Ryan M Monostori

• Designed, Maintained, and Operated the bands Stage Lighting Rig on the road.
• Advanced and Interfaced directly with house crews to achieve desired lighting look and ensure house rigs were prepped to meet the artists specific creative vison upon arrival.
• Incorporated House Patch into Show Design at each gig.
• Called Follow Spots for features/solos
• Creating Lighting Ques
• Implemented special effects to match creative vision of each production.
• Worked with director and other production staff to assess requirements and advocate for associated equipment needs or important safety standards.
• Customized lighting strategies based on specific television, theater and concert requirements.
• Enhanced lighting with use of dimmers and computerized timing controls.
• Handled minor repairs and routine upkeep on lighting equipment by replacing lamps and filters.
• Minimized risk of fire or electrical shock by using optimal safety procedures.
• Followed lighting design plan to select fixtures and control settings.
• Implemented automated systems or set up manual controls to manage production lighting.
• Determined best lighting design and techniques according to location and situation.
• Illuminated performance areas to verify audience can clearly see actors and scenery.
• Performed maintenance, repairs and software upgrades on sophisticated computerized lighting systems.

• Advanced and Coordinated site ops and logistics for 200+ shows a year, multiple small independent music festivals, and a a handful of arena concerts over a 6 year span.
• Directed production team to introduce efficient methods of production.
• Determined best lighting design and techniques according to location and situation.
• Took precise measurements of space to determine available power capacity.
• Illuminated performance areas to verify audience can clearly see actors and scenery.
• Performed maintenance, repairs and software upgrades on sophisticated computerized lighting systems.
• Directed and facilitated procurement and installation of lighting equipment and elements.
• Enhanced lighting with use of dimmers and computerized timing controls.
• Worked with director and other production staff to assess requirements and advocate for associated equipment needs or important safety standards.
• Installed scaffolding, ladders and cranes for equipment setup and management.
• Followed lighting design plan to select fixtures and control settings.
• Managed and maintained equipment between productions.
• Implemented special effects to match creative vision of each production.
• Handled minor repairs and routine upkeep on lighting equipment by replacing lamps and filters.
• Customized lighting strategies based on specific television, theater and concert requirements.
• Implemented automated systems or set up manual controls to manage production lighting.
• Minimized risk of fire or electrical shock by using optimal safety procedures.
• Performed site surveys to determine and design appropriate setup and audio equipment needs for various types of live events.
• Captured and recorded audio using standard field audio equipment.
• Adjusted sound according to variances in temperature and tonal needs.
• Performed various setups, tear downs and mixing for indoor and outdoor live music events including bands, weddings, worship services, theatrical performances and conferences of various size and scope ranging from intimate club performances to music festival main stages.
• Set up and tested equipment prior to events, broadcasts and live recordings.
• Created tasteful acoustical mixes in venues ranging from 150 to 800 in capacity
• Mixed and mastered vocal arrangements and music compositions, and optimized songs and albums using elements, including equalization, compression and stereo enhancement.
• Regulated volume level and sound quality during recording sessions.
• Maintained and repaired all sound equipment, including Midas Pro Audio Consoles, JBL VTX Line Arrays, Various stage wedges and fill speakers, Microphones, Staging and Truss systems.
• Set up, maintained, and operated audio recording equipment and performed troubleshooting and audio system breakdown for live concerts of various size and scope.
• Used Logic Pro and Pro Tools to mix and edit tracks.
• Performed sound quality checks and front-of-house mixing to maintain company sound system.
• Separated instruments, vocals and peripheral sounds and mixed during post-production stage.
• Provided audio mixing and recording expertise to field and studio-based productions.
• Handled all field audio mixing for 250+ productions per year.
• Prepared for recording sessions by selecting and setting up microphones.
• Created and maintained sound libraries and set up ambient sound microphones for crowd and cage.
• Enhanced sound quality and added various sound effects to recordings.
• Collaborated with producers and performers to determine and achieve desired sound for productions.
• Recorded speech and music, using Tracks Live and Pro Tools.
• Executed field and studio audio at highest level of quality, meeting producer and client expectations
• Worked with video editors to synchronize audio with video segments.
• Prepared and maintained necessary paperwork, including light plot, channel hook-up, instrument schedule, color and template totals and focus charts.

