The RHYTHM Pyro Podcast

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 styrofoam helmet special...but "creates one of the cleanest and most cohesive pyromusical site pictures, packed with exceptional color cycling, and super impactful points of emphasis over the course of his slow burn music selections" kind of special.

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 for the first time.  

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.

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 Champions category. 

Mike is a relatively new designer with a masterful command of the entirety of the pyromusical experience.  His approach to an all-encompassing and engaging pyromusical spawns from origins that most amateur and professional designers forget about entirely.  The use of themes and stories in pyromusical designs and how impactful they can be in generating a sense of familiarity, shared experience, and cohesiveness that creates a rock-solid foundation to build a visual experience on.

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 product will count itself.

The guys chat about how they manage their inventory, what inventory management systems they wish existed in the consumer space, and put out a call to action to the community to share their systems.

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 to differentiate your shows.

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 newest venture into the wholesale and retail world, Boomville Fireworks.

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 "wtf...that doesn't look anything like it did in my sim"

Keep that chin up and go find a pen and your favorite stack of post-it notes.  Bozie, AJ, and Jamie talk about different types of effects, their places within the pyromusical site picture, and the MONSTER importance of understanding HOW they behave so you can nail your site layout and create sims that arn't lying to you when you get to your site.

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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 the legacy 1.4 pro-lines.  The largest manufacturers who traditionally found themselves in a market made up only by a few players, now have new competitors to keep them honest.  In this episode, the guys discuss some potentially problematic current season quality woes with MJG's Firewire Initiators and some oddly performing Dominator product.

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 to be learned as students of the art of show design and execution.  Bo (Light Up The Lake 2023), AJ (Wouldn't you like to know), and Jamie (Potts Farm 2023) reflect on what they took away from their most involved shows of hell week 2023.