JBL was one of the earliest and largest manufacturers of speaker components and cabinets. Mark Gander spent 41 years at JBL starting in 1978, with various roles through the years such as Applications Engineer, VP of Marketing, VP of Engineering, and most recently Director of JBL Technology. He is also known as JBL's historian and often just called JBL GURU.

Joel Silverman has spent the last 41 years on the manufacturing side of the business with companies like MXR, DBX, Lexicon, and Millennia. Before this long successful career, Joel who was based in Rochester NY started Silverfish Audio in 1971. Ross Ritto joined up with Joel to start building a speaker system for a Bonnie Raitt tour, which is really where it all started to come together for Silverfish Audio.

For the last 47 years, Lee Brenkman has worked at the Great American Music Hall as the house sound tech and later becoming the sound department head. We spent a fair amount of time talking about the progression of gear through the years there, along with some memorable shows like Duke Ellington's last San Fransico performances, Robin Williams HBO Special, and more.

In this episode, I’m joined by Steve Nider formerly of Silverfish Audio, which went on to become Sound Image, one of the largest sound companies in the world. in the early ’70s Ashly started making custom-built consoles with features like 4 band parametric EQ on every output, LED metering, and adjustable crossovers built into the desk. Silverfish Audio was one of the few companies to have these consoles.

For the last 25 years, Greg has mixed Front of House for Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath. His career spans over the last 45 years with artists like Van Halen, Rage Against The Machine, Poison, The Cult, Steve Miller, Pablo Cruise, and many more. While working with these iconic bands, Greg prides himself in taking the music to the next level and delivering unforgettable experiences for the audience.

David Morgan spent 5 years behind the "wrong desk". David's short time as General Manager for Innovative Audio (formally Tycobrahe) was a great experience that allowed him to learn more about the music business and to have more respect and understanding for the freelance FOH Engineer and sound company relationship. But in his heart, he knew he belonged behind the mixing desk.

Greg Carttar started out making amplifiers and home stereo equipment and quickly found himself providing sound for concerts. Cartter started 3rd St. R&D Production Services in 1974 and then went on to work with acts like Johnny Cash, Steve Martin, The Statler Brothers, and more. He was able to get most of his early training and support from Stanal Sound.

David Dansky has been in this business since 1970. Coming from an electrical engineer background he was well suited to jump into an industry that needed a lot of innovation early on

Jim Yakabuski ( AKA Jim Yak) quickly made his way from mixing bar bands in Vancouver to Front of House for Van Halen.

David Morgan, is currently the Front of House Engineer for James Taylor, Stevie Nicks & Fleetwood Mac. He is one of the humblest people I have met with a resume that’s multiple pages deep, including artist like Paul Simon, Whitney Houston, Steely Dan, the Doobie Brothers and so many more.

Ken Newman has always wanted to achieve the best sound and anxious to succeed at challenges. With a 40 plus year career, Ken has worked with artist like Barry Manilow, Chris Isaak, Paul Anka, Shirley Maclaine and many more.