Skills & Technology FerroCity

In this episode, the hosts discuss FerroCity, an innovative community platform designed for the entertainment and production industries, emphasizing the importance of community and knowledge for success. Joe shares insights from his career, highlighting the challenges faced by aspiring professionals due to a lack of structured career paths and connections, which inspired the creation of FerroCity. The platform aims to empower individuals by facilitating collaboration, learning, and networking, offering a supportive environment for personal and professional growth.

We all face challenges evolving our careers in the ever-changing entertainment production industry. How does a female millennial Muslim adjust to and overcome those changes? Listen as Ferro City's Insider Guide contributor Dawlat Chebly lays out her strategy for beating the odds and thriving as a member and leader of the entertainment production industry.

Savon Slater is the co-producer of the Joe Budden podcast. Managing director of Joe Budden's social media marketing. Host and creator of the "Need to Know" podcast. And a leading pioneer in moving podcasting to its rightful position as an established media outlet alongside, Radio, TV, Theater and Film.

Dennis shares a lifetime of working with biggest names in the business while lighting many of our generations most historical events. Three Royal wedding, several Presidential Inaugurations, One on One with Pope Frances, dozens of Olympics the list is endless. Even if lighting is not your thing these podcasts are a must listen.

When you sit down with an industry legend you never know what to expect. In this two-part podcast we sat down with legendary network lighting designer, Dennis Size. What we got was "enlightening". Pt. 1: Dennis takes us behind the scenes of the networks home studios during COVID19 isolation.

Mark Steinmetz, Manager, Production Services at Bleacher Report says the future is already here. Listen as he details how BR's successful NFL draft coverage was done utilizing IP and fully remote production stations.

250 piece guitar collection. World class recording studio at house. Engineering degree MIT. MBA from NYU. Successful investment banker. All accomplishments of the same person, Errol Antzis. It's an inspirational story of passion and dedication.

He began as a drummer. Earned a degree in Music. Engineered hundreds of recording sessions. Authored and developed books and videos with Quincy Jones, Bruce Swedien, Sylvia Massy … And that's just the beginning of the story.

Karl Del Piano's career began as a preforming musician and music producer in an 80s Glam band. Circumstances and a keen eye for change moved him into the TV world of Sweetening. His story is uniquely amazing.

Josh Bess is a music producer, percussionist / drummer with multiple television and commercial music placements on MTV, Disney and Nickelodeon. He's authored the popular music book Electronic Dance Music Groove and been honored with multiple TEC Award-nominated instructional video courses. Drawing upon his diverse experiences he has become a prolific educator distributing his knowledge both webinar series and one on one lessons. All can be found on JoshBess.live

Frank is an Emmy award winning network broadcast specialty camera operator who began his professional broadcast career at age 10. Shot his first Super Bowl at age 17. Earned his first Emmy by age 26 and has never looked back. He has worked with or for the biggest names in broadcast, FOX, SHOWTIME, HBO, ABC, MADISION SQUARE GARDEN. He has cover events from Super Bowls to NY Marathon to ESPN's telecast of Nathan's Hot Dog eating contest.

Sergio Geraldes has created and functioned in almost every production environment you can name - Director, technical director, assistant director, camera operator, writer, producer, post production supervisor, etc. And has worked on just as many TV show formats. Currently, he has funneled all those experiences into a new challenge, corporate events. Here Serge explains how all his past experiences has allowed him to succeed in these high stakes, high demand productions.

When you're the best at what you do a lot gets over looked, like the clothes you wear to work. Mike Fortunato is one of those people. Mike has worked with almost every musical headliner both on broadcast shows and live award shows. If you've seen a band perform on TV, chances are Mike was responsible for getting their sound off the stage and into your house.

Evan Reinstein, has only been an audio engineer for a little over a decade BUT in that time, he has done more than most who've spent their professional life in the biz. From film locations, to music recording studios and now as network A1 (broadcasts version of a recording engineer), Evan's unique experiences allow him discuss the differences and similarities between all sectors of engineering.

Few musicians have achieved the broad-based success that Dave Rosenthal has earned as a musical director, keyboardist, synthesizer programmer, music producer, orchestrator, tour professional and scored and arranged for keyboard and synth parts on the Broadway play Movin' Out Beyond his current role as Keyboardist and Musical Director for Billy Joel, Dave as worked with Bruce Springsteen, Elton John, Enrique Inglesias, Robert Palmer, Whitesnake, Steve Vai, Ritchie Blackmore and Rainbow, Cyndi Lauper and many more. In this podcast our host Joe Scacciaferro and Dave discuss the historical overview of Dave's keyboard rigs, some tips he has acquired over the years and awesome behind the scenes stories.

In this special episode of FerroCity: Skills and Technology we present a round table discussion regarding the impact the Corona virus is having on the members of the entertainment and media production community. The unprecedented shutting down of all sports and entertainment events throughout the country both big and small has left a community spinning from the sudden loss of work and income. Helping us understand and explore all aspects of the situation is Rick Cypher, a 30 plus year broadcast veteran camera operator, Frank Scacciaferro, who at age 30 has already amassed an exceptional career as specialty camera operator and our co-host Joe Scacciafero who owns and manages several production and support companies in the production industry.

Something that many of us overlook when we start building our careers is, unless you're lucky enough to land a staff gig, your freelance status actually means you just started a business. Yup, you now own a business. Your need to pay all appropriate taxes, you need to find an accountant that understands our world, you'll need to secure health and business insurance and maybe most importantly, you need to understand how to manage your money. In this episode co-host Lou Rosalia shares his extensive knowledge from his past life in the financial world to help us prepare for a rainy day.

In this episode we explore real life examples of how recovering from a mistake in production can and usually creates a better product. When your planned project approach gets blown up, for any reason, if you remain calm, your rethinking strategy will most likely produce a more unique end product. Our co-host Joe Scacciaferro, a 30 plus year seasoned veteran, shares a series of recent production mistakes that caused a major shift in the final product. Demonstrating that even with 30 years of experience under your belt #$%$ happens and it's never too late to learn and pivot.

In the next 37 minutes, Lou and Joe explain how to launch your career in the entertainment and media production industry as well as enhance the one you currently maintain. It all begins with our digital Community, FerroCity.com . A community that offers practical and current education, collaboration on a global scale, real job opportunities and a reliable pool of employees and freelancers. There's also a Showcase to present and sell your finished projects. This and much much more gets explored on this episode of Skills & Technology. Listen and Learn!!!

Every decade or so a new group of people come of age and enter the work force. With them comes new ideas. New language. New technology. And most importantly, new attitudes to those who are presently working in the job they want. If you can find a way to keep both groups engaged and respectful, you win BIG. You don't and you'll lose BIG.