Episode 10

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19th May 2020

Next Level Video Production with Ian Simon/Strangeloop Studios

This week Hustle Like U Broke goes virtual with concert and live event visual specialist, Ian Simon. The conversation covers the long history shared between Ian and the hosts, expanding technologies, the new concert-in-gaming trend, and much more. This conversation is cutting edge, don't miss it.

Ian Simon partnered with Strageloop studio co-founder David Wexler for his first tour doing concert visuals in December of 2012. In the following years, Simon has toured with Kendrick Lamar, Future, Ms. Lauryn Hill, and more, as well as executive produced all of Strangeloop Studios’ visual content for The Weeknd, Pharrell, Anderson.Paak, SZA, G-Dragon, and David Gilmour of Pink Floyd. In 2019, Simon and Wexler founded Spirit Bomb, Inc., to expand Strangeloop Studios into the world of original content and virtual artist creation. Simon is also an advisor at virtual concert platform WaveXR.

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Hustle Like U Broke
A Balanced Look from Behind the Scenes, Celebrating the Working-Class Heroes of the Concert Industry
Matthew Walt, Kyle Hamilton, Christine Dallas, and Chris Lee tell their stories from the trenches of the live entertainment world. With over 80 combined years of experience, working with a wide range of A-list artists - including Kendrick Lamar, Stevie Wonder, JLo, Rihanna, Jay Z, Drake, Mac Miller and more - these concert veterans share their unique perspectives on surviving and thriving in the music world. Joining them each week are the people that make the shows happen – the working-class heroes - including production vendors, touring and production managers, engineers and techs, MDs, stylists and backstage managers, bus drivers, tour accountants, travel agents and many more.