chris reynolds resume 3-29-16

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Chris Reynolds is one of the most accomplished and experienced Production Managers in the concert touring industry today. He has worked with many of the topgrossing and most respected Artists in the world, including, in the last few years, Drake, Jennifer Lopez, and Prince. Chris started out in this business in the 1970s as a backline and audio technician, graduating to monitor engineer, then FOH engineer, first with Manfred Mann’s Earthsound company, then with a rental company he set up in conjunction with Epic Records’ recording Artists The Only Ones. For several years he serviced and ran the rental PA equipment, touring with most of the major New Wave Artists of the 70s, mixing FOH for many of them, while at the same time fulfilling both live and studio commitments as engineer and tour manager with The Only Ones. In 1979, Chris started work with London, UK based promoter Alec Leslie as touring Production Manager, working with some of the most successful Artists of the era: Earth Wind and Fire, Toto, Prince, Billy Joel, Luther Vandross, to name but a few. At the same time he was occasionally freelancing as Stage, Tour or Production Manager with several other major Artists, and eventually these commitments overtook his work with Alec Leslie Entertainment. Since then he has worked solely in a freelance capacity, either as Production, Tour, or Stage Manager. Chris Reynolds’ talents lie primarily in his ability to organize a great team in a business that demands the most from its participants. His problemsolving abilities are secondtonone, and he consistently sees a clear path to ensuring a successful outcome in any given situation. He knows the touring business like few others, he has valuable contacts around the world, having toured in almost every territory that has hosted concerts and events, often many times. His knowledge of global logistics is exhaustive. He is a good communicator and speaks English and French fluently, with very good German, and a smattering of a few other languages. Chris Reynolds has long experience in putting together productions for top acts, which endeavors have included everything from initial budgeting, hiring personnel and vendors, advancing the tour productions worldwide, and ensuring the smooth operation of the tour on the ground. He has often collaborated in varying degrees on production and stage design, and these design credits are many, including such as Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, Scorpions, Bon Jovi, Alice Cooper, M People, Marilyn Manson, J Lo, Drake, and Prince. Chris has sometimes diverted from the more “Rock and Roll” side of touring, and has worked on the Turin Olympics Opening and Closing Ceremonies, the Stadium Production of Puccini’s opera “Turandot” in 2005, under Oscarnominated Director Zheng Limou, and the US Production of the Arena horse show “Apassionata” with Broadway Director Scott Faris. No event is too complex, and Chris will always bring it in on time and on budget. Christopher John Reynolds Concert & Event Production and Design 12937 N High Hawk Drive, Marana AZ. 85658 Tel: 520 – 289 4279 Email: [email protected] Skype: chris_rockerc

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Page 1: Chris Reynolds Resume 3-29-16

