The Backstage Lounge

Andrew has a chat with Sound Engineer Paul Klimson. Having been in the music industry for decades, Paul has been on tour with Justin Timberlake and John Legend. Also was the monitoring engineer for Jimmy Fallon's Late Night and Tonight Show and worked closely with The Roots. Now recently having open a non-profit organization called The Roadie Clinic that focuses on Roadies and their families on and off tours.
Instantly discovering how like-minded they are they dive into many topics as they discuss how the pandemic has affected their work but also the art itself. How artists view their self worth and try to stay in the moment. They bring up working with their "gurus" and how important it is to be kind. That and much more.
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Host, Andrew sits down with dancer and choreographer Lari Lawrence-Gist. Lari is the Director of Dance at The Citadel Dance and Music Center and has been involved in a vast array of events and productions throughout Southwestern Michigan. Having collaborated with her on multiple occasions Andrew had to have her on the podcast.
Discussing Lari's journey through dance from starting at a young age to become the Director of a Dance Center. They also discuss aspects of dance on TV and popular culture. Also, the fundraising effort that took place earlier this year and how it set a new standard for collaboration and fundraising for non-profit arts organizations.
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Krystal Davis is a Sound Engineer at Sweetwater Sound in Fort Wayne, Indiana and is also the Lead Vocalist and songwriter for the band, "Our Name is Taken". In this episode we talk about her journey to becoming a sound engineer and also how being a musician has influenced her work behind the mixing board. We reminisce about when we were in college together, being band geeks, and even when she helped record with my group, The Andrew Fisher Quartet. I ask her about some of her work at Sweetwater Sound and we even bring up Taylor Swift.
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Andrew is joined by photographer Nicolina Holt. She is an award-winning fine arts photographer educator. Having a tenure of over ten years as a photographer instructor, she also has her own photographer business - Nicolinaholt.com - and volunteers at local art centers in her area. During the episode, they discuss her journey as a photographer past and present and dive into aspects like Black and White film photography. And also discuss one of Nicolina's photographer exhibitions call The Irrelevant series.
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Andrew continues the conversation with Singer/Songwriter Dena Woods. They discuss the aftermath of the The Pool. Also bring up the difficult but needed conversation about her perspective of being a woman in the music scene and how it not only effects her but others. They discuss Dena's original music, diving into her song, "I Need you". Of course she is asked to offer her advice to artist on her path.
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