcham - 1.4G Pyromusical Designer (PGI, Sky Wars)
Bo and Jamie rap with Las Vegas native, and fellow 1.4 amateur competition show designer Paul Burcham (PGI, Sky Wars) on his pyro journey, the creative use of 1.4, safety whilst executing creative uses of 1.4, and some unique product...
08.04.2023
#14 Brian Craig - CraigCo LLC & Boomville Fireworks (Brookville, PA)
Bo, AJ, and Jamie chat with long-time pyro amigo and fireworks industry innovator Brian Craig (owner of Craig Co llc & Boomville Fireworks in Brookville, PA) on the storied start behind CraigCo, the flagship MinCom single shot rack, and his...
07.28.2023
#13 Launch Position Field & Effects Spacing...It Matters...
You spent months (dare we say years) in design and execution of your fireworks show or pyromusical only to walk away with both pieces of the 18R2 you snapped in half mumbling something under your breath along the lines of...
07.21.2023
#12 Product Quality PSA (MJG, Dominator)
Fireworks hobbyists spend more money on pyro in a lifetime than they'd ever care to admit. That being the case...We are "the consumer" first and foremost. Product quality has been a mixed bag over the last couple years, particularly in...
07.14.2023
#11 What We Learned (4th of July ”Hell Week” 2023)
Every year, the 4th of July season leaves fireworks show designers and pyrotechnicians soar, broken, bloodied, exhausted, and God willing...victorious in their quest to raise the pyromusical bar. Through the success (or failure) of any fireworks show, there's valuable lessons...
06.30.2023
#10 Pyro Community Q&A #1
We're only a few days away from the 4th, and there's LOADS of questions getting tossed around on community pyro forums & groups. This week AJ, Jamie, and Bo answer some of those community questions.
06.16.2023
#9 The State of 1.4 Pro (Articles Pyrotechnic)
Joined by 2020 Sky Wars Pro-AM Champion Scott Smith; Bo, AJ, and Jamie dive in on the state of 1.4 pro lines (Articles Pyrotechnic). The previously classified UN0431 pro-lines were the lifeblood of hobbyist pyromusicals...and all signs are pointing toward the...
06.09.2023
#8 Organization
Turns out "organization" is a VERY broad topic as it pertains to fireworks shows...One that Bo, AJ, and Jamie will need to touch on in a more sub-compartmentalized and focused depth in future discussions. In this episode the guys touch...
06.02.2023
#7 Pyro Show Music Selection (Cliché Tunes?)
Music and fireworks are languages the entire world can understand (whether they understand the lyrical content or not). The pyromusical is the fusion of those two elements creating a visual and audible experience that creates excitement that's meant to resonate...
05.26.2023
#6 Firework Show Length
How long of firework show is "too" long? There's a lot of different variables that can change the answer to that question. What's your shows format? What's your budget? How large is your site? Are you a hobbyist shooter or...

What's The RHYTHM Pyro Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The RHYTHM Pyro Podcast episodes:

#55 - FINAL SHOW PREPARATIONS And Some Important (and not so Important) Stuff To Remember

#54 - Sh*t Show Roundtable #1 (John Mikrut & Jason Marshall)

#53 - Coping With Anxiety as a Fireworks Show Producer

#52 - Pyro Soundtrack Production (Creative & Technical) w/Bo (bozie8823.com/pyrotrax)

#51 - Sound Systems For Pyromusicals (w/Chad Leinart)

#50 - Travis Kramer (KCAP, 2024 S76 Missouri Showdown Winning Designer)

#49 - Product Substitutions

#48 - Potential Disasters/Challenges And What We Learned

#47 - Marcus Berger (Fireworks Forever)

#46 - Thunder Over Louisville Choreography Review, and Motivating Words From Demotivated Designers

#45 - Don Kark & Neil Larson (SimpliFire/Mongoose Firing Systems)

#44 - NEW 1.4 PRO RESTRICTIONS Issued In MISSOURI (Peter Rogoz Spirit of 76 Call-In)

#43 - The Creative Evolution of 1.4 Pro

#42 -Small Shoot Sites. Let's Get Creative In Really Tight Spaces!

#41 - Taking Fireworks Video with Zach Huibregtse

#40 - Cake Talk #2

#39 - Jim "Goofy Darts" Gifford (ProPyroRacks.com)

#38 - Concepts for Choosing Firework Effects to Nail Your Flow & Emotion (DEEP)

#37 - Michael Karr, The Novice Pyro

#36 - Pyromusical GIRTH | Can A Show Be Too Big?

#35 - Ellery Ho (Tong Po) | Hobbyist Pyromusical Designer

#34 -What Inspires You?

#33 -2023 Year In Review

#32 - Pyro Wives Tell All 2023

#31 - Cake Talk #1

#30 -THUMP JUNKIE Doug Moser

#29 - LEGAL OHIO 1.4 Consumer Storage w/Andre LeBlanc & Jim Sakaley

#28 - COBRA Zach, COBRA Tips, and the Future of COBRA Firing Systems.

#27 -The Sovereign State of Chad & Jamie’s Fireballs

#26 - Unique Pyro Show Experiences

#25 - Igniterflation, Site Cleanup & Gear Storage For Transportation

#24 - Sky Wars 2023 Reflections w/AJ

#23 Sky Wars 2023 Roundtable Rewind (AJ Plata, Crew, & Chad) - Sky Wars 1.4 Pro-AM Designer

#22 Tim Traphagan - Sky Wars 2023 Pro Division Designer

#21 Donnie Toms - Sky Wars 2023 Pro Division Designer

#20 Scott Smith - 1.4 Hobbyist Designer/Sky Wars 2020 PRO-AM Champion

#19 David Anglin - Sky Wars 2023 Pro Division Designer

#18 Brandon Williams - Sky Wars 2023 1.4 Unlimited Show Designer

#17 Mike Allen - 1.4 Hobbyist Designer/Sky Wars 2022 PRO-AM Champion

#16 Fireworks Inventory Management (Product)

#15 Paul Burcham - 1.4G Pyromusical Designer (PGI, Sky Wars)

#14 Brian Craig - CraigCo LLC & Boomville Fireworks (Brookville, PA)

#13 Launch Position Field & Effects Spacing...It Matters...

#12 Product Quality PSA (MJG, Dominator)

#11 What We Learned (4th of July ”Hell Week” 2023)

#10 Pyro Community Q&A #1

#9 The State of 1.4 Pro (Articles Pyrotechnic)

#8 Organization

#7 Pyro Show Music Selection (Cliché Tunes?)

#6 Firework Show Length

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