Podcast appearances and mentions of gavin downie

The music industry is crying out for gig crew as concerts and festivals are set to be bigger than ever this summer. Industry experts say they're facing a staffing crisis with a serious lack of set-up and pack-down staff for all shows, ranging from small gigs to huge concerts. Production and Stage Manager Gavin Downie has been in the industry for 20 years and told Mike Hosking it's never been more stressful. He says once the pandemic hit, people used their industry skills for other jobs and haven't returned. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The music industry is crying out for gig crew as concerts and festivals are set to be bigger than ever this summer. Industry experts say they're facing a staffing crisis with a serious lack of set-up and pack-down staff for all shows, ranging from small gigs to huge concerts. Production and Stage Manager Gavin Downie has been in the industry for 20 years and told Mike Hosking it's never been more stressful. He says once the pandemic hit, people used their industry skills for other jobs and haven't returned. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Broken is a five piece band from Aotearoa New Zealand that fuses 80s inspired electronica, slide guitar and laid back vocals to create a sound that is very different, yet familiar. THE BACK STORY Planets form from the debris and particles within the space they inhabit. As they combine, their new gravity grows, pulling more matter around them into this new orbit. The same can be said for The Broken. Previously a three-piece band of Pearl Runga, Justin Maclaren and Simon Finnel, their music and focus on their sound pulled in Gavin Downie on guitar and Ben Phillips on drums. With this new line-up cemented in 2019, they undertook the rehearsing and writing of a new album, only to be stopped in their initial steps by New Zealand's first Covid lockdown. However, the band was nimble and pivoted to set up home studios where they continued to write and record, eventually releasing what is the band's greatest work to date, 'GRAVITAS'. All of this achieved from their individual isolated bubbles, unable to work together in the same room for months on end. As New Zealand was plunged back into its third lockdown the album dropped unceremoniously and quietly at 10:30pm on a Friday night, without the possibility of a release party, concert, or even a listening party. The Broken is now setting its sights on the next stage一 getting out onto the live circuit in their home country of Aotearoa promoting the album and new line-up. First focussing on New Zealand, while looking to expand across the Tasman and the possibility of Australian dates. THE BROKEN'S ‘GRAVITAS' is a journey across ten cuts of thick analogue/digital electronica synthwave. It is an open and frank interpretation of the world surrounding THE BROKEN, exploring love, lies and that which lurks in the darkest emotional recesses of us all. You could say it is the soundtrack to a film yet to be written, with nostalgic 80s electronica underscoring film noir imagery, and then clashing with cyberpunk aesthetics. No great album is solely in a band's hands alone一so legendary sound engineer Chris Tate was also pulled in to produce the album, while UK mastering icon Streaky gave the tracks their final polish.

Gavin Downie returns for his second full episode. These days Gavin manages the Music In The Parks series and was recently faced with an unprecedented dilemma. The horrific shooting in Christchurch on March 15th, 2019 shocked the country and amongst the subsequent grief and anger, very practical questions and disruptions were raised. Gavin had Rock The Park ready to go at Grey Lynn Park in Auckland, which featured The Feelers, Elemeno P, Racing and Deadbeat. The show was installed, the bands were onsite and soundcheck was underway when the decision was made to cancel the event. On episode #69 we discussed the decision to cancel and Gavin kindly wrote to us to offer further clarification. We felt this was an important conversation to make public, so we asked Gavin to return to the show to outline the work that goes into putting a show like this on and the series of events that lead up to the cancellation.

Paul Walsh We have a really interesting guest on todays episode. Paul Walsh works in private security and his clients have included Metallica, Slipknot and Just Bieber. He’s also worked for the Police and The Special Tactics Group all over the world. We talk about his time in Afghanistan and Tanzania, the psychology behind his work, the close call with Metallica in Mexico and much more. We’ve also included a previously unreleased conversation between Danny McCrum and Gavin Downie about guitar amps, mic selection, Fender vs Marshall and how he helped develop Dave Dobbyn’s great tone. This is a fascinating listen, check it out!

BudgetPedalChap is this week joined by Ollie Miles and the legendary Gavin Downie of New Zealand fame. We discuss the Mooer Tender Octave and the new colour on colour Suhr range as well as a plethora of musings about the music industry and some tips about surviving the road as a musician in our new segment the Gavtacular! Get in contact through the Facebook group at 'Fret Talk Podcast' Find your hosts at Facebook.com/budgetpedalchap instagram.com/budgetpedalchap Facebook.com/olliemilesmusic --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fret-talk/message

This is our Christmas Special! It’s a two-part double episode with several great guests, snippets from previous episodes and more of our highly intelligent and enlightening banter. In PART 1 we speak to Matt Bizzle, a saxophonist who’s currently making the transition to full time musician. Nick Poortman returns to talk about social dynamics within the music industry and Bobby chats to Opetaia Foa'i from Te Vaka about writing the soundtrack for the upcoming Disney film Moana. In PART 2 Eddie Gaiger talks about his experience as a top ten contestant on NZ Idol and Gavin Downie returns to talk about the emotional and psychological challenges of working in the music industry; particularly for the roadies and technical crew. Bobby also talks about his ‘Little Drummer Boy’. Enjoy! And have a great Christmas! DM & BK http://www.dontgiveupyourdayjob.co.nz

This is our Christmas Special! It’s a two-part double episode with several great guests, snippets from previous episodes and more of our highly intelligent and enlightening banter. In PART 1 we speak to Matt Bizzle, a saxophonist who’s currently making the transition to full time musician. Nick Poortman returns to talk about social dynamics within the music industry and Bobby chats to Opetaia Foa'i from Te Vaka about writing the soundtrack for the upcoming Disney film Moana. In PART 2 Eddie Gaiger talks about his experience as a top ten contestant on NZ Idol and Gavin Downie returns to talk about the emotional and psychological challenges of working in the music industry; particularly for the roadies and technical crew. Bobby also talks about his ‘Little Drummer Boy’. Enjoy! And have a great Christmas! DM & BK http://www.dontgiveupyourdayjob.co.nz

Gavin Downie is a production manager and instrument tech who has toured the world and worked with some seriously big names. He's overflowing with stories and experiences and we had a great conversation with him. Get into it. This podcast is a production of Day Job Productions Ltd. All Rights Reserved 2016

Gavin Downie sits down with Red Witch Pedals head honcho Ben Fulton for a fascinating discussion on tone, rechargeable pedals, and the happy accidents that lead to great guitar pedals. Plus, Pipes and PT give their thoughts on essential effects pedals for beginners.

We all have tons of guitar related accessories, tools and paraphalia, but what do you need to bring to your next gig?  Guitar tech extraordinaire Gavin Downie is here with the answers.  Plus Pappy reviews the Flatline Vistaglide Custom.