
Before this long successful career, Joel who was based in Rochester, NY started Silverfish Audio in 1971. Joel Silverman has spent the last 41 years on the manufacturing side of the business with companies like MXR, DBX, Lexicon, and Millennia. "We exist to empower & heal roadies and their families by providing resources & services tailored to the struggles of the touring lifestyle." Please check out and support The Roadie Clinic, Their mission is simple. I want to thank Earthworks for sending me their new ICON podcasting microphone. Get your How We Got Loud swag at our online store Mark Gander was the catalyst of that for JBL.Ĭheck out for more details and other episodes

Sound Companies needed a symbiotic relationship with a speaker manufacture to develop, engineer, and design their systems. Mark has a very unique perspective on our history because he was at the center of the live sound industry. This was a time when all sound companies had to make their own property systems. He was directly responsible for marketing, product development, and connecting companies like Clair Bros, Maryland Sound, ShowCo, Stanal Sound, A1 Audio, Schubert Systems, and many more with JBL in the late '70s and early '80s. In my opinion, he was one of the most influential and centrally connected people when it comes to speakers, with the largest sound companies in the world. He is also known as JBL's historian and often just called JBL GURU.

Mark Gander spent 41 years at JBL starting in 1978, with various roles through the years such as Applications Engineer, VP of Marketing, VP of Engineering, and most recently Director of JBL Technology.

JBL was one of the earliest and largest manufacturers of speaker components and cabinets.
