Geezers of Gear

By Marcel Fairbairn

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Episodes: 240

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Music Industry veteran talking about anything and everything with incredible people within the live events, concert and entertainment industry. Over 200 episodes, and incredible conversations and stories from many pioneers of the concert touring industry, and also some of the hot new up and comers. Geezers Of Gear is never boring, and there are always great surprises as well.

Episode Date
#240 - David Haskell from Gateway Studios
Apr 25, 2024
#239 - Jeff Cranfill from SES & Concert Stuff Group
Apr 24, 2024
#238 - David Milly
Apr 18, 2024
#237 - Glenn Roggeman, CEO of AED
Apr 18, 2024
#236 - Dan Braun
Apr 11, 2024
#235 - Matthias Hinrichs
Apr 10, 2024
#234 - Richard Cadena
Apr 04, 2024
#233 - Josh Allen / 3LR Design
Apr 03, 2024
#232 - Thomas Kubik / Tour Manager and FOH Engineer
Mar 28, 2024
#231 - Mickey Curbishley
Mar 27, 2024
#230 - Todd Spencer
Mar 20, 2024
#229 - Marian Sandberg
Mar 13, 2024
#228 - Rocko Reedy
Mar 07, 2024
#227 - Paul Streitz
Mar 06, 2024
#226 - Steven Creech Anderson
Feb 28, 2024
#225 - Jean Larivière
Feb 21, 2024
#224 - Eric Wade
Feb 15, 2024
#223 - Marsha Stern talks about almost 50 years "in the biz"
Feb 14, 2024
#222 - Jim Digby and The Event Safety Alliance
Feb 07, 2024
#221 - Lighting Designer / Director - Matt Guminski
Jan 31, 2024
#220 - Tom Stimson - Business Coach, Consultant and life long AV Expert!
Jan 25, 2024
#219 - Jamie Mardis - CEO of Koffee Kult and former roadie / live events business owner
Jan 24, 2024
#218 - Geezers Of Gear 5 Year Anniversary
Jan 23, 2024
#217 - Emily Bornt - Lighting Designer and Director
Jan 17, 2024
#216 - Nick Whitehouse from Live Redesigned / Fireplay
Jan 17, 2024
#215 - George Masek on 40 years in lighting, 35 years in automated lights
Jan 10, 2024
#214 - The Sponsors - talking about the industry - looking back and ahead to 2024
Jan 04, 2024
#213 - John Wiseman year end chat on the biz, his health and so much more
Jan 03, 2024
#212 - Rob Koenig - LD for Metallica, GnR, Lizzo and so many more
Dec 27, 2023
#211 - Chris McMeen from Christie Lites - LDI Post Show discussion
Dec 20, 2023
#210 - Martin Thomas - LD, Production Manager and owner of Relentless Entertainment Design
Dec 13, 2023
#209 - Welcome "The Producer" - Sarah Birnie joins Geezers Of Gear
Nov 29, 2023
#208 - Michael Springer
Nov 22, 2023
#207 - Bob Dickinson, the OG of televised event lighting
Nov 05, 2023
#206 - Bob Harmon from Eggshell Lighting
Nov 03, 2023
#205 - David Packouz - an International Arms Dealer depicted in War Dogs creates a sound brand
Oct 25, 2023
#204 - Lighting Designer Lee Rose
Oct 03, 2023
#203 - Luke Meek - Author, Production Manager & FOH Engineer
Aug 23, 2023
#202 - Howie Zales... from Camera Man to Entrepreneur
Aug 22, 2023
#201 - "Red" Rod Gibson has had an amazing career in touring and now on the vendor side
Jul 26, 2023
#200 - Patrick Whalen checks in from Backstage Productions / Backstage Aerial
Jun 27, 2023
#199 - Steve Lieberman fresh off the heels of EDC Vegas
May 24, 2023
#198 - Marshall Bissett - founder of TMB (and so much more!)
May 23, 2023
#197 - Han Henze discussed almost 50 years in the business
May 03, 2023
#196 - Erik Eastland - President of All Access Staging
Apr 21, 2023
#195 - Jim Marlowe... one of the godfathers of HD projection
Apr 18, 2023
#194 - Roland Greil on designing for Rammstein, The Stones, Adelle, Genesis and more
Apr 13, 2023
#193 - Jeremy Bridge from PK Sound talking Motorized Line Arrays
Mar 30, 2023
#192 - Brad, Marcel and Rane Renshaw go FULL GEARHEAD and discuss the Moving Light March Madness too!
