One of the next generation of Sound Girls, Kelly works at Eighth Day Sound and has blogged about her experiences from the perspective of someone just getting started in the business.
Due to the massive thunderstorm that blew through, the rest of the festival was canceled which became a slight blessing for us since right after dinner we got to start breaking down stages and load out. We were originally scheduled to load out after the show at midnight into the early hours of the next […]
By: Kelly Levstek For the two day EDM festival, I was assigned to work the stage of Main West. We would get the DJs set up and hang out in the wings until the next set change. I found myself doing more odd jobs than audio related ones. A lot of them related to power […]
At the end of August, I got the opportunity to work my first festival out of state. Electric Zoo was a three day EDM festival that took place on Randall’s Island in New York. We had five stages, Riverside, Main East, Main West, Hilltop, Spiegal, and Vinyl .
After a bit of a rough show Friday night, we showed up early in the day Saturday to regroup and figure out how to make things go a lot smoother. We did end up catching some heat from our superiors about the hiccups we had the previous night but that was kind of expected.
By: Kelly Levstek A couple weeks ago I got to work at one of our local festivals in Cleveland, OH called Great Lakes Burning River Fest. It’s a two-day festival based on environmental awareness to maintain a cleaner lake and to support environmental issues in the Cuyahoga area. It also celebrates local live music, food, […]