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When a Door Slams in Your Face, Move to LA – with Kate Blair

with Kate Blair – Lighting Director at NBC News and MSNBC News

On this episode, we discuss working as a transgender woman in Virginia, working with Dave Matthews Band as a house band, joining a union in the mid-Atlantic area, returning to college for a BFA at age 45, understanding DMX, moving from Virginia to Los Angeles without a plan, pro-bono work with Musicians Loft at Brewery Arts Complex, remote operating a concert rig over the Internet with ETC Nomad, her time at NBC News, and the future of concerts including VR, AR and 3D modeling.

Please visit: http://virtualighting.com/

If We Don’t Light it, You Won’t See it – with Jeff Calderon

with Jeff Calderon – Emmy Award winning Lighting Director, Lighting Designer and Director of Photography at Academy Lighting

Don’t let the sound quality prevent you from hearing what Jeff has to say.

On this episode, we discuss the benefits of encouraging inclusivity in entertainment, how unions can lift more people out of poverty, how collective bargaining can make us safer and more profitable, how to remain grateful and creative after 35 years in the industry, how the lighting industry changed for the better/worse, and how retirement from a job you love is a myth

Please visit: www.academylighting.com

Television Academy: https://www.emmys.com/academy/about

Foundation internships:  https://www.emmys.com/foundation

Internship program: https://www.emmys.com/foundation/internships

There’s Nothing Like Being in the Room – with Griffin McCravy

with Griffin McCravy – Lighting Designer/Lighting Director at Church of the Highlands in Alabama

On this episode, we discuss going from churchgoer to part of the production team, how volunteer work can help move you up the production ladder, how technology helps amplify the message of sermons, how congregations react to technology and spectacle, how the isolation period has affected church attendance and impact, and how to set realistic goals in the production industry.

Please visit: https://www.instagram.com/griffin_mccravy/