Mar 22, 2023
#191 - Omar Colom with AV Educate
Mar 14, 2023
#190 - Jeremy Fairbairn on a career in Motorsports with GearSource
Mar 12, 2023
#189 - Brian Dowd chatting through 46 years in this crazy but wonderful biz! (and lots of BBQ talk too!)
Mar 08, 2023
#188 - Eric Todd - 40 years at BML/Blackbird and an industry thought leader
Mar 07, 2023
#187 - Fausto Orsatti, truly one of our industry pioneers in product development
Feb 16, 2023
#186 - Mickey Williams / Gig Life
Feb 14, 2023
#185 - Patrick Dierson
Feb 08, 2023
#184 - AJ Pen talks about 25 years in the business and his new adventures growing Penlight
Feb 03, 2023
#183 - Bob Bonniol of Mode
Feb 01, 2023
#182 - Chris Lose on a career built on kindness and saying YES!
Jan 25, 2023
#181 - Jonathan Smeeton discusses 50 years of lighting design
Jan 17, 2023
#180 - We're losing too many friends... what can be done? With guests, John Featherstone, Eric Loader, Ben Saltzman and John Wiseman
Jan 11, 2023
#179 - Dan English discusses his lengthy history at Morpheus Lights and more recently LD Alliance
Jan 03, 2023
#178 - Gordon Addison.... Need I say more?
Dec 06, 2022
#177 - Ben Coker from Live Events Productions / Zenith Lighting, LIVE from the LDI Show Floor
Nov 19, 2022
#176 - Chris McMeen at LDI
Nov 19, 2022
#175 - The Conference At Lititz
Nov 01, 2022
#174 - Likely our MOST important discussion yet... The Entertainment Association
Oct 11, 2022
#173 - Victor Fable - Lighting Designer, DP, Programmer and more
Aug 23, 2022
#172 - Donny Lodico
Aug 19, 2022
#171 - Check In with Cosmo Wilson
Aug 17, 2022
#170 - Chris Ferrante / CEO of Ayrton
Jul 25, 2022
#169 - Lighting Designer / Programmer - Michael Meacham from iDesign
Jul 18, 2022
#168 - Michael Strickland / Bandit Lites
Jul 12, 2022
#167 - Huntly Christie - founder, CEO and Owner of Christie Lites
May 31, 2022
#166 - Production / Lighting Designer, Sooner Routhier
May 25, 2022
#165 - Stephen Vitale... CEO of Live Events Productions
May 18, 2022
#164 - Mark Rudge brings 37 years of knowledge and experience to Geezers!
May 04, 2022
#163 - Josh Weisberg from Scharff Weisberg & Worldstage
Mar 16, 2022
#162 - Bob Gordon... The Console Whisperer
Jan 20, 2022
#161 - The Rocko Reedy Show!
Dec 14, 2021
#160 - Live from LDI - The Darkroom Creative
Nov 21, 2021
#159 - Live from LDI - Werner Petricek / zactrack
Nov 21, 2021
#157 - Live from LDI - John Gresch / Arri
Nov 21, 2021
#158 - Live from LDI - Rob Hofkamp / Void Acoustics
Nov 21, 2021
#156 - From LDI - Chris Conti, Chief Innovation Officer / PRG
Nov 21, 2021
#155 - Geezers Of Gear Happy Hour 64
Oct 21, 2021
#154 - The Show Must Go On.... A discussion about LDI... with LDI
Oct 18, 2021
#153 - Geezers Of Gear Happy Hour 63
Oct 14, 2021
#152 - Industry Happy Hour #62
Oct 07, 2021
#151 - Happy Hour #61 with the usual cast of maniacs
Sep 30, 2021
#150 - Happy Hour 60
Sep 23, 2021
#149 - Geezers Of Gear Happy Hour 59
Sep 16, 2021
#148 - The Return of our Weekly Happy Hour
Sep 10, 2021
#147 - Red Alert Restart 1 Year Anniversary.. Wow
Sep 07, 2021
#146 - The Venue 11 with GearSource team on the current CRAZY SEASON for Gear
Aug 12, 2021
#145 - The Venue 10... with The Covid Crew
Aug 05, 2021
#144 - The Venue 9 - Another livestream discussion
Jul 29, 2021
#143 - The Venue 8 - New World Challenges.. Gear and People!
Jul 21, 2021
#142 - The Venue #7 - Choose Your Attitude.. Staying Positive against ALL odds!
