346: It's Official!
179: RFR CATCH-UP | JEFF SLATE/Singer-Songwriter, Guitarist, Author
enFebruary 15, 2021
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About this Episode
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Jeff Slate is an ASCAP award winning singer-songwriter from New York City. He co-founded the 1980’s mod/punk band the Mindless Thinkers, who were mainstays on the Northeast college circuit. In the mid-90’s he released The Townshend Tapes, on which The Who’s Pete Townshend acted as executive producer, and opened for Sheryl Crow on her “Tuesday Night Music Club” tour.
In 1997 he founded the band The Badge, who released three albums and countless singles, EPs and live “bootleg” sets, two “best of” compilations, and went on to become darlings of the UK/European “mod” scene in the 2000’s. In 2010 Slate released the single “Dreamtime,” which featured Earl Slick (Lennon, Bowie) and Carlos Alomar (Bowie, Lennon), as well as other alums of David Bowie’s bands.
Birds of Paradox, his first solo album of original material, was released in 2012. It was followed in November 2013 by Imposters & Attractions, and his contribution to the Pete Quaife Foundation Kinks tribute album Shoulder To Shoulder in 2015. His 2016 album Secret Poetry was another all-star affair, lauded by critics and fans alike. A video of the song “Letter From Paris (Showed Me The Way)” featuring Slate and Slate, and directed by Patrick McGuinn, was streamed over 1,000 times on the day of its release. His music has appeared in advertising and films and on television, including the hit show Gossip Girl.
Slate is a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, Esquire, Rolling Stone, and many other media outlets, writing about music and culture, and has appeared on television and radio numerous times, including on former-Sex Pistol Steve Jones’s Los Angeles drive time show Jonesy’s Jukebox, and SiriusXMs Volume, where Slate is also a guest host, as well as the BBC numerous times.
He is the co-author of the 2017 book The Authorized Roy Orbison, written with the legend’s sons, and has written liner notes for albums by Orbison, the Small Faces, Shawn Colvin, for the Stax Records 60th anniversary reissue series and for The Beatles’ 50th anniversary edition of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. In 2018 Slate wrote the 10,000+ word essay included in Bob Dylan’s More Blood, More Tracks, the 14 edition of his long-running Bootleg Series.
In 2019 Slate appeared onstage at the first World Of Bob Dylan conference in Tulsa, Oklahoma, sponsored by the Bob Dylan Center there, where he interviewed The Byrds’ Roger McGuinn and performed with the legend. Slate proudly plays a Martin OM-28E Retro Acoustic Guitar with Martin Strings, as well as Hofner basses and Vox amps. More info at www.jeffslatehq.com.
Today’s episode is sponsored by Lensrentals. Use the code ROADIE15 for a 15% discount when you check out.
Special Mentions:
Jeff Slate
Jeff Slate's Weekend Wilburys - Handle With Care
Jeff Slate - Heartbreak - Official Animated Video (2020)
Forbes - Live Music Venues Are Hurting But So Are The Crews That Make It All Happen
Pollstar - Roadiecare: When Crews Fall Through The CracksNo Roadies, No Rock n Roll Magnets
Tour Supply GoFundMe
Tour Health Research Initiative,
ROADIE: My Documentary (TJ Hoffman film)
Loud: A Life In Rock ‘N Roll by the World’s First Female Roadie. By Tana Douglas,
The Last Seat in the House: The Story of Hanley Sound,
The Power of Podcasting Panel at NAMM,
Roswell Pro Audio Mini K87
Roadie Short Film
Roadie: A True Story (at least the parts I remember)
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345: Derek Vanderwarker/Host, Guys Talking Yoga Podcast
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In the fall of 2000, while working for Akamai Technologies in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Derek was introduced to the practice of yoga by a few of his sales colleagues who were heading out to a Bikram studio near Boston University. “Eat a light lunch” was the only thing he knew about what awaited him that afternoon, and while that first experience didn’t change him overnight, it became a door into a practice that has challenged and changed his perception of what the mind and the body can do and the impact yoga can make on lives.
