Mike Smith - Business Owner, Sound & Lighting Engineer

In March 22 Mike was invited to mix Front of House sound for Steve Augeri - former lead vocalist for American band Journey. Steve and the band were headlining the final night of the week long Retro Festival at the 5 star Hotel Schweizerhof on the shores of Lake Lucerne, Switzerland. It was such an honour to be asked and entrusted with such a high profile concert and it was without doubt a major highlight in Mike’s career.

Prior to lockdown Mike was resident sound engineer and business parnter at Nightrain Bradford for their first year between 2019 when the venue opened up until lockdown in March 2020. During this time he sound engineered some 65 multi-band gigs.

Before this he toured extensively with the eleven piece Chicago Blues Brothers theatre show between 2014 and 2018, initially handling front of house sound for a year and then subsequently being invited back with responsibility for logistics, lighting design & operation, and projection along with stage management for over 130 shows in many well known theatres throughout the UK, Europe and Scandinavia. Notable bucket list venues included; Ulster Hall - Belfast, The Helix - Dublin, Edinburgh Playhouse, Sheffield City Hall, Sunderland & Liverpool Empires, Aylesbury Waterside Theatre, Bristol Hippodrome and a hometown show at St. George’s Hall, Bradford.