Elliot

Van Laere

Audio Engineer

Elliot Van Laere, aka BEAR; a dynamic freelance sound engineer, based in the South West of England.

Bio.

Surrounded by music from an early age, I developed an intuitive ability to understand the language of music. My father was a session musician and singer; I naturally followed in his footsteps, developing my own skills by mastering the acoustic guitar, which subsequently evolved into the ability to play most instruments. I have performed internationally as a musician and vocalist, and collaborated with many well known artists, giving me the unique advantage of understanding the demands of a performer as well as the technical requirements of performance. I gained a degree in Live Sound in 2016, at the prestigious dBs Music in association with Plymouth University. While studying, I had the privilege of learning from industry leaders, such as Simon Honywill and Jim Parsons – they introduced me to Martin Audio, where I became a qualified MLA technician, and also RG Jones, who I now regularly freelance for. I have gained notoriety for my reliability, ingenuity and instinctual problem solving skills. One of my favourite gigs of the year is with RG Jones at Glastonbury, where I spend a week flying systems for Pyramid stage and West Holts, monitoring and stage hand West Holts, and then taking it all down again! I have also had the pleasure of being the RG Jones audio engineer at Twickenham many times, combining my passion for sound with my love of Rugby.

What i Do

FOH AND MONITOR ENGINEER

I am competent and experienced desk operative and have worked many live shows and festival. I am fluent in most digital desk which include Yamaha, Allen and Heath, Digico, midas.

PA TECHNICIAN

Know as the PA guy, I am fimiliar with all brands of loud speakers including Martin Audio to which I am a qualified MLA technician.

Load Monitoring

Load monitoring has become an ever increasing requirment on stages and sets. I work with the market leaders Broadweigh if you require any technical service.

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