Production Manager
Stage Manager
Instrument TECH
Playback tech
AUDIO engineer
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Justin
PietROWSKI
I am exceptionally skilled in production planning, management, and execution at concerts and events at large venues, stadiums, and festivals. I have a career of experience extensive experience as a guitarist, tech, and audio and lighting systems installation and operation, stage management, patching, stacking, and multi-layer splits. I manage production timelines and schedules, on-stage show execution, and commit to a team bond that provides an exceptional show.
This isn’t just a business.
It’s a reflection of what I believe in and who I am.
Competencies
Production Management
Stage Management
Audio and Lighting Installations
Stringed Instrument Tech
RF Analysis & Management
Power Distribution & Planning
Multi-Band Stacking and Splits
Critical Time Management
Clear & Effective Communication
Venue and Show Advancing
Local & Tour Liaising
Lighting, Midi Triggering, and Automation
Technical Integration
Cueing & Show Execution
Experience
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Excellent track record of executing seamless, high-impact live concerts and events. Expert at aligning client visions with realistic budgets, managing complex logistics, and leading crews in high-pressure environments. Dedicated to maintaining strict safety standards, optimizing efficiency, and delivering precise run-of-show execution on time and within scope.
Collaborate with clients to define event scale, vision, and financial parameters while maximizing production value through strategic budgeting, resourcing, and procurement.
Source, negotiate, and procure specialized event equipment, technical resources, and professional personnel.
Draft, review, and manage vendor, talent, and labor contracts to ensure compliance and mitigate operational risk.
Instruct and lead technical crews through complex setups, high-stakes live event execution, and efficient tear-downs.
Develop and manage daily schedules, track labor hours, and oversee timekeeping for large, cross-functional teams.
Implement and enforce rigorous health and safety protocols to ensure a safe environment for crew, talent, and attendees.
Direct real-time event sequences and day-of operations to guarantee a seamless, punctual audience experience.
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Responsible for touring artist integration, openers, artist loading, stacking, and full-day show support and management. Routinely integrates and coordinates with tour management, touring stage and production managers, venue staff, tour and local lighting, rigging, fire and safety, and technical staff to ensure smooth and on-time progress for multi-day festivals.
Manage and coordinate multiple local and tour stage teams, ensuring seamless arrival, loading & deck times, sound check & doors times, and show cueing.
Routinely coordinate and facilitate multiple truck arrivals and departures of stacked tour crews throughout show days ensuring smooth loading across multiple nationally touring artists.
Assess and direct load management for FoH, Tour, Lighting, auxiliary, and reserve power distribution systems for both power generation units and grid-supplied power.
Coordinate with venue representation and management at stadiums, large venues, and fairgrounds, to ensure seamless execution of schedules and on-time show delivery.
Manage fire control regulations with marshals and safety crews, ensuring proper regulation of pyrotechnics, cryotechnics, and high-voltage lighting and specialty effects.
Identify and confirm rigging points for special effects, lighting, and LED/video walls.
Assess local venue technical specifics, coordinate lighting universes and addresses, video and audio systems, and locality-specific nuances such as RF issues, etc.
Manage day sheets, schedules, and assignments for local and tour personnel by department, serving as a central point for effective communication and coordination.
Write, manage, and provide production documentation, including stage plots, input lists, technical riders, day summaries, schedules, and handle all integration specifics.
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High-caliber tour-grade guitarist and instrument technician with a career spanning touring, high-profile shows, and comprehensive management of multiple instruments and rig setups. Combines a musician’s instinct with extensive technical expertise in guitar maintenance, advanced signal routing, and live rig optimization. Intuitive ability to memorize artist preferences and tendencies, ensuring a flawless, stress-free performance environment. A trusted asset to high-stakes productions, dedicated to delivering a seamless artist experience and maintaining absolute equipment reliability.
Advanced knowledge of neck relief, action adjustment, fret dress analysis, and precision intonation across all guitar types (vintage, modern, acoustic, multi-scale).
Expert at diagnosing and fixing hardware issues, soldering, pickup installation, and instrument rewiring.
Routine, fast-paced, and accurate tour-grade restringing tailored to specific artist gauges, tunings, and preferences.
Expert design, building, and troubleshooting of complex effects routing, wet/dry/wet configurations, and amp profiling.
Proficient in managing multi-channel wireless systems, frequency coordination, and eliminating interference.
Proficient in isolating and resolving signal degradation, ground loops, and hardware issues before and during the show.
Committed to learning and anticipating the playing tendencies, preferences, and tonal desires of individual musicians.
Calm, decisive problem-solving during live shows to execute transparent, split-second gear swaps or troubleshooting.
Track record of managing a flawless stage left/right environment so the artist can focus entirely on the performance.
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Extensive experience installing and configuring professional-grade line array, point-source audio and flown lighting systems for large-scale live performance environments. Skilled in the physical assembly of complex rigs, including structural mounting, cable management, and signal distribution. Adept at interpreting technical blueprints to deploy integrated AV solutions that meet high-performance standards and strict safety regulations.
