We have decided that, in order to reach our fans more easily, we would start a Roadie Show Facebook page. We think it will be a better way for everyone to stay informed about our gigs and to see all our photos, backstage passes, setlists, etc. The fun never ends… See you there!
2009 has come and gone, changing the world drastically. Iggs and I have learned a lot, and are still rockin’ and rollin’ in the world of live music. It’s a shame that we’ve had to slow way down on our posts and videos here at RoadieShow.com but it wasn’t just because we got lazy… The venues we work at became increasingly aware of social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook and Myspace. Blogs and Tweets were being seen as threatening and potentially damaging, and were off limits. It’s been a year now, and things seem to be changing. Everyone is getting used to the idea of sharing their lives on the internet. Tours, Venues and Artists are getting behind blogs and Twitter in a big way.
It’s time to come back.
Keep checking us out here at www.RoadieShow.com. Let’s get ready to ROCK!!!!
-Rand Bradbury
Chairman and CEO
RoadieShow Enterprises
Legends! These guys were laid back, relaxed and could still sing and play their asses off! I’m always impressed when someone kicks ass for as long and as hard as Crosby and Nash.
The crowd begs for another encore
This is the kind of show we love to do - easy. The band plays on nice carpets instead of risers, travels with a bus and trailer instead of a semi-truck… it’s wonderful. The audience was thrilled by the performance and demanded several encores! Here’s a look at a few pics from the show. You can always view more of my pics from the music world at the RoadieShow Flickr page!
Graham Nash and David Crosby rock out
The all-important guitar hand-off. The bread and butter of a guitar tech’s paycheck is earned at this exact moment!
David Crosby waves goodbye after the final encore. Job well done.
It’s been one hell of a great September for the RoadieShow guys! Lots of work and lots of play make Iggs and Rand happy! I’ve been meaning to write a detailed post after every gig, I swear… It turns out that loading and unloading a 53 foot semi-truck by hand can wear you out! One of these days Iggs and I will set up a time-lapse camera and show the world how long and physically demanding our workday can be.
Ok, enough complaining. On to the update!
Podcamp Philly 2008
Adam, Paul and Rand Host a live episode of the Best Damn Tech Show, Period.
PodCamp Philly is back! The guys from the Best Damn Tech Show hosted another smash hit live taping. We drank beer at 3 in the afternoon, discussed news and reviews in the world of tech and made a ton of new friends. We networked and partied our asses off… Tons of fun!
Kenny G
Kenny G is terribly pleased with himself.
That’s right, folks… the one and only Kenny G! Himself! In the flesh! Iggs and I walked in to this gig thinking it would be a piece of cake. In the past few years we’ve worked with all the ‘Big Hitters’ of New Age/Smooth Jazz including John Tesh, Peter White and Rick Braun. Those gigs were all easy, no-stress events with relaxed performers and happy crews. Kenny G is a fucking Rock Star! We built two small towers in the audience for Kenny G to climb and stand on several times throughout the show. We ran multiple spotlights with several cues while he ran all over the house. Iggs had to somehow light a tenor saxophone on a stand without spilling any light onto the floor around it. We built a giant video screen that featured live closeups of Kenny G intercut with text that described to the audience exactly who he was and what he was doing:
“Kenny G holds the World’s Record for the longest note played - 45minutes 12 seconds”
“Kenny G is one of the original investors in the Starbucks coffeeshop chain”
“Kenny G is a pilot and often flies to his own gigs”
If you look to the left of the sleeveless bass player you can see the tenor sax bathed in light
In short, Kenny G knows who Kenny G is. And he’s a New Age/Smooth Jazz badass. He never messed up, never had a technical problem, never lost his cool. He even gave away a saxophone onstage after playing it for the lucky audience member who won the raffle! That Kenny G is damn good at what he does…
Daryl Hall
Daryl Hall of ‘Hall and Oates’ fame still has the voice and the chops
Daryl Hall came out with a top-notch band, great gear and a HUGE FUCKING WALL that is an exact replica of his barn back home. Luckily it was mostly made out of foamcore and was relatively easy to construct. Mr. Hall has a lot more hits than you realize - take a listen to your discography and you’ll be surprised that you know the words to most of his songs. An entertaining show for sure.
A personal note - My old friend Mutlu opened up for Daryl Hall. He’s a great musician and has some really cool sounding new material!
Mutlu rocks out with a little help from the keys
A great month of gigs. More to come! Stay tuned…
News
Ex-Google engineers launched the new search engine Cuil www.cuil.com to ho-hum reviews amidst a massive PR release. With it’s slick interface and huge index they may have been expecting more but its poor search results, many have written it off already. You might want to try ask.com for better results which isn’t saying much. To give you an example, a search for the “Best Damn Tech Show” bring up a Wikipedia result in the top spot that links you to a page that doesn’t even exist. Nice one.