Jul 14, 2021
#141 - Behind The Scenes... Providing Help to Live Events since 2005
Jul 06, 2021
#140 - The Venue #5 - The Team from Robe Backstage discuss their helpful platform
Jul 01, 2021
#139 - The Venue #4 - Is Your Business (and Personal Business) in Order
Jun 23, 2021
#138 - Gateway Studios and Production Services Leadership Team
Jun 18, 2021
#137 - The Venue #3... Random Chatter
Jun 16, 2021
#136 - The Venue #2... Let's Talk About Gear!
Jun 10, 2021
#135 - The Venue 1 / We are BACK!
Jun 03, 2021
#134 - Tom Litrell... Literally, the world's FIRST Moving Light Programmer!
May 07, 2021
#133 - The Covid Crew Anniversary... yup 1 year to the day since our first!
Mar 18, 2021
#132 - Promotor, Tour Manager, Tour Accountant - Larry Richter
Mar 09, 2021
#131 - Tour Manager - Tim "Gooch" Lougee
Mar 01, 2021
#130 - Patrick Whalen of Backstage Productions / Backstage Aerial
Feb 18, 2021
#129 - Legendary Production Manager Jake Berry
Feb 08, 2021
#128 - Top Tour Manager (and nice guy!) Marty Hom
Feb 02, 2021
#127 - Robb Jibson does it different in 2020
Dec 22, 2020
#126 - The Covid Crew Christmas Special
Dec 22, 2020
#125 - Michael Richter - Production Manager (and SO much more!)
Dec 18, 2020
#124 - Bennett "Bud" Horowitz, Lighting Designer
Dec 08, 2020
#123 - The Bridge... A Pivot to Remote Shows with Patrick Dierson (The Activity / The Farm) and Matt Geasey (Just Networking / The Bridge)
Nov 19, 2020
#122 - Nicholas Strand... Choose Your Attitude®
Nov 19, 2020
#121 - The Covid Crew is BACK!
Oct 16, 2020
#120 - Tim "Quake" Mark
Oct 09, 2020
#119 - Just Me... and my thoughts!
Oct 05, 2020
#118 - Cosmo Wilson at Ground Zero.... 9/11 a Tribute In Light
Sep 11, 2020
#117 - We Make Events / #RedAlertRESTART
Aug 25, 2020
#116 - Patrick Dierson / Andrew Gumper pivot with Mod Pro Services
Aug 07, 2020
#115 - Michael Keller / LD
Jul 14, 2020
#114 - Cory FitzGerald
Jun 30, 2020
#113 - Troy Eckerman
Jun 16, 2020
#112 - Tales From A Pandemic.... Cosmo Wilson
Jun 14, 2020
#111 - Neil Juneja and Joe Cole talk about Drive Thru Raves
Jun 06, 2020
#110 - Pyrotecnico's Rocco Vitale and Bob Ross
May 27, 2020
#109 - John Wiseman... Tales From A Pandemic
May 26, 2020
#108 - Aidas Gimbutas.... Mainlight
May 22, 2020
#107 - Robb Jibson
May 20, 2020
#106 - Michael Keeling
May 15, 2020
#105 - Production Industry Happy Hour 8
May 14, 2020
#104 - David Davidian
May 12, 2020
#103 - Joel Nichols of Apollo Design, Avid Labs and Blue Pony
May 07, 2020
#102 - Production Industry Happy Hour 7
May 07, 2020
#101 - The COVID19 Crew Update
May 04, 2020
#100 - Production Industry Happy Hour #6
Apr 30, 2020
#99 - Steve Watts and Peter Johansen discuss Peter's storied history in lighting
Apr 24, 2020
#98 - Production Industry Happy Hour 5
Apr 22, 2020
#97 - Tales From a Pandemic.... with Robert Roth
Apr 22, 2020
#96 - Troy Vollhoffer / Premier Global Productions
Apr 17, 2020
#95 - Christian Jackson... LD / Programmer.... You Tuber!
