This week our guest is Blake Baxter, a self taught Lighting Director (LD). He shares his knowledge of lighting, visuals, lasers and everything that goes into bringing a venue to life. This episode starts off with a general overview of lighting and then dives deep into how intricate these features can get. We also answer lighting related questions from our listeners.
 
 Follow Blake: @baxterre_
 
Shout Outs: Star Wars, Christian Jackson, GrandMA2, Lights All Night, KVANT Projectors, Panasonic, Declan James, DMX, Electric Daisy Carnival, EDC, Artnet, SACN, Julian Gray, mau5trap, Catslash, Cat/, Ableton, Resolume, Pangolin, ILDA

Shut-Up & Listen is a music industry podcast where we dive into all aspects of the music business. This podcast will not only dive into the creative process (i.e. recording) and experiences from the artist perspective; but also shed light on the granular side of the industry so we can hear from the folks behind the scenes. This will include guests that are production managers, VJ & lighting gurus, artist managers, record label managers, and folks that handle everything in-between. Each episode will feature a special guest that will share their journey and insight based on their expertise. 
 
If you are someone who just enjoys listening to music - “the casual listener”: our hope is that you’ll finish each episode with a deeper understanding and appreciation for what goes into making music and/or putting on the events you enjoy.  If you are someone currently navigating the industry; our hope is that you can listen to an episode and immediately use what you’ve heard towards reaching your artistic goals. You’re not in this alone. 

Shree is your host. He has 8+ years of experience as a music educator. He has also navigated various aspects of the music business including co-founding his own production company, managing artists, producing original music with releases on music labels, performing at music festivals and more.  “That’s what Shree said.”
 
 Shree: @shreemix
 
*Contains Explicit Material