Roadie Free Radio

Ken "Pooch" Van Druten has built a name for himself as one of the industry's top FOH Engineers. After graduating Magna Cum Laude from Berklee College of Music, Ken headed to Los Angeles to begin what ...

2 Apr 20181h 13min

This week's guest is Lisa Boland, Ticket Manager for the Dave Matthews Band. While she's not necessarily on the front lines of the music, she's certainly an integral part of making sure every single s...

26 Mar 20181h 6min

Welcome to episode #90, today's guest has been on my radar for quite some time and it brings me great pleasure to share our interview with all of you. It's almost impossible to be a fan of music and n...

19 Mar 201857min

It's the late 1970's, you've stopped drumming in your local band because you realized you could be more effective behind the scenes, you cut your teeth in every major bar or club for the last few year...

12 Mar 20181h 17min

For over forty years Norman Harris has been the go-to guy for vintage guitar enthusiasts the world over. His store in Tarzana, CA consistently has the greatest collection of player-friendly stringed i...

4 Mar 20181h

Mary Broadbent's path into the music industry started much like it does for most of us: on stage, and in a band. After moving around for much of her childhood, Mary finally ended up attending Emerson ...

26 Feb 20181h 24min

As a young man growing up in Cleveland Derrick Green knew at an early age that following the status quo and fitting nicely into society's neat little boxes was probably not going to work for him. Quie...

19 Feb 20181h 17min

While I was in Los Angeles for the NAMM show, I had the privilege of sitting down with FOH Engineer Lucie Barinkova to chat with her about her career and hear about her incredible childhood, growing u...

11 Feb 20181h 1min