Free Van Gestel - Live sound engineer

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As a final year student at PXL-Music in addition to my studies, I work on all kinds of events on a freelance basis.

Duties I fulfill are: FOH mixer, monitor mixer, stage hand,....

Feel free to take a look at the timeline page to see what I'm working on.  

The story until now...

Quite some time ago I discovered that i enjoyed supporting live music technically.
I took the “stage techniques” course at Kunsthumaniora Brussel.

Although as a child I often went along to my parents' performances and I was already making music on the computer, it was at this school that the interest in the profession was born.

For the first time there, I learned how to work with a mixing desk and all peripheral equipment.
We were also taught about all types of cables, lighting, electricity and much more.

From 2018 to 2021, I took the course “stage techniques in apprenticeship” at Syntra in Antwerp.

Here I did 4 years of internship as a stage technician where I was deployed in all 7 theaters of the VZW de Rand.

Every day I helped with the preparations, technical maintenance and setting up and dismantling of various performances and concerts.

I really enjoyed the freedom, creativity, nice colleagues and irregular working hours.

After completing this education, I wanted to follow my passion and become even better at live sound.

Several experienced sound engineers I met during my internship advised me to continue my studies at PXL-Music in Hasselt:

A professional bachelor's program focusing on music and engineering, completely where my interests lay.

In 2021, I took the admission tests and was admitted.

For me, one of the most fun things to do remains making a front of house mix.

Making all the sounds coming from the stage sound good and arranging the balance and timbre is the most interesting work for me.

I currently have my own mixing board, waves setup and microphone collection that I use for the bands I work with.

This allows me to do PA rehearsals and take the sound to the next level.

For bookings or questions you may always contact me via the contact page.

See you soon!

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