Friend of the Tech Show, Ted Stevens the longest serving senator in congress has been brought up on charges (7 counts on failing to disclose - not for being a douce as most people thought). We’ve put together a highlight reel or some of his Tedisms courtesy of Jon Stewart over at our partner broadcaster Comedy Central. http://blog.indecision2008.com/2008/07/30/top-5-daily-show-ted-stevens-moments/
Iris on the Virus
Apple gets pie in the face from security researchers over a failure to act on patching serious DNS BIND flaw.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/29/apple_dns_patch_mia/
Schmidt Faced
Response to Gary Vaynerchuck
Rachel’s Soy Sauce - Dishing up the gossip for the gals
IBM facilities hosting 3 week tech camps for gals after hearing of the decline in female tech engineers http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080731/BUSINESS01/807310312
American Association of University Women Education Foundation is hosting a tech trek camp for 14 year old girl at Stanford University http://www.mercurynews.com/campbell/ci_10036148
Reasons girls should get into tech: hotter more intelligent guys-brain before brawn ladies, you get to travel, go to sweet conferences, meet really interesting people and be a part of the ever changing growing and evolving tech community. the internet is our own little ecosystem plus you get all your drinks for free…trust me, I know! :]
Around the World Wide Web
China had every intention of opening up access to the world but we’ve learned that they’re still at their cencorship game - apparently Best Damn Tech Show, Period is still on that list.
Portugal (cue Euro techno music) has grabbed 500,000 of the latest Intel produced Classmates PC which is a bit of a slap in the face for OLPC
Site of the Week:
www.chrisbrogan.com
Hello Roadieshow friends…
I hope you are all enjoying your summer. I know it has been a little while since I posted. The truth is we haven’t been terribly busy with gigs. I guess most tours take a summer break or do festivals. Either way, I end up not working which means I spend way too much time spending my riches and juggling swarms of horny young women. But that’s for another website…
Lately, Rand and I have been putting our creative talents to work at the Best Damn Tech Show, Period. We hope you check that out as well. Thanks!
Below are some pictures and video from gigs Rand and I have worked or attended. I hope you will enjoy.
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Beatles tribute “1964: The Tribute”
King of the blues; BB King
“Doors” drummer John Densmore and his “Tribal Jazz” band
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Comic Andrew “Dice” Clay
The “Eagles” during soundcheck at the Wachovia center.
Here I am at the Allen & Heath mixer inside the AT&T Pavilion at the Wachovia center
James Blunt. What a cool looking setup!
Victor Wooten. One of mine and Rand’s favorite musicians.
Joe Jackson
Sometimes our view isn’t so good…
Radiohead. Some of them anyway…
A wide shot of the Radiohead stage
And for you Radiohead fans, here’s a Roadieshow exclusive video I shot of Radiohead performing “Lucky”:
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Here’s a few pics taken by Iggs and Rand over the course of our 2008 season. Let us know what you think!
Deborah Harry, of Blondie fame. She’s really cool and does a lot of benefit shows. She’s been hanging around with the band Spiraling a lot lately… Let’s hope they do something together!
Ladies and Gentleman, REO SPEEDWAGON!!!! A true rock show, complete with giant drum riser, spotlights, projection screens and two kick drums. ROCK!
Arlo Guthrie - A Legend. In Iggs’ words: “A true entertainer and totally cool guy and crew. We look forward to this show every year.”
Henry Fucking Rollins. You read that right. He’s the man, just take a look at his promotional poster:
He’s a cool guy, legendary for his appreciation of Roadies.
Sinead O’Conner. According to Iggs: “One of the best sounding shows all year.” Check out the size of the hole cut in the kick drum!
Thanks Craigslist! I answered yet another post and landed a cool gig with a staffing company based out of Washington, D.C. They sent me to handle Video Assist duties at a 4-day corporate gig in a hotel ballroom. Early AM start times but easy work and decent pay. Here’s a look at the finished stage:
Here’s a pic of ‘Video World’, where I spent most of my time. Luckily, it was located backstage:
Trust me, it looks more complicated than it is. We had two projectors shooting video on two rear-projection screens, two cameras, a small audio system and lots of convention-goers. There really wasn’t a lot going on, just some basic camera switching and powerpoint presentations. I met some good contacts, had a few laughs and (most importantly) got the job done.
Recently, a colleague of mine and Rand’s, Susan Miller, was seriously injured on the job. Susan is the house electrician at the DuPont Theater in Wilmington DE. That means she is in charge of all the power distribution for every show that plays there. Rand and I have done many gigs there and know Susan quite well. She is a really cool person. We really want to send her our thoughts and best wishes for a speedy recovery.
Be careful out there, friends…
Check out some pics I’ve taken with my new Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ4. I’ve had my eye on it for awhile… Iggs picked up an earlier version last year and he loves it. Amazon.com offer it for only $200 so I had to grab it! The last few posts have featured pictures taken with the TZ4, all of which are viewable on my Flickr page.