Derek is an experienced sales, marketing, and business development executive with over two decades working with world-leading brands in the media, technology, advertising and cannabis industries. He has led teams at global media & entertainment companies, consumer brands, technology startups, and non-profit organizations.
Derek holds a BA from Hobart & William Smith Colleges and an MBA from the Olin School of Business at Babson College. He is a 500-hour certified yoga instructor who did his 200-hour training with Alison West and 300-hour training with Jason Crandell. He is the creator and host of the Guys Talking Yoga podcast.
Special Mentions:
Guys Talking Yoga Podcast, Larry’s episode on Guys Talking Yoga, Relix Music Conference, The Music Never Stops: What Putting on 10,000 Shows Has Taught Me About Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Magic – Peter Shapiro, Brooklyn Bowl Nashville, Brooklyn Bowl Williamsburg, Brooklyn Bowl Philadelphia, Relix Magazine, The Capitol Theater, Becky Pell - Yoga Journey: A Contemporary Guide to a Timeless Tradition, Claire Murphy - Girl on the Road: How to Break into Touring from a Female Perspective, Roadie Free Radio Merch, RFR Podcast Bundle, Follow Your Drishti Yoga Podcast, roadiecare.com, musicares.org, Roswell Pro Audio Mini K87, Soundgirls.org
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I met with Chip at his Brooklyn studio where we dove deep into his upbringing in Philadelphia, his obsession with concerts, and the crazy coincidence of our family connection.
Over the years he has toured with artists ranging from Dirty Projectors, Silversun Pickups, The New Pornographers, Regina Spektor, and many more. He’s also worked as a house engineer at several venues including Sony Hall, World Stage, Webster Hall, and B.B. King’s Blues Club, where he got his start.
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Chip Auchincloss is a Monitor Engineer and Backline Tech based in Brooklyn, N.Y., who’s spent the last 20 years living his dream of working in the live sound industry.
I met with Chip at his Brooklyn studio where we dove deep into his upbringing in Philadelphia, his obsession with concerts, and the crazy coincidence of our family connection.
Over the years he has toured with artists ranging from Dirty Projectors, Silversun Pickups, The New Pornographers, Regina Spektor, and many more. He’s also worked as a house engineer at several venues including Sony Hall, World Stage, Webster Hall, and B.B. King’s Blues Club, where he got his start.
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Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/roadie-free-radio/id1115332289
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/61e24ZD5A3oBTxO36WHQXq?si=38cac6d09f3f4fea
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Chris Leonard has been in the professional live audio world for almost two decades, following in the footsteps of his father. As a monitor engineer with Maryland Sound International, he toured with artists like Tears for Fears, Don Henley, Disturbed, Josh Groban, Anthony Hamilton and more.
Chris is currently the Director of Technical Operations at IMS Technology Services. Previously he spent ten years as the Director of Audio overseeing and managing all aspects of audio for the Event Staging Division of the company. IMS is a full-scale production company providing audio, video, and lighting for special events, conferences, and conventions nationwide. A highlight while at IMS includes designing and mixing for the Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl victory parade, with an estimated 800,000 + audience and the largest outdoor event in Philadelphia’s history. He has also worked on the last four Presidential Inaugurations.
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Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/roadie-free-radio/id1115332289
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/61e24ZD5A3oBTxO36WHQXq?si=38cac6d09f3f4fea
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Chris Leonard has been in the professional live audio world for almost two decades, following in the footsteps of his father. As a monitor engineer with Maryland Sound International, he toured with artists like Tears for Fears, Don Henley, Disturbed, Josh Groban, Anthony Hamilton and more.
Chris is currently the Director of Technical Operations at IMS Technology Services. Previously he spent ten years as the Director of Audio overseeing and managing all aspects of audio for the Event Staging Division of the company. IMS is a full-scale production company providing audio, video, and lighting for special events, conferences, and conventions nationwide. A highlight while at IMS includes designing and mixing for the Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl victory parade, with an estimated 800,000 + audience and the largest outdoor event in Philadelphia’s history. He has also worked on the last four Presidential Inaugurations.
