1. Will Whitney
Los
Angeles,
California
will.w.whitney@icloud.com.com
(909)
800-­‐2099
• Kitaro: 9/1/14 - Present
Keyboard Tech for 2014 Japan and Iran tour. Setup and maintenance of three keyboard rigs (8
keyboards total, 7 Korgs and a Kurtzweil) with one of the M3's running sounds off a
Muse Receptor 2 module loaded with Kontakt.
Ref; TM/FOH Michael Wilson (415) 515-7396 micwilson@me.com
• Michael
Franti
&
Spearhead:
5/20/13
–
Present
Drum/Keys/Playback Tech for 2013 North American and Indonesian tour and 2014 "Soulshine
Tour" (US), European/UK and Austrailian festival tour. I handle a 6 piece drum kit
with electronics (SPD, and external triggers) as well as set up of a four piece
keyboard rig with a midi controller running off Logic and Reason. During the shows I
run all the playback via Protools on a dual (A/B Mac/Radial/Motu rig) as well as play
hand percussion on several songs and deal with the beach balls:)
Ref; Tour Manager Hossein Attar (510) 932-4555 (510) 710-6555 younglion937@yahoo.com
• Puscifer:
Coachella
2013
I filled in for the regular guitar tech at the 2013 Coachella Arts and Music Festival. I handled a
complex MIDI controlled guitar and bass rig, three guitars and two basses
Ref; Tour Manger Janine Edwards: (818) 516-359
• Bridget
Mendler:
3/17/12
–
3/25/12
I
Backline
tech’d
for
a
band
that
was
backing
an
up
and
coming
Disney
artist:
simple
guitar
and
bass
rig,
keys
and
drums.
Three
days
of
rehearsals
and
a
fly
date.
Ref;
Tour
Manger
Janine
Edwards:
(818)
516-­‐3594
• Iced
Earth:
Dystopia
U.S.
Tour
2/18/12
–
3/11/12
Drum
Tech:
I
tech’d
a
two
bass
drum,
four
rack
tom,
one
floor
tom
and
12
cymbal
death
metal
kit.
Small
club
and
bar
tour.
• Puscifer:
Conditions
Of
My
Parole
U.S.
Tour
12/16/11-­‐12/17/11
I
filled
in
on
a
couple
of
dates
for
the
regular
Drum
Tech
as
he
had
to
depart
for
a
family
emergency.
I
handles
three
kits:
The
Puscifer
kit,
a
six
piece
including
triggered
roto
toms
and
electronic
pads,
opener
kit
(played
by
the
same
drummer)
a
red
Vista
Light
6
piece
and
an
all
electronic
kit
played
during
the
last
part
of
the
Puscier
set.
Ref;
Tour
Manger
Janine
Edwards:
(818)
516-­‐3594,
Drummer
Jeff
Friedl:
(310)
254-­‐5441,
Drum
Tech
Joe
Paul
Slaby:
(206)
422-­‐6959
• Miranda
Cosgrove:
Dancing
Crazy
Summer
Tour
6/11
-­‐8/11
Exactly
the
same
as
the
winter
tour
(see
below)
only
a
lot
of
outdoor
sheds
and
theme
parks
instead
of
theaters:
Drum
Tech/Backline
Tech.
Tech'd
a
five
piece
DW
kit,
two
guitar
rigs
and
one
bass
rig.
Three
weeks
of
production
rehearsals
and
4
weeks
on
the
road.
I
also
tech'd
drums
for
the
opener
on
this
tour.
This
tour
was
cut
short
do
to
I
violent
bus
crash
in
which
Miranda
broke
her
leg.
It
was
supposed
to
go
through
mid
September
but
only
got
as
far
as
August
10th.
Ref;
Tour
Manger
Janine
Edwards:
(818)
516-­‐3594

2. • Jane's
Addiction:
4/11
-­‐
6/11
Drum
Tech
for
Stephen
Perkins,
doing
just
a
few
fly
dates
and
one
offs.
I
teched
a
7
piece
DW
kit
with
the
addition
of
triggers,
and
SPD
and
a
ton
of
extras.
I
handled
set
up,
tuning
and
would
often
play
a
Jane's
song
or
two
at
line
check.