Noteworthy Artists I have run Production for:

• The Black Dahlia Murder
• Pusha-T
• DRAM
• Papdosio
• The Growlers
• Molly Hatchet
• Junior Marvin and the Original Wailers
• Ari Lennox
• Copeland
• From Indian Lakes
• Mewithoutyou
• Cursive
• Carbon Leaf
• Marvel Years
• Tech n9ne
• Koe Wetzel
• All That Remains
• Black Joe Lewis
• Saves The Day
• Marshal Tucker Band
• Karl Denson
• Of Mice and Men
• Rusko
• Immortal Technique
• Erich Rachmany
• Obituary
• The Expendables
• The Dead South
• The Glorious Sons
• The Get Up Kids
• The Widdler
• Kash'd Out

• My day-to-day responsibilities include but are not limited to; Load in, setup, operation, breakdown, and load out of large scale indoor/outdoor/festival PA systems and LED Video Wall systems.
• Audio Systems Experience I am proficient on Midas Pro 2 and Pro X consoles, Midas M32 Digital Consoles and Allen&Heath QU-32 Digital Consoles.
• Lighting and LED Panel/Software Experience.
• Chamsys MQ-40 Console + extra playback wings.
• Resolume Arena 6.
• Heavy M.
• Novastar Led Processor systems.
• VDWALL Led Processor systems.
• LINSIN Led Processor systems In addition to various film festival, movie nights and off stage LED screens.

I have worked as the lead video tech/LD on both single and multi-screen large scale LED/Lighting builds for the following acts:

The Scope Arena, Norfolk, VA

• Wu-Tang Clan, Jim Jones

Waterside Venue, Norfolk, VA.

• Weezer, Chase Rice

The Norva, Norfolk, Virginia

• Lil Uzi Vert, Pennywise

FMB Festival 2018 Main Stage, Myrtle Beach Speed Way, Myrtle Beach, SC

• Borgore, Machine Gun Kelly, Caked up

American Music Festival 2019 Main Stage, Virginia Beach, VA

Buddha Council

Moon Taxi

311

Roebuck

Blind Boys of Alabama

mOcean

Paper Aliens

Freedom Hawk

The Chong Band

Dashboard Confessional

Live

Brasswind

Runnin' Shine

Backwoods Company

Revelry

Parmalee

Anthony Rosano & The Conqueroos

American Music Festival 2018 Main Stage, Virginia Beach, VA

• Soja, Ziggy Marley, ZZ Top, Goo Goo Dolls

American Music Festival 2017 Various Stages, Virgnia Beach, VA

• 3 Doors Down
  311
  Michael Franti & Spearhead
  Rebelution
  The Wallflowers
  Vertical Horizon
  Sister Hazel
  Night Ranger
  Little River Band
  Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
  Cowboy Mouth
  Big Something
  Yarn
  Anthony Rosano and the Conqueroos
  Buddha Council
  Good Shot Judy
  Strictly Bizzness
  The Double Shots
  Guava Jam
  Steve Archer Band
  Jesse Chong Band
  TFC Band
  Popwire
  The Original Rhondels
  Brandon Bower Band
  Lucky757
  WOAH 90's
  

• My day-to-day responsibilities include but are not limited to; ensuring efficient, profitable, and professional day-to-day operations of the venue; Interfacing directly with agents/management/artists/tour managers/road crew etc.; and ensuring their expectations are exceeded, not just met.
• Providing professional audio engineering services in support of all artists performing at this venue.
• Advancing with all talent for every show.
• Hiring/scheduling loaders as necessary.
• Oversight of load-in/out every night.
• Design, installation, maintenance, and operation of house led video wall system.
• Providing live VJ services for artists using top of the line Video/Projection mapping software in both rehearsed and on the fly situations.

Noteworth Artists I have run Production for:

• Zakk Wylde
• Cannibal Corpse
• Cory Wong
• Tauk
• Big Something
• Cro Mags
• Face to Face
• The Early November
• Ghostface Killah
• Raekwan
• Mick Jenkins
• Every Time I Die
• HR of Bad Brains
• Agent Orange
• Mushroomhead
• Turnover
• The Crystal Method
• Talib Kwali
• Tatanka
• Styles P
• Lucero
• J Roddy Walston & the Business
• CKY
• Camron
• Alien Antfarm
• LIT
• The Menzingers
• The Expanders
• We Came As Romans
• The Motet
• Iya Terra
• Stick Figure
• Marcus King Band
• Chris Robinson
• Tribal Seeds
• Keller Williams