Justin Ryan

"The Technician"

email:

jstn@jstnryan.com

phone:

+1.720.310.JSTN

bio:

I'm a two-and-a-half decade long working member of the live-event entertainment industry, including being an participant (pre-2000s) in Colorado's rave and nightlife industry. I get to do some pretty cool things like:

  • host people's websites,
  • build web applications to make venues more efficient,
  • assemble and play with big-ass sound systems,
  • develop software for controlling theatrical controls (lights, lasers, video, ..),
  • design and build crazy light and video stage shows,
  • repair DJ and performance related electronics (like CDJs and mixers),
  • and follow around performers to fix any crazy problems that prevent them from entertaining people.

I make shit happen.

employ:

2025

  • Pyrotechnico FX - Laser Tech
    • Shakira - Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour (South America, Mexico)

2024:

  • Image SFX (via BPM SFX) - Laser Tech
    • Sleep Token - The Teeth of God Tour (United States, Canada)
  • Another Backline Company - DJ Back Line, Audio, Lighting
    • Regenerate Festival (Denver)
    • Deadbeats Backyard Jamboree 2024 - Zeds Dead and Friends (Denver, CO)
    • Global Dance Festival (Denver)
    • Decadence NYE (Denver)
  • Nexus Productions - DJ Back Line Tech
    • Night Bass Ten Year Tour 2024 @ Mission Ballroom (Denver, CO)
    • Camelphat - Spiritual Milk N.A. Tour (2024) @ Fillmore Auditorium (Denver, CO)
    • Cyclops pres. Mile Eye (Soultan, et. al.) @ The Bluebird Theater (Denver, CO)

2023:

  • Pyrotechnico FX - Laser Tech
    • Morgan Wallen - One Night At A Time Tour (United States, Canada, United Kingdom)
    • Suenos Music Festival (Chicago, IL)
    • KBS Immortal Songs Live (Newark, NJ)
  • Another Backline Company - DJ Back Line Tech
    • Decadence NYE (Denver, CO)

2018 - 2023:

  • Nexus Productions - Lighting, Video Tech
    • Illenium @ Life Is Beautiful Festival (2021) (Las Vegas)
  • Global Backline - DJ Back Line Tech
    • Global Dance Festival (Denver)
    • Decadence NYE (Denver)
  • Another Backline Company - DJ Back Line Tech
    • Disclosure @ Red Rocks 2019 (Morrison, CO)
  • ReelWorks / Whirling Dervish Productions - Stage Manager
  • Eruptr - Software Engineer
  • HealthAware - Software Engineer

Recent Past (2002 - 2020):

  • Beta Nightclub - Production Manager, Lighting Operator
  • EXDO Event Center - Production Manager
  • Tracks Denver Nightclub - First Production Assistant
  • Temple Denver Nightclub - Production Manager
  • Sights & Lights - Lighting Tech
  • Global Backline - DJ Back Line Tech
  • Global Dance / Insomniac (EDC Denver) - Lighting Vendor

Distant Past (1996 - 2002):

  • Tracks 2000 Nightclub - Tech
  • Edge Audio - Production Tech
  • Painted Sky Productions - Production Tech
  • Freelance Lighting Technician
    • LB1 Productions
    • Pureform Atmospheres
    • Global Dance / Triad Dragons
    • Old Norsk Productions

..and countless other one-off events, bars, and nightclubs that I participated in building, operating, or consulting for but can't remember because I've gotten to do so many cool things that my memory has trouble keeping up.

skills:

Lighting / Video / Laser:

  • GrandMA (1 & 2 series) console experience
  • Colorado's foremost LightJockey expert
  • Set design, build, rigging
  • DMX, Art-Net, sACN infrastructure, troubleshooting
  • Fixture, console repair
  • Nova & Linsn LED wall configuration, build
  • Video (VJ) software configuration, mapping (VDMX pref., Resolume)
  • Low-res LED install, configuration (Madrix, Jinx!)
  • Laser installation (ILDA, IP-based), operation (Pangolin QuickShow, Beyond)
  • ILDA Laser Safety Officer (LSO) Certification

Audio / DJ:

  • System assembly, basic live engineering (DigiCo pref.)
  • Audio over IP (Dante, MADI) configuration
  • DJ/electronic artist back line expert
  • DJ Gear: CDJ, mixer, controller electronic repair (esp. Pioneer)
  • Former professional DJ (vinyl, digital)

Computer / Technical:

  • PC build, diagnose, repair
  • Programming languages: Web stack (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP), Go (golang), C#, VB.NET
  • High familiarity with MIDI (I've written my own MIDI translator, router)

Equipment / Rigging:

  • Comfortable climbing; own personal fall-restraint gear
  • Can operate scissor lifts and forklifts
  • Special effects (SFX) operation: confetti, cryogenics (C02, nitrogen), fog, haze, snow

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