     Chris  Reynolds  is  one  of  the  most  accomplished  and  experienced  Production  Managers  in  the  concert  touring  industry  today.  He  has  worked  with  many  of  the  top-­‐grossing  and  most  respected  Artists  in  the  world,  including,  in  the  last  few  years,  Drake,  Jennifer  Lopez,  and  Prince.      Chris  started  out  in  this  business  in  the  1970s  as  a  backline  and  audio  technician,  graduating  to  monitor  engineer,  then  FOH  engineer,  first  with  Manfred  Mann’s  Earthsound  company,  then  with  a  rental  company  he  set  up  in  conjunction  with  Epic  Records’  recording  Artists  The  Only  Ones.  For  several  years  he  serviced  and  ran  the  rental  PA  equipment,  touring  with  most  of  the  major  New  Wave  Artists  of  the  70s,  mixing  FOH  for  many  of  them,  while  at  the  same  time  fulfilling  both  live  and  studio  commitments  as  engineer  and  tour  manager  with  The  Only  Ones.      In  1979,  Chris  started  work  with  London,  UK  based  promoter  Alec  Leslie  as  touring  Production  Manager,  working  with  some  of  the  most  successful  Artists  of  the  era:  Earth  Wind  and  Fire,  Toto,  Prince,  Billy  Joel,  Luther  Vandross,  to  name  but  a  few.  At  the  same  time  he  was  occasionally  freelancing  as  Stage,  Tour  or  Production  Manager  with  several  other  major  Artists,  and  eventually  these  commitments  overtook  his  work  with  Alec  Leslie  Entertainment.  Since  then  he  has  worked  solely  in  a  freelance  capacity,  either  as  Production,  Tour,  or  Stage  Manager.      Chris  Reynolds’  talents  lie  primarily  in  his  ability  to  organize  a  great  team  in  a  business  that  demands  the  most  from  its  participants.  His  problem-­‐solving  abilities  are  second-­‐to-­‐none,  and  he  consistently  sees  a  clear  path  to  ensuring  a  successful  outcome  in  any  given  situation.  He  knows  the  touring  business  like  few  others,  he  has  valuable  contacts  around  the  world,  having  toured  in  almost  every  territory  that  has  hosted  concerts  and  events,  often  many  times.  His  knowledge  of  global  logistics  is  exhaustive.  He  is  a  good  communicator  and  speaks  English  and  French  fluently,  with  very  good  German,  and  a  smattering  of  a  few  other  languages.      Chris  Reynolds  has  long  experience  in  putting  together  productions  for  top  acts,  which  endeavors  have  included  everything  from  initial  budgeting,  hiring  personnel  and  vendors,  advancing  the  tour  productions  worldwide,  and  ensuring  the  smooth  operation  of  the  tour  on  the  ground.  He  has  often  collaborated  in  varying  degrees  on  production  and  stage  design,  and  these  design  credits  are  many,  including  such  as  Manfred  Mann’s  Earth  Band,  Scorpions,  Bon  Jovi,  Alice  Cooper,  M  People,  Marilyn  Manson,  J  Lo,  Drake,  and  Prince.    Chris  has  sometimes  diverted  from  the  more  “Rock  and  Roll”  side  of  touring,  and  has  worked  on  the  Turin  Olympics  Opening  and  Closing  Ceremonies,  the  Stadium  Production  of  Puccini’s  opera  “Turandot”  in  2005,  under  Oscar-­nominated  Director  Zheng  Limou,  and  the  US  Production  of  the  Arena  horse  show  “Apassionata”  with  Broadway  Director  Scott  Faris.  No  event  is  too  complex,  and  Chris  will  always  bring  it  in  on  time  and  on  budget.    

Christopher  John  Reynolds  Concert  &  Event  Production  and  Design  12937  N  High  Hawk  Drive,  Marana  AZ.  85658  Tel:       520  –  289  4279  Email:       [email protected]  Skype:     chris_rockerc      

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       In  2014  Chris  finished  touring  the  Drake  “Would  You  Like  a  Tour?”  tour  in  N.  America  and  Europe,  and  for  the  last  year  or  so  has  been  working  on  various  other  projects  and  tours  which  have  included  2  Superbowls  as  Production  Manager  for  the  NFL  Onlocation  events,  2  Muhammad  Ali  Celebrity  Fight  Night  Charity  events,  a  tour  with  acclaimed  Oscar  winning  Indian  Artist  Mr  A.R.  Rahman,  and  tours  with  Rod  Stewart,  Evanescence,  and  30  Seconds  to  Mars.  He  is  always  looking  for  new  challenges  to  tackle.            Endorsements,  testimonials,  media  and  information  can  be  found  at  Chris’  Linkedin  page  at:          https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-­‐reynolds-­‐921b012a?trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile    Further  references  can  be  provided  upon  request  to  [email protected]          

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       CHRIS  REYNOLDS’  TOURING  EXPERIENCE  BY  YEAR  TO  DATE:    

