Q5 Resume
Sean “Tater” Mines
Lighting Designer · Lighting Director · IATSE Journeyman · grandMA3 Programmer & Plugin Developer — Nashville, TN
01 Ongoing & Upcoming
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Lighting Designer & Programmer
Matt Hansen
Advance, plots, budget and fixture coordination; manual operation.
Mar 2026
grandMA3
Festival
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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
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Lighting Director & Programmer
Jessie Murph — Extra Innings Fest / SXSW
Feb – Mar 2026
grandMA3
Festival
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Lighting Director & Programmer
Jessie Murph — Jingle Ball 2025
Dec 2025
grandMA3
Arena
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Lighting Director & Programmer
Jessie Murph — Sex Hysteria EU Tour
Oct – Nov 2025
grandMA3
2,900
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Lighting Director & Programmer
Jessie Murph — Sex Hysteria NA Tour
Design, programming, timecode, venue adaptation and followspot operation.
Jun – Oct 2025
grandMA3
2,900
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Lighting — “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
02 House Position
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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
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Lighting Designer & Programmer
Ranch Hands Nashville
QLab and Resolume integration.
Sep 2024 – present
ChamSys MagicQ
1,100
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Lighting Designer & Programmer
Adam Paddock
Fully timecoded, plug-and-play package.
Feb 2025 – Jan 2026
grandMA2
700
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Lighting Director (Film)
Wendy’s March Madness
Led the lighting tech team for gym scenes.
Mar 2025
grandMA2
Non-Union
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Lighting Technician (L2)
Jessie Murph — Summer Festivals
Programmed the entire lighting network — console, NPUs and nodes.
Mar – Jun 2025
grandMA2
10,000+
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Lighting Technician (L2)
Jessie Murph — Fall ’24 US Tour
Sep – Nov 2024
grandMA2
2,200 avg
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Lighting Designer — Opener
Big Yavo / JM Fall ’24 US Tour
Custom punt page built on MA2.
Sep – Nov 2024
grandMA2
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Lighting Director
VEAUX — EP Release
Resolume video content integration.
Sep 2024
grandMA2
700
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Lighting Technician (L2)
Jessie Murph — Summer ’24 Festivals
Apr – Sep 2024
grandMA2
10,000+
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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-
Lighting Technician (L2)
The Band Camino — Fall ’23 Festivals
Aug – Oct 2023
grandMA2
2,500
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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
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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
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Production Electrician
Always Patsy Cline — Clarence Brown Theater
Apr – May 2022
ETC EOS
576
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Festival Electrician & LD
Big Ears Festival ’22
World’s Fair Park Amphitheater, Knoxville, TN.
Feb 2022
Avolites Titan
1,000
05 Early Career
Pre-2022-
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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Monitor Engineer
The Shed Juke Joint — Maryville, TN
Outdoor stage; in-ear and wedge mixes.
Jan 2020 – Jun 2021
Midas M32
2,000
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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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