Q5 Resume

Sean “Tater” Mines

Lighting Designer · Lighting Director · IATSE Journeyman · grandMA3 Programmer & Plugin Developer — Nashville, TN

26 credits

tater@lxtater.com

01 Ongoing & Upcoming

  1. Programmer and Lighting Director (NA/Int.) Programmer and Production Designer (EU and UK)

    Ella Mai

    April 2026 - October 2026

    grandMA3

    Festival – 5,000+

  2. Lighting Designer & Programmer

    Peter McPoland

    Inherited the existing ground package from the previous LD; rebuilt with artist and band. Manual operation and busking.

    Feb 2026 – present

    grandMA3

    1,000

  3. Lighting Director & Programmer

    Jessie Murph — Extra Innings Fest / SXSW

    Feb – Mar 2026

    grandMA3

    Festival

  4. Lighting Designer & Programmer

    Matt Hansen

    Advance, plots, budget and fixture coordination; manual operation.

    Mar 2026

    grandMA3

    Festival

  5. Lighting Director & Programmer

    Jessie Murph — Jingle Ball 2025

    Dec 2025

    grandMA3

    Arena

  6. Lighting Director & Programmer

    Jessie Murph — Sex Hysteria EU Tour

    Oct – Nov 2025

    grandMA3

    2,900

  7. Lighting — “The End” Short Film

    The End — Short film — Sex Hysteria / Massey Hall

    On-stage scenes with Director, DP and Key Grip.

    Nov 2025

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    Non-Union

  8. Lighting Director & Programmer

    Jessie Murph — Sex Hysteria NA Tour

    Design, programming, timecode, venue adaptation and followspot operation.

    Jun – Oct 2025

    grandMA3

    2,900

02 House Position

  1. House Lighting Designer

    Brooklyn Bowl Nashville

    Punt/busk nearly every show. Rig maintenance, touring-LD support and video switching.

    Apr 2024 – present

    grandMA3

    1,200

03 Limited Engagement

  1. Lighting Designer & Programmer

    Ranch Hands

    QLab and Resolume integration.

    Sep 2024 – present

    ChamSys MagicQ

    1,100

  2. Lighting Designer & Programmer

    Adam Paddock

    Fully timecoded, plug-and-play package.

    Feb 2025 – Jan 2026

    grandMA2

    700

  3. Lighting Technician (L2)

    Jessie Murph — Summer Festivals

    Programmed the entire lighting network — console, NPUs and nodes.

    Mar – Jun 2025

    grandMA2

    10,000+

  4. Lighting Director (Film)

    Wendy’s March Madness

    Led the lighting tech team for gym scenes.

    Mar 2025

    grandMA2

    Non-Union

  5. Lighting Technician (L2)

    Jessie Murph — Fall ’24 US Tour

    Sep – Nov 2024

    grandMA2

    2,200 avg

  6. Lighting Designer — Opener

    Big Yavo — Opening for Jessie Murph — Fall ’24 US Tour

    Custom punt page built on MA2.

    Sep – Nov 2024

    grandMA2

  7. Lighting Technician (L2)

    Jessie Murph — Summer ’24 Festivals

    Apr – Sep 2024

    grandMA2

    10,000+

  8. Lighting Director

    VEAUX — EP Release

    Resolume video content integration.

    Sep 2024

    grandMA2

    700

  9. Set Elec & Head Spot Op

    West Side Story — Int’l Tour

    European tour across widely varied venue types.

    Nov 2023 – Mar 2024

    grandMA2

    1,200

04 Past Experience

2022 – 2023
  1. Lighting Technician (L2)

    The Band Camino — Fall ’23 Festivals

    Aug – Oct 2023

    grandMA2

    2,500

  2. Lighting Shop AssistantIATSE

    FELD — Disney On Ice show build

    IATSE Yellow Card. Fixture tech, cable building, truss work, BlackTrax programming. Forklift and boom lift certified.

    May – Jul 2023

    grandMA3

  3. BlackTrax Tech & Bench TechIATSE

    FELD — Disney On Ice ’22–’23

    IATSE Yellow Card / Pink Contract. 36-week international tour following a Mexico City residency.

    Jun 2022 – Apr 2023

    Onyx

    6,000

  4. Production Electrician

    Always Patsy Cline — Clarence Brown Theater

    Apr – May 2022

    ETC EOS

    576

  5. Festival Electrician & LD

    Big Ears Festival

    World’s Fair Park Amphitheater, Knoxville, TN.

    Feb 2022

    Avolites Titan

    1,000

05 Early Career

Pre-2022
  1. StagehandIATSE

    IATSE Local 197 — Knoxville, TN

    Pusher, carpenter, electrician, props, audio and weight loader. Tennessee Theatre, Clayton Center, Clarence Brown Theater and area arenas.

    Oct 2018 – Jun 2022

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  2. Monitor Engineer

    The Shed Juke Joint — Maryville, TN

    Outdoor stage; in-ear and wedge mixes.

    Jan 2020 – Jun 2021

    Midas M32

    2,000

  3. Board Op / Programmer

    Clarence Brown Theater — Knoxville, TN

    Nine productions including Candide, King Charles III and Detroit ’67.

    Aug 2018 – Dec 2019

    ETC EOS

    576

— Proficiencies

Lighting Consoles

  • grandMA 3
  • grandMA 2
  • ChamSys MagicQ
  • Obsidian Onyx
  • ETC EOS
  • Avolites Titan

Systems

  • BlackTrax
  • Motive
  • QLab
  • Resolume
  • Lighting Networking

Code

  • LUA
  • Java
  • JavaScript
  • Python

Visualisation

  • Depence R4
  • Vectorworks
  • Unreal Engine
  • Capture

Certifications

  • IATSE A.C.T.
  • OSHA 30
  • Fork-lift
  • Fall arrest

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