Manage physical installation of professional-grade audio and lighting systems, ensuring all hardware is securely mounted and aligned with production specifications.
Manage complex signal and power distribution, including camlock feeder, audio and lighting cabling to ensure interference-free transmission across large-scale venues.
Implement systems based on technical riders, signal flow diagrams, and structural blueprints to accurately deploy designs into functional, high-performance systems.
Conduct audio and lighting system testing before, during, and after system installation, identifying and resolving signal bottlenecks or hardware malfunctions prior to live use.
Coordinate overhead rigging operations and structural assembly, strictly adhering to load-bearing limits and regional safety codes to ensure a secure environment for staff and patrons.
Perform routine maintenance and preventative troubleshooting on sensitive electronic equipment, significantly reducing system downtime and extending hardware lifespan.
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Heavy experience in operation, configuration, and scene management for the Behringer WING and Midas/Behringer M32/X32 mixing consoles, including managing the distinct architectural differences between fixed-bus and object-based routing.
Advanced utilization of DCA groups, custom user layers, and mute groups to maintain highly organized, rapid-response workflows during high-input, fast-paced live performances.
Seamless deployment of remote ecosystems including X/M32 Edit, WING Copilot, and Mixing Station for stage-side monitor management, offline show-file preparation, and multi-device network integration.
Comprehensive experience with In-Ear Monitor (IEM) systems, stereo mixes, ambient mic blends, and personalized artist mixes while ensuring strict transient control and safety limiting.
Proficiency in stage wedge and zone management, including acoustic analysis, microphone polar pattern selection, and precision frequency optimization to maximize gain-before-feedback across multiple physical areas and mix busses.
Execution of complex Front of House (FOH) deployments using multi-matrix architectures to manage feeds for PA arrays, front-fills, sub-harmonic zones, and time-aligned delay towers where applicable.
Configuration of physical and networked/routed offboard and broadcast sub-mixes, ensuring optimal gain staging, dynamic control, and broadcast-ready signal paths for live stream integrations.
Design of scalable remote audio infrastructure, routing independent, non-interruptive feeds to green rooms, production offices, and multi-track recording rigs via local or network-based distribution.
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Design, assemble, and manage complex overhead lighting infrastructures for large-scale concert productions. Translate production riders into functional, safe, and efficient flown truss systems. Proven ability to build and document expansive DMX and networked lighting universes, ensuring seamless integration and reliability for touring lighting designers.
Engineer and oversee the assembly of flown lighting trusses, ensuring all configurations met strict production requirements and weight-load safety specifications.
Manage DMX addressing and signal distribution across multiple universes, utilizing software and networked protocols to ensure stable communication between consoles and fixtures.
Document comprehensive system plots and patch sheets, providing touring LDs with precise documentation of the lighting universes to facilitate rapid show-file integration.
Coordinate the physical and digital hand-off to designers, troubleshoot hardware conflicts and signal bottlenecks in real-time to maintain production schedules and show execution.
Conduct the testing, addressing, and maintenance of intelligent lighting fixtures, ensuring 100% fixture functionality before, during, and after installation.
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Responsible for analog and digital stage patching for multi-day festivals and large concerts. Coordinate requirements with all local and touring acts, and manage timely changeovers between bands. Routinely runs multiple split systems in stack or side-by-side configurations. Manage input and output continuity to multiple monitor and Front of House worlds.
Design and document detailed input/output lists, patch diagrams, stage plots, and rack lists and manage labeling standards for rapid load-ins and rapid troubleshooting.
Lead audio patching and routing for large-scale concerts, managing analog and digital signal flow across XLR, TRS, AES/EBU, and other integrated digital systems to ensure clean, redundant feeds for FOH, monitors, and recording.
Troubleshoot complex audio issues under pressure to identify and address ground loops, clocking conflicts, phantom power, latency, and cable faults—using test gear, loopback diagnostics, and structured escalation.
Exceptionally adept at creating solutions in troubleshooting to ensure on-time show execution.
Supporting Artists
Dustin Lynch, Josh Turner, Chris Janson, Chase Matthew, Scotty McCreery, Cole Swindell, Brantly Gilbert, Trace Adkins, Seether, Daughtry, Gavin Adcock, Jo Dee Messina, Mitchell Tenpenny, Redferrin.
Technical Proficiencies
Large-scale line-array rigging, flying, and wiring, RF signal management
Feedback detection and management
Audio system tuning (FoH and Stage Monitors)
Lighting system rigging, cabling, addressing, and deployment
DMX/Lighting Protocols
High-voltage and multi-phase generated and grid power systems installation, operation, and load management.
Radio Frequency identification and management
Multi-band splitters, stacking, and patching
lets work together!
A show is a show, big or small. I give everything I have to make your show professional.
I’m drug-free and have a clean criminal record, with unbeatable work ethic.
Contact me today - I’ll be ready.