108: Lighting Up The Dance Floor with Lighting Designer Marsha Stern

Lighting designer Marsha Stern joins the show to talk finances as a lighting designer in NYC nightclubs.   Topics: ⭐️ Her time working in NYC nightclubs in the 1980s ⭐️ Being on payroll for venues versus freelance income ⭐️ Saving for retirement by putting in to social security ⭐️ Transitioning to working in architecture and "architainment" ⭐️ Entry into the entertainment industry via a music career, and shifting focus back to music since the pandemic.   Bonus Episode Includes: ⭐️ Marsha’s autographed backstage passes ⭐️ Leasing Vari*lites before you could buy them ⭐️ LDI - Marsha and I will both be there to record a LIVE episode ⭐️ Lighting at Radio City Music Hall and calling six followspots at once   Bonus Episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/108-marsha-stern-69193239?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copy_to_clipboard&utm_campaign=postshare   Video of the Interview: https://youtu.be/KFSmWk1_cUw   Marsha on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marsha.stern.58/   Marsha on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marsha-stern-5390585/   The Heartbeat Of The Dance Floor® https://heartbeatofthedancefloor.com   Roy Thode: https://roythode.com   Studio 54: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_54   LDI: https://www.ldishow.com/   Dennis Size episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qfd8v39G8aE&ab_channel=ArtisticFinance   Ken Billington episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuojA4i6y5c&t=61s&ab_channel=ArtisticFinance   Anne Militello - Lighting Designer: https://vortexlighting.com/anne-militello   Women In Lighting Design presentation by Anne Militello: https://womeninlighting.com/extras/entry/pioneers-of-light-a-history-of-women-in-lighting-design   Paul Gregory - creator of Focus Lighting: https://www.focuslighting.com/news/2018/4/11/paul-gregory-for-architectural-lighting-magazine-10-years-later   Destiney Powell episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFysg4gfCPU&ab_channel=ArtisticFinance   Links from the Patreon episode:   Michael Strickland episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeYs0rrXZ0k&ab_channel=ArtisticFinance   Geezers of Gear: http://geezersofgear.com/website/the-evolution-of-automated-lighting-part-1   LD at Large: https://plsn.com/category/podcasts/ld-at-large-podcast/   Become a patron: www.patreon.com/artisticfinance   Provide feedback: https://forms.gle/utJU1SAZsNY782XK6    Interview by Ethan Steimel