Episode 41 w/ SMOOTHER SMYTH - Wrong End of the Snake

SMOOTHER SMYTH - Smoother was born in England, went through school and joined the RAF at 16. He then spent 4 ½ years with Pan American Airways. Smoother quit his real job in 1972, moved to the USA, and took off to be a drum roadie for the band Flash. His next gig was Genesis with Peter Gabriel in 1973. In January 1980, thanks to the generosity of Supertramp, he orchestrates the launch of Delicate Productions Inc. Delicate Productions is an award winning production company providing Audio, Lighting and Video for Concerts, Tours and Special Events, based in Camarillo, California. Join us LIVE ON YOUTUBE each TUESDAY 11am PDT / 2pm EDT! ---- Two industry giants working opposite ends of the same snake. With a collective 65 years experience between them, working with some of the world’s most prolific musical artists - Justin Bieber, Iron Maiden, Jay-Z, Judas Priest, Travis Scott, Linkin Park, Guns N’ Roses, Kiss, etc. Front of House Live Sound Engineer Ken “Pooch” Van Druten, and Monitor Live Sound Engineer Kevin “Tater” McCarthy, team up to host a webinar exploring the sometimes irrational, always spirited relationships between the music industry tribe. Join us each week as Pooch and Tater reflect on decades of highs and lows, professional tips and tricks, and a special industry guest. Connect with Pooch and Tater:   / wrongendofthesnake     / foh_engineer_pooch     / tateraudio     / wrongendofthesnake     / fohengineerpooch     / tateraudio     / tourpooch     / foh-engineer-pooch   https://showmakersymposium.com/wrong-... Touring life talk get along don’t be a dick live sound webinar road million milers sound reinforcement live music Sound people audio Engineering life on the road award winners seminar succeeding in the business music behind the scenes success successful on road how to tour excelling live audio a different toilet everyday traveling touring new office everyday road relationships I want to life on a bus hard rock audio roadies for hire audio roadies roadie webinar behind the scenes road warriors kings of the road fader faders pushers Parnelli winners Top Dog award winners high paid jobs what it takes life style audio careers lifers career do what you love job jobs with travel seeing world long hours carriers traveling rock star turn it up tateraudio what do all those knobs do backstage life tech talk I want to be a Music business jobs different office everyday road job traveling co-workers worldwide workers concert mixing arena need no college degree required full time independent audio engineers Independent Front of House Monitors FOH MON Iron Maiden Linkin Park Kid Rock Slash Stone Temple Pilots Ted Nugent Prophets of Rage Judas Priest Justin Bieber Jay-Z Mike Shinoda Chester Bennington Brad Delson Dave Farrell phoenix Rob Bourdon Joe Hahn Bruce Dickinson Steve Harris Nicko Mcbrain Dave Murray Adrian Smith Janick Gers Alterbridge Alice In Chains Guns and Roses System of a Down Limp Bizkit Kiss Beastie Boys Courtney Love Eminem Black Sabbath Pantera Rob Zombie Whitney Houston Tony Toni Loud music Rock Roll Berklee College of music Full Sail Tweed TEC award Music Technology Division Tourlink Magna Cum Laude Bachelor of Arts in Music Production Digico Waves Digigrid Technica JBL L-Acoustics Rational Avid Focusrite Reaper LV1 emotion RCF Klang Technology pooch Tater Rabold Kevin McCarthy Ken van Druten Engineer Kenneth Kevin Show makers