Experience

Clear Sound Inc

• United States
• Events Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Production Manager

  • Aug 2013 - Present

• Audio Engineer

  • Aug 2009 - Aug 2013

  I started here at Clear Sound almost immediately after my last job. I'm just meant to be in the entertainment industry. I worked my way up from FNG to Lead Tech to Production Manager in four years.



Jazz Cruises LLC / Entertainment Cruise Productions

• Stage Manager

  • Nov 2005 - Present

  My first cruise was as Dave Koz's stage manager on the inaugural Dave Koz Cruise in 2005. Since then the parent company of the charter (JCLLC, now ECP) has hired me for dozens of cruises, all musically themed. I've done Elvis Cruises, Smooth Jazz and Country Cruises. We've got the gig down to a science, and as a result some charters sell out a year in advance. Our crew brings a level of professionalism and efficiency that creates order from the chaos of not only producing a week's worth of entertainment, but doing it on a moving ship at sea.



Dish Network

• United States
• Sports Teams and Clubs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Installer

  • Apr 2009 - Jul 2009

  Hardly even worth mentioning. I don't like heights. This job was not right for me, but after I came off the road I needed to try something completely different. About two months after I started I sustained a wrist injury that lead me to rethink the job. I left in July. Hardly even worth mentioning. I don't like heights. This job was not right for me, but after I came off the road I needed to try something completely different. About two months after I started I sustained a wrist injury that lead me to rethink the job. I left in July.



Dave Koz

• United States
• Restaurants

• Stage Manager

  • Apr 2002 - Dec 2008

  I started working for Dave as an extra guy on stage to help his drummer, who notoriously broke his drums. I quickly became his all around backline manager. Pretty soon it became apparent that he needed a stage manager, so I just started doing it. Within a few years we had assembled a whole crew that toured with him. We raised the quality of his shows to the point that Dave is still a leader in his field, putting on bigger and better shows than most of his contemporaries. My experience with Dave led me to opportunities to tour with a great many other artists. I've played shows in all 50 US states, Canada, Mexico, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Jakarta and St. Lucia. I wasn't crazy about St. Lucia, to be perfectly honest.



Tour Supply Inc

• United States
• Musicians
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Extra guy

  • Feb 2003 - Dec 2007

  I'd stop in and help out for a few weeks at a time when I was home from touring. I was largely unimportant, but I love those guys! I'd stop in and help out for a few weeks at a time when I was home from touring. I was largely unimportant, but I love those guys!



Mates Rehearsal Studios

• Monitor Engineer

  • Jul 2001 - Apr 2002

  I left GC to work more closely with some of the bands I was already close with. I was the night manager for a long time, mixing monitors for everyone from local bands to childhood idols of mine. I'd go back from time to time after I started touring, but my full time work there was only about a year. I left GC to work more closely with some of the bands I was already close with. I was the night manager for a long time, mixing monitors for everyone from local bands to childhood idols of mine. I'd go back from time to time after I started touring, but my full time work there was only about a year.



Guitar Center

• Brazil
• Retail

• Artist Relations

  • Dec 1999 - Jul 2001

  I started on the guitar floor in North Hollywood shortly after I moved to LA. A few months later I was recruited away to join the Professional Accounts department with Susan Wheeler in Hollywood. I was then asked to join the Artist Relations department under David Weiderman and Ransom Comfort. I started on the guitar floor in North Hollywood shortly after I moved to LA. A few months later I was recruited away to join the Professional Accounts department with Susan Wheeler in Hollywood. I was then asked to join the Artist Relations department under David Weiderman and Ransom Comfort.