I have been a Railway Signals & Communications Maintainer for 11 years in West Michigan, maintaining railway crossing and wayside signal control systems, track circuits, and related equipment, and performing the federally required scheduled inspections of such.
On top of that, I served as the Lead Producer & Operations/Maintenance for the Grand Haven Musical Fountain (think Bellagio Fountain, but on a sand dune along the waterfront of a small but popular tourist town along the shore of Lake Michigan) for over 13 years before handing it over to a younger guy with more free time. I spearheaded massive upgrades to the fountain, from LED lighting, control and software upgrades, mechanical upgrades, audio upgrades, and producing feature-length themed shows that grew the audience from a couple hundred nightly to 7,000+ on weekend evenings. it definitely has been the highlight of my career so far.
Also helped a close friend out with his live sound business, assisting with backline, load-in/load-out and mixing for many well-known national and international touring acts.
As for my interest in SFF, I am an essentialist, and prefer to keep my possessions to a lower amount, out of the way, and not “screaming” for visual attention in a space, and as such, my Ghost S1 gaming build serves that need well.
