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Continental Us

Making this look goooooooooood

West Hollywood, Ca

In/Show/Out -Repeat

Stagehand at Club Nokia LA Live

Making myself useful

Continental U.S. And Abroad

I am a lighting designer, tour manager, and stage manager for bands/DJ's. My past/present clients include: Lighting Designer: Rebelution, Infected Mushroom, Zeds Dead, Iration, Bad Brains, Seedless, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, Pacific Dub Lighting/Video/PYRO Tech: Bassnectar, Slightly Stoopid, Cypress HillTour Manager: Zeds Dead, Mickey Avalon, Fishbone, Iration Stage Manager: Slightly Stoopid, Snoop Dogg, Stephen Marley, Mickey Avalon, Beardo

Continental U.S.

w/ Bassnectar, Beats Antique, Amp Live, Super Dre, DJ Laura, and RDWorking with 12-16 stagehands daily unloading lighting and video truck pack for load-in, hanging and wiring downstage truss, building truss towers w/ lights and video, setting up all special FX/PYRO including atmospherics and confetti cannons/blowers, building DJ riser w/ back line, patching audio, stage managing opening acts, and acting as an all around go to person for our touring lighting and audio crews. Capacities ranged from 1,000 to 12,000 with the mean coming in between 4,000-6,000. Two Semi Trucks worth of gear.

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Rocking lights and lasers for Rebelution, Iration, and Giant Panda Guerilla DUBSQUAD on the Winter Greens Tour 2011. This consisted of hanging lasers each day, focusing venue lights, programming in house fixtures on a different console every day, and ultimately running the lighting console to provide for the best crowd experience possible. Also worked in conjunction with camera crews to provide appropriate light for video.Venue capacities ranged from 500 to 4,000 with the mean lying around 1,700.

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w/ Slightly Stoopid, Cypress Hill, and Collie Buddz. Setting up/striking video projectors, screens, cameras, and running video snake to FOH. Setting up, facilitating, and striking Revolution American Vodka bar backstage at all shows to cater to VIPs, bands, crew, distributors, bar owners, etc.Maintaining product inventory, accounting for tips received, recruiting talent, and developing relationships with venue operations. Also helping with the in and out for lighting+backline.

Learning FOH, monitor world madness, and stage mgmt. skills from the best (and picking up smokes and pizzas from the rainbow room for the crew)! Also loading and unloading evil band trailers and setting up the stage I LOVE IT! We have such a wide variety of artists that come through town=never a dull moment http://www.keyclub.com for upcoming shows

Blazed and Confused Tour w/ Slightly Stoopid, Half Pint, Snoop Dogg, Kurrupt, Stephen Marley, Julian Marley, Mickey Avalon, and Beardo:Actively coordinating and overseeing all happenings on the stage throughout the tour working alongside 15-20 local stagehands each day as well as support crews for each band. Duties included the unloading, assembly, and placement of all backline/audio/lighting/props, ensuring sound/line checks were set for each artist, strategically implementing changeovers during the show in a timely fashion, servicing the all around needs of artists, crowd control/management on stage, and keeping all crews/bands on schedule (8AM-2AM then rinse, wash, repeat)!

Album and tour promotions for Slightly Stoopid, Pepper, Fishbone, Rebelution, The Beautiful Girls, The Expendables, Sublime, and other reggae/dub/rock artists. Also on call as tour driver/backline tech./stage manager (primarily working with Fishbone).Jon and Matt Phillips co-founded California-based Silverback Artist Management, Inc. in 1998 to support and promote classic 'California sound' bands like Sublime, Long Beach Dub Allstars, and Slightly Stoopid. In 2007, Silverback Management formed Controlled Substance Sound Labs as a new label and distribution arm for its artists to create and own their own music masters and to have a vehicle to release new music in the digital medium. This management firm/indie label hybrid company is currently based out of Culver City, CA. www.silverbackmusic.net

Facilitating the day to day operations of the office working with managers representing clients including Weezer, Alkaline Trio, Finch, Crash Kings, Mason Jennings, and Coconut Records (Jason Schwartzman). BOOM is a subsidiary of Frontline Management Group which is owned in part by Irving Azoff, CEO of Ticketmaster. Other management firms bundled into the Frontline family include Strategic Artist Management, Career Artists Management, Morey Management Group, and Spectacle Entertainment Group.

The USC Thornton music industry program is geared toward students who are interested in practical knowledge regarding a rapidly evolving industry that is largely based in the Los Angeles area. It offers a unique education that blends music, business, academics and hands-on experience for those that seek a career in artist management, the record industry, music publishing, radio, music instrument manufacturing and distribution, professional songwriting, live promotion and production, arts management and other areas of the music industry. Students are guided by a faculty that include current and former industry professionals such as Mark Goldstein, Kenneth Lopez, Richard McIlvery, Andrew Garver and others.The BS in music industry is a four-year, 128-unit program, consisting of general education, writing, music industry courses, internships, core music courses (keyboard instruction, fundamentals of music theory, and a music elective) and foundations of business finance.

Location: Century City, CADescription: Assisting assistants/agents via contacting promoters for ticket count information, issuing performance contracts and riders, gathering finals, hunting promoters down for show deposits, database entry, compiling tour itineraries, seeking out live talent that is under the radar, and facilitating the overall day to day operations of the agency. Oh, and going to a TON of shows!http://www.theagencygroup.com

Recruiting USC students interested in music industry related careers to join the Los Angeles chapter of Grammy U. Also, attending monthly meetings and participating in events held by the LA chapter. The GRAMMY University Network (GRAMMY U) is a unique and fast-growing community of college students who are pursuing a career in the music industry. The Recording Academy® created GRAMMY U to help prepare students for careers in the recording industry through networking, educational programs and performance opportunities. GRAMMY U is designed to enhance students’ current academic curriculum with access to recording industry professionals to give an “out of classroom” perspective on the recording industry.More info:www.grammy.com/grammyuwww.myspace.com/grammyuLA

TV/Film Development, Charity/Foundation Administration, and Event Planning

B.S. Music Industry, Minor In Entrepreneurship

Activities and Societies: USC Campus Representative for Grammy U, Music Industry Connections Club

A.A.Tv/Film Production, Music Recording/Production Certificate

Activities and Societies: Associated Students Treasurer, Film Club, Alpha Gamma Sigma, Music Business/Technology and English Tutor

Entertainment Studies