VENDORS
Listen, you can’t do a show without vendors. These are some of my favorites I’ve worked with over the years.
Pargas is a textbook Virgo about his work: detail-obsessed, always willing to stay late, never satisfied with good "enuff." He's already excellent at art and graphic design, yet still treats every project as a chance to learn. Ask for a graphic, don't be surprised if a gif shows up in addition.
GRAPHIC DESIGN & ART DIRECTION
Andy is one of the all time greats. He’s taught me to have a better eye for the aesthetic for an event. He loves to remind me that “just because it’s rock and roll, doesn’t mean it needs to look shitty”, and you know what - he’s not wrong.
VISUAL PRODUCTION DESIGN
MS Event Productions has come through for me more times than I can count. Well known in the industry already, but here nonetheless because if you don’t know about them, you should.
AUDIO VISUAL PRODUCTION
Mission City Photo Booth is run by brothers Aldo and Andres, and the pricing and print quality are so good I hired them for my own wedding. Aldo's also a man of many hats (literally, he makes them over at CRIMINALIZED) but running two crafts at once never gets in the way of how he handles business.
EVENT PHOTO BOOTH
Paul Slater is my go-to the moment live music is involved. He's a production and tour manager who makes micromanagers look like amateurs, mostly because there's nothing left to micromanage. Whatever question you're about to ask, he answered it before you thought of it.
PRODUCTION AND TOUR MANAGER
I met Chelle in the middle of a crisis, stepping in when our coworker went down with heat exhaustion at Punk Rock Bowling and we've been working events together ever since. She's also a musician, DJ, tooth gem installer, and model, because apparently one skill set was never going to be enough for her.
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
Ask anyone in the LA music scene about Kat Nijmeddin and you'll get the same answer: she's one of the most loved photographers around. She's unapologetically into music, which means she shoots events like she actually cares, because she does. Kind, genuine, ridiculously talented, and somehow still humble.
PHOTOGRAPHER
Carson is always working on projects that surprise me, and he always seems to be the one behind projects I’m surprised by. If you need a creative fabrication built, Carson is tapped in and connected with a world of artists to help your vision come to life.
ART DIRECTION & FABRICATOR