ABOUT BAD QUAIL
From showtime to punch list, Bad Quail gets tough jobs done.
We keep your show from ending up on the rocks.
Our story
Bad Quail was established in 2016. What began as local production work in the Morongo Basin grew alongside the region itself. Joshua Tree National Park drew 1.6 million visitors in 2014; by the end of 2016 that number had crossed 2.5 million. The surrounding communities were generating more events, more demand and more complexity than local vendors were equipped to handle at a professional level.
Bad Quail expanded to meet that demand, growing from audio into lighting, video, power distribution and full-service event production, and later into specialized heavy-civil construction for federal land managers as Bad Quail Prime.
Our approach
Some jobs are judged by the public, while others are measured against a scope of work or a spec book. Either way, expectations must be clear and details matter. At Bad Quail, we get involved to understand what the job requires, and plan for actual conditions we’ll face.
We don’t force preconfigured packages onto a job and we don’t put off important decisions until we’re on site. We build an approach around the work requirements, make judgement calls while there’s time to get them right, and stay accountable until the job is complete.
Think it through, then see it through.
Our team
Tim Hite
CEO & Principal
Tim Hite’s career has taken him from concert stages and touring productions to federal contracting and construction operations. He started in event production and theater in high school, continued through college, and went on to produce large-scale events throughout Southern California and provide tour support for national and international acts.
After years in production, Tim spent over a decade consulting across multiple industries including resource exploration, software development and combat support services. That work expanded his experience well beyond production, bringing project management, logistics, marketing and finance into the mix.Today, he brings more than 40 years of experience across audio production, large-scale event operations, federal contracting and construction logistics to Bad Quail.
Tim is an avid musician and snowboarder, who loves his dog very much.
Joseph Carder
Joseph started out as a graphic designer in Columbia, Missouri, served a tour in the U.S. Air Force manning tactical weather stations, then rode the dot-com wave in San Francisco as a web developer at McAfee. Drawn to the desert, he settled in the Morongo Basin and added music and video production to his skills.
Joe likes dinosaurs and trains and wants to be an astronaut when he grows up.
Bill Dillon
Bill Dillon is an audio engineer, event producer, and production manager with more than 30 years of experience in live music. As a touring musician and engineer, he’s travelled the world, bringing independent artists to city centers and remote locations.
Starting in basements and VFW halls, Bill has learned every role in the event production world through hard work and experience. As a venue owner/operator in New York City, Bill made himself a fixture in the club and festival worlds. Here in the desert over nearly a decade, he’s continued his quest to produce the most exciting, most interesting, yet still intimate concerts and events.
An encyclopedia of all things Middle Earth, Bill reads the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy every year.
Our crew
Bad Quail crews are seasoned professionals with real-world production backgrounds. All field staff complete OSHA 30-hour training at the start of employment.
Festival crew
Tim has worked as a crew chief at major festivals.
Service area
Based in Joshua Tree, California. We work throughout the Morongo Basin, Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Indio and the Coachella Valley, and across California and the Western United States.
Coverage & credentials
- $2 million commercial general liability
- Inland marine and workers’ compensation coverage
- OSHA 30-trained field staff
- Members of AVIXA, NAMM, the Audio Engineering Society and the Event Safety Alliance
