Geezers of Gear

Bob Dickinson is a television lighting designer. His career, spanning decades, has focussed on awards shows, music shows, game shows, talk shows, and special events, which make up his over 1500 on screen television credits. He's lit the Academy Awards for as long as I can remember, was the very first person to use moving lights on Television (Solid Gold in 1982 he says), and has created so many me...

One of the hands down NICEST guys in the industry. You know you've made a mark in this industry when Bob approaches you at a tradeshow and hands you a bag of Hawaiian coffee. I am proud to say, I have been gifted numerous bags of coffee from Bob! He talks about the industry today, but also some great stories from the past, including how Eggshell Lighting got it's name! This episode is brought to y...

Not many young men will lead a life of an international arms trader, have a hit movie made about them (War Dogs), close deals for as much as $300 million, then go on to start a successful audio brand, . David is an interesting guy and shares his story with us on Episode 205, brought to you by and .

For over 50 years, Lee Rose has been designing lighting for television, film, music and theater. He began in theater in the late 60s, did his first rock and roll shows in the 70s, including Boston's first real tours, when he met his future business partner, Richard Ocean. He and Richard formed Ocean Rose & Associates in 1984 and ran that quite successfully until 1998, when Lee joined Design Pa...

Luke began touring as a FOH engineer in 2005 then later, a production manager as well. He began writing a blog for the live production industry in 2019 which you can find .  He then wrote and self published a book for aspiring tour and production managers called . When he's not touring or writing, Luke is a private pilot. This episode is brought to you by and .

Howie Zales is an Emmy Award winning Camera Operator who turned his passion for television broadcasting into several entrepreneurial endeavors including a crew and staffing company, an early live-streaming business and an educational business teaching people broadcast, camera operation and more. A great discussion on the technical side of camera operation, sports and virtual events. Brought to you...

It's impossible to have survived the 80s, 90s and even into the 2000s in the Touring Lighting business, without coming through with some stories. A really fun discussion with Red spanning from the 80s to today. This episode is sponsored by , and of course .

My dear friend Patrick Whalen shares some (horror) stories from the road, updates on drones and so much more. I hope you enjoy our chat as much as I did! Brought to you by and

Not many LD's get to write their ticket. Doing things exactly as they want, staying in their lane. Steve has done that... and for a long time! And, he's a nice guy. Enjoy! Brought to you by and .

An awesome guy, and with a ton of great stories to tell as well. Marshall saw the Beatles in 1963, did early gigs with The Eagles, Pink Floyd, Elton John and so many more. He founded TMB in the 80s, and ran it successfully until his departure in 2014. Of course Colin Waters continues to succeed with TMB today. This episode is brought to you by and .

Han started his career like so many, a guitar player in a high school band until one day, someone actually said "you know, you're just not very good". That's all he needed, he decided to do lighting instead! Since that time, he's grown into a career that carried him from working as a lighting tech, programmer, director and LD. He's been employed, without a pause for the entire time! Han is just an...

Erik has been in the business more than 40 years, starting with Edgar Winter in the 70s, and more recently - the incredible Super Bowl Halftime show. He's a great guy with incredible stories, and although he had to cut this short for a birthday celebration, it was an enjoyable discussion. This episode was brought to you by our friends at .

Jim was a very early proponent of Digital HD projection, he provided HD process images for the CBS series, “Hack” as well as having provided 3D HD projection for James Cameron’s “Expedition Bismarck” at the National Museum of Natural History. This episode was brought to you by .

Roland began his "career" with a passion for audio at 8 years old, and in his teens made the move to lighting. Since that time, he has worked hard to establish himself as a premier designer and programmer of all things lighting, with a focus on video as well. He now collaborates with Woodroffe Bassett Design on Genesis, The Stones, Rammstein, Adelle, and much much more. His work ethic and general...

Innovation is hard, it's expensive, and oftentimes it's thankless work. Jeremy named the company PK based on "Polar Kinetic" defined The radial directivity of a loudspeaker resulting from motion. It's not often you find a worldclass audio manufacturing in a mid-sized Canadian city like Calgary, but PK is genuinely world class. And Jeremy also has some incredible insight with regard to how he manag...

Rane has become a lighting influencer through a lot of hard work, dedication to helping folks, and some great ideas like his Moving Light March Madness tournament run on his Limelight Wired This is a fun discussion that was originally a GearHeads livestream as well. This podcast is brought to you today by .

Omar holds over a dozen certification and train the trainer certification in various disciplines in AV and also a second generation video engineer who is passionate about helping others achieve their educational goals. He’s also a decorated combat veteran of the U.S Army and a pretty fun conversationalist! This episode is brought to you by .

So many friends and listeners are constantly asking about Jeremy's status, what he's racing now, where, etc. So in a departure from our usual talks on gear, shows and road antics, I thought it was time to get him on Geezers Of Gear for a bit of a chat about motorsport. Brought to you by but with a LOT of love toward all of his racing sponsors including Ayrton, Lightswitch, Mainlight, Act Entertain...

Brian has a lot of "firsts" in his 46 years in this industry. He was the FIRST employee at Mainlight back in the early 80s for one! Brian is currently responsible for Designer Relations at but he's probably as well known for his legendary cooking mastery. Specifically, grilling incredible meats for many top industry functions. This June at 4 Wall, he will come out of a brief retirement to cook for...

Eric started BML when he was still in school, and has grown it over a period of 40+ years. Today, between Blackbird and Generico, Eric continues to work very long hours, and is successful, although don't ask him to admit that! This episode is brought to you by and by Coffee from Koffee Kult.

Fausto began his career creating amazing products for Coemar in the 1970's. Since that time, he not only helped develop the very first commercially available moving (mirror) light, but was issued many patents and awards along the way as well. Fausto has since created his own company where he solves problems for companies all over the world. He's truly one of the smartest, and kindest gentlemen you...

Mickey grew up in the temporary crew business through his family, and just recently started his own company, Gig Life. He talks about a lot of the challenges and opportunities in the crew business currently. Hope you enjoy. Brought to you by .

Patrick is a lighting designer, programmer, director, production designer, and smart business man! Always a great time when we get together, and this won't disappoint! This episode is brought to you by .

AJ Penn has had a career spanning more than twenty-five years in Lighting, Set & Production Design and currently works with artists including Josh Groban and My Chemical Romance. Now, AJ is setting his mind to growing his business, Penlight, along with his partner / wife, Sol. This episode is brought to you by our newest sponsor, .

Bob is a really interesting guy, who started in the late 80's running follow spots in a theater at night, while studying political science during the day. He eventually decided to pursue a career in lighting, then video and lighting, then so much more. Bob has been on the leading edge of technologies throughout his career, and is an expert on the growth of VR, AR and even AI in our industry. A ver...