Ref;
Tour
Manger
Janine
Edwards:
(818)
516-­‐3594
• Miranda
Cosgrove:
Dancing
Crazy
Winter
Tour
1/11
-­‐3/11
Drum
Tech/Backline
Tech.
I
tech'd
a
five
piece
DW
kit,
two
guitar
rigs
and
one
bass
rig.
Three
weeks
of
production
rehearsals
and
five
weeks
on
the
road.
U.S.
tour
in
large
theaters.
I
also
tech'd
drums
for
the
opener
on
this
tour.
Ref;
Tour
Manger
Janine
Edwards:
(818)
516-­‐359
• Filter:
Anthems
For
The
Damned
Tour
5/1/08
–
11/2/09
&
Trouble
With
Angels
U.S.
/Middle
East
Tour2/7/10
-­‐12/10
Drum
Tech,
Protools
Rig
and
Merch.
I
tech,
tune,
clean
an
all-­‐flat
black,
wrapped
with
gold
hardware,
6
piece
Spaun
drumkit.
I
run
the
Protools
tracks
on
a
MacBook/Digidesign
rig
during
the
show
and
I
also
set
up,
count
in,
count
out
and
settle
out
all
the
merch
sales
at
each
venue.
We
toured
throughout
the
U.S.,
Germany,
England,
Iraq
and
Kuwait.
Ref;
Tour
Manager
John
Edman:
(209)
481-­‐
0617
Tour
Manager
Doug
Kimbal:(702)
612-­‐7160
• Ben
Jelen
2008
Wreckage
Tour
3/3/08
-­‐
4/22/08
This
was
a
7-­‐week
bus
tour
of
which
I
was
the
stage
manager
and
backline
tech
for
the
whole
band
(drums,
bass,
two
acoustics,
keys
and
electric)
as
well
as
produced
and
edited
video
footage
for
a
36-­‐episode
Podcast
using
iMovie
and
Final
Cut
Pro.
Ref;
Tour
Manager/F.O.H
Chris
Lewis:(646)
246-­‐6789
• They
Might
Be
Giants
“The
Else”
Tour
3/1/07-­‐9/30/07
This
tour
was
split
up
in
to
week
to
two
week
long
segments,
fly
dates
and
talk
show’s
spread
out
over
a
6-­‐month
period.
Most
of
it
on
a
bus
with
a
semi
trailer,
I
tech'd
backline
for
the
band
(Keys,
drums,
accordion,
two
guitarists
with
about
ten
guitars
and
bass.)
Ref;
Pete
Smolin
(TMBG
Management
Firm)
(845)
358-­‐7353
• Studio
Instrument
Rentals
NYC
12/1/06
-­‐
10/6/08
S.I.R.
call’s
on
me
to
tech
for
artists
usually
from
out
of
town
who
are
renting
SIR
gear
to
play
private/
corporate
events,
talk
shows,
SNL,
etc.
I
also
do
QC
and
tech
work
on
return
rentals
in
the
warehouse.
Ref;
Ralph
Petrosino
(Warehouse
Manager)
(212)
772-­‐
4030
• R.K.
Diversified
Entertainment
11/5/00
–
10/28/06
This
is
a
production
company
out
of
the
Los
Angeles
area
that
I
worked
for
about
six
years
as
a
backline
tech,
lighting
tech.
L.D.,
sound
guy
and
warehouse
supervisor.
I
have
worked
the
pre-­‐production
rehearsals
for
No
Doubt/Gwen
Stefani,
Kelly
Clarkson,
INXS,
The
Dixie
Chicks,
and
Green
Day
to
name
a
few.
This
company
also
supplied
labor
and
techs
for
venues
in
the
L.A.
area
(The
Pond
in
Anaheim,
Staples
Center,
The
Forum,
etc)
and
to
T.V.
shows
like
Jimmy
Kimmel
Live
where
I
assisted
the
backline
techs
for
nearly
every
artist
or
band
that
performed
on
the
show
between
2004
and
2006.
R.K.
is
full
service
company
so
I
also
built
staging,
roof
and
lighting
systems
several
times
a
year
at
the
O.C.
Fair,
California
Speedway,
and
Lake
Mission
Viejo.
Ref;
Ray
Woodbury
(Owner)
(909)
821-­‐3157