Apr 16, 2020
#94 - Production Industry Happy Hour 4
Apr 16, 2020
#93 - Live Events Coalition founder, Isaac Rothwell
Apr 09, 2020
#92 - Production Industry Virtual Happy Hour 3
Apr 09, 2020
#91 - Industry COVID19 Discussion 2
Apr 06, 2020
#90 - Production Industry COVID19 Virtual Happy Hour #2
Apr 02, 2020
#89 - Craig Caserta, Lighting Director and Programmer
Mar 30, 2020
#88 - Production Industry Virtual Happy Hour #1
Mar 26, 2020
#87 - John Huddleston from Upstaging
Mar 25, 2020
#86 - Randy Wade joins me to discuss his long career in touring sound, lighting and journalism
Mar 23, 2020
#85 - Industry Leaders discuss COVID19 impact on the business and forward looking ideas
Mar 18, 2020
#84 - Richard Rutherford
Mar 16, 2020
#83 - Sooner Routhier, Lighting Designer
Mar 11, 2020
#82 - The Lumen Brothers... Discussing their Podcast on our Podcast
Mar 09, 2020
#81 - Phay "Phamous" McMahon, Production Manager and former LD
Mar 06, 2020
#80 - Patrick Whalen / Backstage Productions
Feb 26, 2020
#79 - Seth Jackson, LD, Production Designer and Creative Director
Feb 24, 2020
#78 - Cosmo Wilson... LD
Feb 19, 2020
#77 - Roel Apers from KLSTR discusses his new technology for connecting, addressing, controlling and monitoring lighting networks
Feb 18, 2020
#76 - Bob Barnhart fresh off of SuperBowl 54
Feb 17, 2020
#75 - Benoit Richard... From Rock and Roll to Iron Man... A remarkable career in Lighting!
Feb 13, 2020
#74 - Duck Lights founder Lee Duck
Feb 12, 2020
#73 - Lowell Fowler... Founder of Highend Systems
Feb 06, 2020
#72 - Geezer, Marcel Fairbairn interviewed by "the Astronaut's Wife" Anita Mitchell
Jan 31, 2020
#71 - Dizzy Gosnell.... 40 years in Concert Lighting
Jan 22, 2020
#70 - Benny Kirkham - Lighting Programmer / Director / Designer
Jan 15, 2020
#69 - Andrew Dunning / Landru Design
Jan 09, 2020
#68 - Glyn O'Donoghue from MA Lighting joins us to share his story and discuss the new MA3
Jan 02, 2020
#67 - Gratitude for a really great year of Geezers of Gear
Dec 23, 2019
#66 - Ola Melzig.... "The world never remembers a coward"
Dec 20, 2019
#65 - Nils Thorjussen who co-founded Flying Pig Systems / Whole Hog, Element Labs and now Verge Aero
Dec 11, 2019
#64 - LD Steve Owens talks about his longevity and ability to get the call time and time again
Dec 04, 2019
#63 - Patrick Dierson / The Activity.... "The BUSINESS of Design (vs the Art of design)
Nov 25, 2019
#62 - Udo Kunzler / GLP Lighting
Nov 24, 2019
#61 - Blizzard Lighting / Frank Luppino
Nov 24, 2019
#60 - Yvan Peard of Ayrton talks his passion for racing and product design
Nov 24, 2019
#59 - Lighting Live Events for TV with Jeff Ravitz, Tiffany Keys and Bob Barnhart
Nov 24, 2019
#58 - Robert Harmon from Eggshell brings stories (and coffee) from Hawaii
Nov 23, 2019
#57 - Arguably the GREATEST LDI booth EVER... with Peter Morse and Chris Aasen - the guys who pulled it off!
Nov 23, 2019
#56 - Lee Stein, VP of Martin Audio
Nov 22, 2019
#55 - Steve Warren - the illustrious and highly interesting Avolites leader
Nov 22, 2019
#54 - Nick Whitehouse from Fireplay
Nov 20, 2019
#53 - Discussing finances for people in our industry with the founder of IFWA
Nov 13, 2019
#52 - Pio Nahum, recently retired from ClayPaky discusses an incredible career.... and retirement
Nov 06, 2019
#51 - Geeking out on gear and stuff - with "Swami" Richard Cadena
Oct 30, 2019
#50 - Stageline Founder Yvan Miron discussing staging and his newest market, temporary buildings
Oct 23, 2019
#49 - Steven "Creech" Anderson shares his history in Touring along with some great pointers on sharks and diving
Oct 16, 2019
#48 - An Intimate Conversation with Craig Burross
Oct 10, 2019
#47 - A "Best Of" replay... our most downloaded episode EVER, John Wiseman
Oct 04, 2019
#46 - Peter Morse on a career that began as a recording and touring singer and included runs with Madonna, Michael Jackson and Barbara Streisand to name just a few
Sep 25, 2019
#45 - Mickey Curbishley on a career spanning almost 4 decades in the Concert Touring business
Sep 18, 2019
#44 - PLASA Preview and brief 9-11 tribute / discussion
Sep 11, 2019
#43 - Funktion One founders Tony Andrews and John Newsham discuss that company and another they started, Turbosound
Sep 04, 2019
#42 - Eric Stuart talks Crowd Management, Event Security and safety as it relates to events and concerts
Aug 29, 2019
#41 - Jim Brammer, CEO of Special Event Services on business HIS way
Aug 21, 2019
#40 - Hartley Peavey and the history of one of the Musical and Audio Reinforcement business's most iconic brands
Aug 14, 2019
#39 - Robert Roth - another Legend of lighting Design, Supply and a career Account Executive
Aug 07, 2019
#38 - John Broderick discusses Metallica, Aerosmith, Madonna and life
Jul 31, 2019
#37 - Steve Lieberman, LD and Production Designer for EDM Festivals, Clubs and more!