Chris is a co-host on the Signal To Noise Podcast presented by ProSoundWeb. The podcast has over 100 episodes and has been downloaded over 190,000 times. The show features conversations with people from all corners of the live sound industry, from FOH and monitor engineers, tour managers, Broadway sound designers, broadcast mixers, and more.
Chris's current project, "How We Got Loud" begins with this podcast focusing on the stories of the people, technology, and passion that built the history of live sound, with many plans to grow and expand beyond the podcast in years to come.
Subscribe to the Podcast:
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/roadie-free-radio/id1115332289
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/61e24ZD5A3oBTxO36WHQXq?si=38cac6d09f3f4fea
340: Bradley Tucker & Josh Baron/Relix Music Conference Nashville 2023
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Brad Tucker has served as Senior Project Manager for Dayglo Presents since 2014. Tucker joined the organization in 2010 as Intern to CEO & Founder Peter Shapiro at Relix Magazine, and was quickly promoted to Shapiro’s Executive Assistant.
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Special Mentions:
Relix Music Conference, The Music Never Stops: What Putting on 10,000 Shows Has Taught Me About Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Magic – Peter Shapiro, Brooklyn Bowl Nashville, Brooklyn Bowl Williamsburg, Brooklyn Bowl Philadelphia, Relix Magazine, The Capitol Theater, Becky Pell - Yoga Journey: A Contemporary Guide to a Timeless Tradition, Claire Murphy - Girl on the Road: How to Break into Touring from a Female Perspective, Roadie Free Radio Merch, RFR Podcast Bundle, Follow Your Drishti Yoga Podcast, roadiecare.com, musicares.org, Roswell Pro Audio Mini K87, Soundgirls.org
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Joel Miller (AKA Joel Roadie, AKA Rifken) was born in Cambridge, England. His parents emigrated to Los Angeles when he was a child, and he grew up in Southern California. He is the oldest of three children. When he was four years old, Miller's mother was stopped in a shopping mall by talent agent Dorothy Day Otis. Soon after he began working as a child actor and model. One such fun ad campaign featured Miller as one of the young faces for Borax Soap - alongside Tony Randall and an also very young Jaleel White (Steve Urkel.)
In August 2020, Miller released his autobiography, Memoir of a Roadie: Axl Said I Made a Great Cup of Tea, Scott Weiland Liked the Carpenters, & Ozzy Drinks Rosé. The book is an intimate behind the scenes look at the music industry from a young roadie’s perspective. Miller toured under the employment of Stone Temple Pilots, Guns N' Roses, Poison, and the Cranberries. The book tells of his life touring with these bands and his further touring experiences with Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Sharon Osbourne, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, Oasis, Papa Roach, Disturbed, Godsmack, Warrant, Quiet Riot, NSYNC, Bush, No Doubt, Fishbone, Fuel, Korn, Metallica, Green Day, Kid Rock, Rage Against the Machine, Enuff Z'Nuff, the Turtles, Violent Femmes, Static-X, Third Eye Blind, Goo Goo Dolls, Slipknot, 3 Doors Down, and Veruca Salt.
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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/61e24ZD5A3oBTxO36WHQXq?si=38cac6d09f3f4fea
337: RFR Rewind:It Felt Like My First Show | Carolina Anton
Carolina Antón is an internationally recognized leader in the field of live sound mixing, systems design and optimization of sound reinforcement. For more than 15 years, Carolina has established a trajectory within her career, collaborating with distinguished national and international artists and productions.
With more than 20 tours at national and international level, Carolina participated as part of the production of several festivals such as: KnotFest, PalNorte, Presidente (Dominican Republic), Electric Forest (USA).
Currently touring with several artists, she also work as a freelance for companies such as: Eighth Day Sound, among others.
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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/61e24ZD5A3oBTxO36WHQXq?si=38cac6d09f3f4fea