2016 Superbowl 50 NFL Onlocation - Event US 2015 Superbowl 50 NFL Onlocation - Prep US   Evanescence US   Rod Stewart US   A.R.Rahman US   Muhammad Ali Celebrity Fight Night US   Superbowl 49 NFL Onlocation - Event US 2014 Superbowl 49 NFL Onlocation - Prep US   Drake US/EU 2013 Drake US   Jennifer Lopez US/EU 2012 Evanescence US/SoAM/EU   Apassionata - Arena Horse Show US 2011 Apassionata - Arena Horse Show US   Prince (Incl. 21 Nights in LA) US/EU 2010 Prince US   Keith Urban US 2009 Keith Urban US/AUS 2008 Prince US 2007 Prince (Incl. 21 Nights in London) World   Rod Stewart US 2006 Rod Stewart US   Andrea Bocelli - Outdoor EU/RUS   Evanescence EU   Bon Jovi - Stadiums EU   Scorpions - Stadium one - offs World   Olympics Opening/Closing Torino IT 2005 Olympics Opening/Closing Torino IT   Scorpions EU   "Turandot" Stadium Opera production EU/CHN 2004 Whitesnake EU   FIFA Player of the Century Gala CH   Herbert Gronemeyer - Stadiums EU   Rock am Ring production D   Marilyn Manson World 2003 Marilyn Manson World 2002 Slipknot World 2001 Slipknot US   Pantera US/EU   Scorpions EU   Marilyn Manson EU   Rock am Ring production D 2000 Pantera World   Scorpions World   Marilyn Manson EU

Year Artist/Event Where

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  Live World 1999 Live World   M People EU   Motley Crue US   Scorpions US/EU   VW Golf Launch Event D   Rock am Ring production D   Rod Stewart US/EU      1998 M People EU   Bon Jovi US/EU   Scorpions World   Rock am Ring production D   Rod Stewart US/EU 1997 M People EU   Stone Temple Pilots US   Bon Jovi World   Kelly Family - Stadiums EU   Scorpions World 1996 Scorpions World 1995 Bon Jovi World   Marius Muller Westernhagen - Stadiums EU   Pantera World 1994 Pantera World   Scorpions World 1993 Scorpions World   Bon Jovi World 1992 Bon Jovi World   Skid Row World 1991 Skid Row World   Scorpions World 1990 UB40 World   Alice Cooper EU   Scorpions World 1989 Scorpions World   Alice Cooper US/EU   UB40 World   Motley Crue US/EU 1988 UB40 World   Dio US/EU   John Mellencamp EU   Scorpions World 1987 Scorpions World   Dio EU   Alice Cooper EU   Cameo EU   Prince EU   Billy Joel EU 1986 Alice Cooper EU

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  Cameo EU   Prince EU   Trouble Funk UK   Go West World   Scorpions World   Joan Armatrading UK   Reggae Sunsplash Festival production UK   Manfred Mann's Earth Band EU      1985 Go West World   Joan Armatrading EU   Elkie Brooks UK   Jim Diamond UK   Reggae Sunsplash Festival production UK   Saga EU 1984 Joan Armatrading World   Saga EU   Reggae Sunsplash Festival production UK   Billy Joel EU   Elkie Brooks UK 1983 Saga EU   Manfred Mann's Earth Band EU 1982 Elkie Brooks UK   Toto EU   Joan Armatrading World   Black Uhuru UK   Earth Wind and Fire EU 1981 Gregory isaacs UK   Joan Armatrading World   Manfred Mann's Earth Band EU   Black Uhuru EU   Elkie Brooks UK   Robert Palmer US/EU 1980 Robert Palmer EU   Elkie Brooks UK   Brothers Johnson EU

1978 - 1980 The Only Ones, and many others.

Primarily FOH audio mix.  

1977 - 1978 Manfred Mann's Earthsound. Audio

engineer and tech for the Earth Band and several others.

 

1974 - 1977 Misc. work for many artists in London.

Incl. backline, audio, driving etc.