Kenny Barnwell - Touring The World and Making it all Work on the Road - Parenting Via Facetime
Episode 106 - Kenny Barnwell - Touring The World and Making it all Work on the Road - Parenting Via Facetime
Parenting while travelling the world seems almost impossible, Kenny takes us behind the curtain - get a v.i.p. backstage pass to life on the road and being a Dad, here on Dad Space.
In Kenny's words: I like to say that the event business rescued me because before I started my event production career at 18 years old in Atlanta, GA as a Stagehand. I was a high school drop out, homeless, and strung out on drugs.
Production work was medicinal for me in the early days.
As a Stagehand, I wasn't sure what I wanted to do yet, so I worked my ass off in every area of production, from Audio, Lighting, to staging, and learned as much as I could.
I then spent time bouncing around as a freelancer and stagehand doing gig after gig, honestly thinking my new career is turning into a J.O.B.
Same stuff, different gig. I was working hard and doing the work I loved, but not in the capacity in which I wanted to. I wanted to go on tour, travel the world, and work directly WITH the tours, like the touring crew I've worked around while I've been a local crew hire.
I felt like I had plenty of experience, just needed some direction, or know someone, or...? I just wasn't sure.
One day I was working a gig as a Stagehand and a touring crew guy I was working with gave me a bit of coaching that changed everything for me.
He gave me the bit of clarity I was looking for. That bit of advice and encouragement fueled a spark within me that set me on a path to finding my passion for Backline and Production Management.
Since, I've built a 20+ year career working on tours in Backline, and as a Stage Manager, Production Manager, and Tour Manager on tour with artists such as Travis Tritt, Trace Adkins, Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, Bon Jovi, Chris Isaak, Amos Lee, Sara Barellies, Seal, Stray Kids, Korn, Jonas Brothers, and more.
I'm the co-founder of a concert promotions company in Tampa, the author of two career development books, creator of two online career courses, and I'm a career/life coach.
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