Timeline
2016 to present - Freelance audio technician and enginner for live events
Primarily with
· SLX (previously Stage Electrics) since 2016
· E1 Productions at Old Billingsgate (4,000 capacity venue in London) since Spring 2022
· SWG Events since Summer 2024
Additionally with companies such as
· LDLS (Liam Drewery Light and Sound, Cornwall) since Summer 2024
2009 to 2016 - Head audio technician for Stage Electrics in Bristol
2006 to 2009 - General audio technician with O2 Academy Bristol whilst studying a BSc Music Technology degree
Disciplines
Primarily
· System technician
· Front of house technician and engineer
· Monitors technician and engineer
Additionally
· Patch
· Streaming technician and engineer
Example entertainment live events
· Glastonbury Festival Woodsies Stage (previously John Peel Stage) - Worthy Farm - Monitors tech
· Ronan Keating (Boyzone) - Truro Cathedral - System tech. FOH and monitors engineer
· Fuerzabruta - Round House Camden - System tech 2
· Sarah Millican - Cardiff Arena - General audio tech
· Thatchers Festival - Thatchers Cider Farm Somerset - Monitors engineer
· London South Bank Royal Festival Hall Philharmonic Orchestra - Truro Quay - System tech
· Scouting for Girls - Old Billingsgate - System tech. FOH engineer for support act
· Tony Hadley (Spandau Ballet) - Exeter Cathedral - System tech. FOH and monitors engineer
· Freddy Cole (brother of Nat King Cole) - Bath - System tech. FOH and monitors engineer
· Feastival Main Stage - Alex James' (Blur) Farm, Cotswolds - General audio tech. Patch
· Hype Orchestra - Temple Meads Passenger Shed Bristol - FOH and monitors engineer
· Fat Freddy’s Drop, Dropkick Murphys, The Cat Empire and numerous other band and club nights - O2 Academy Bristol - General audio tech
Example corporate live events
· Concorde 50 Years Anniversary Royal Celebration and over 30 other events (ongoing) - Concorde Hanger at Aerospace Bristol - System tech. FOH and monitors engineer
· Oxford Nanopore Technologies and over 25 other events (ongoing) - Old Billingsgate London - System tech. FOH and monitors engineer
· Astronomy Photographer of the Year and over 25 other events (ongoing) - National Maritime Museum Greenwich - System tech. FOH and monitors engineer
· Rolls Royce Aerospace, over 15 events - Rolls Royce Aerospace Bristol - System tech. FOH engineer
· BBC Make a Difference Awards - Quantock Lakes - System tech. FOH engineer
· Royal Navy Merlin Helicopter 25th Anniversary Celebratory Event - Portsmouth Royal Navy Base - System tech. FOH engineer
· Rolex - Cardiff Castle and several venues across UK - System tech. FOH engineer
· Royal Bank of Scotland conference and numerous other events (ongoing) - Bristol Ashton Gate Stadium - System tech. FOH engineer
· Bloodhound Land Speed Record, 4 conferences - Headquarters Bristol - System tech
· B Corporation Fest - Oxford New Theatre - System tech
Example streaming and broadcast
· Secretary of State for Defence press conference - Horizon Hall Bristol – FOH engineer with multiple dedicated broadcast mixes for BBC News, Sky News and others
· Entreconf streamed conference - SLX Studio Bristol - Streaming engineer; mixing keynote speeches and discussions that were held between the studio and remote locations globally
· Bristol Property Awards - temporary studio in Bath - Streaming engineer; mixing presentations and discussions that were held between the studio and remote locations
· HSBC Annual General Meetings - Hilton Leeds and several other venues across England - System tech. FOH and streaming engineer
Technical capabilities
Speaker systems
Designing and configuring systems, with the use of Smaart
Primarily
· L’Acoustics up to Kara scale including Soundvision and Network Manager
Additionally
· d&b up to V scale including ArrayCalc and R1
· Martin Audio including DISPLAY and VU-NET
Mixing systems
Configuring and operating systems
Primarily
· Allen & Heath (SQ, dLive)
· Yamaha (CL, QL)
· DiGiCo (SD, S-Series)
Additionally
· Soundcraft (Vi)
· MIDAS (Pro, M32)
Radio systems
Radio microphone and in-ear monitor systems from
· Shure including Wireless Workbench
· Sennheiser including Wireless Systems Manager
Other
· QLab
· Providing live audio training at venues, institutions and event companies
Training
· Rigging for the events industry - Total Solutions in Birmingham - 3 days
· d&b systems, line array theory, R1 and ArrayCalc - d&b in Nailsworth - 6 days
· Yamaha mixing systems - Yamaha representatives at SLX (previously Stage Electrics) Bristol - 1 day
· DiGiCo mixing systems - DiGiCo representatives at SLX - 1 day
· Sennheiser wireless systems - Sennheiser representatives at SLX - 1 day
· MIDAS mixing systems - MIDAS / Music Group in Manchester - 2 days
· Live, streaming and broadcast audio mentoring - freelance audio technician peers, project managers and colleagues at SLX - 16 years and ongoing
· Personal research and practice - resources such as webinars by speaker and mixing desk manufactures, simulation software for speaker systems etc. - 16 years and ongoing
Education
· Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Music Technology - graduated in 2009 with a 2.1
· BTEC in Creative Music - completed in 2003 with distinction
· GCSEs - Maths A, Science double A, English A and B