Jul 26, 2019
#36 - Lightswitch Partners discuss their partnership, founding and their careers
Jul 16, 2019
#35 - AED CEO, Glenn Roggeman on the company's successful and very unique business model
Jul 10, 2019
#34 - Pat Morrow Part 2.... Including "The Ainsley Story"....
Jul 01, 2019
#33 - Legendary Manager - Tour Manager - Production Manager, Pat Morrow.... Part 1
Jun 26, 2019
#32 - Bob Schacherl on a lighting career spanning 4 decades
Jun 19, 2019
#31 - Lectrosonics Wireless VP, Karl Winkler shares a lot of Wireless Wisdom
Jun 14, 2019
#30 - Ken Berger, Founder of EAW and now CEO of Vue Audiotechnik
Jun 13, 2019
#29 - Aaron Hubbard - Act Lighting
Jun 13, 2019
#28 - Grif Palmer discusses Disguise and much much more
Jun 13, 2019
#27 - Pioneer DJ with David and Koen de Puysseleir discussing incredible new technology
Jun 13, 2019
#26 - Cuono Biviano from ULA Group in Australia
Jun 13, 2019
#25 - Frank Bothe, CTO of D&B Audiotechnik
Jun 12, 2019
#24 - Infocomm with Claudio Lastrucci founder of Powersoft Audio
Jun 12, 2019
#23 - Howard Ungerleider on 45 years with Rush and so many others along the way!
Jun 05, 2019
#22 - Gregg Brunclik from Clearwing Productions
May 29, 2019
#21 - Mike Lowe and Britannia Row... a long history of GREAT sound!
May 22, 2019
#20 - Doc McGhee (continued from Episode 19) discussing Artist Management, Concert Production / Touring and even some gear!
May 15, 2019
#19 - Doc McGhee talks Motley Crue and Kiss... plus PRG Spaceframe with Frederic Opsomer
May 15, 2019
#18 - A Proper British Geezer.... Chas Herington - talks about his career and Gear!
May 08, 2019
#17 - David Haskell of Morris Sound and Lighting leads our first ever Pro-Audio discussion
May 01, 2019
#16 - Eric Loader... "I'm 50 today and I wanna be on Geezers of Gear!"
Apr 24, 2019
#15 - Jeff Cranfill joins us to discuss touring, music, guitars and even cats
Apr 17, 2019
#14 - David Milly on life, the Biz, selling your Biz and Boating
Apr 10, 2019
#13 - Marc Brickman talks Pink Floyd, Genesis, Empire State Building and More
Apr 03, 2019
#12 - John Wiseman 40 years of Rock n Roll Touring, Memories and oh yeah... Motley Crue
Mar 27, 2019
#11 - Paul Dexter, Lighting and Production Design for Dio, Ozzy, Reo and more!
Mar 20, 2019
#10 - GearSource Asia - Don Chan
Mar 13, 2019
#9 - What Happens in Vegas... Happened because of Tim Brennan!
Mar 07, 2019
#8 - Robert Mokry brings 30 years of Automated Lighting Experience
Mar 01, 2019
#7 - Goddo, The Geezer of Rock!
Feb 22, 2019
#6 - Super Saturday and Mega Structures with Andrew Gumper
Feb 13, 2019
#5 - Geezers Of Gear - Top Gear
Feb 07, 2019
#4 - Geezers of Gear - Top 3 Concerts
Jan 30, 2019
#3 - The Evolution of Automated Lighting... Cont'd
Jan 25, 2019
#2 - The Evolution of Automated Lighting - Part 1
Jan 25, 2019
#1 - Geezers of Gear Intro - Episode 1
Jan 23, 2019