Thank you for an incredible first year. Rock the Raceway 2026 is in the books.
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    MEET THE JUDGES

    Three working professionals from the stage, the studio, and the production world score the Final Four live at Jennerstown on August 23. Judge scores count for 75% of the result, with the live fan vote making up the other 25%.

    Judge Scott Warner playing bass guitar on stage

    Scott Warner

    Lighting Designer / Director

    Scott Warner is an accomplished concert lighting designer and director with decades of experience building dynamic, artist-driven visual productions. A Latrobe, Pennsylvania native, he started out in the late 1980s with Pittsburgh bands The Affordable Floors and The Cynics before going national with GWAR.

    Known for pairing bold visual concepts with practical, tour-ready design, Scott understands exactly how lighting, music, and performance feed each other. His work is focused on shows that lift the artist and connect with the crowd.

    • Credits include The Pussycat Dolls, Queen Latifah, Lady Gaga, GWAR, Stone Sour, Train, Everclear, David Cook, Bad Religion, Alice Cooper, The Doobie Brothers, and Steve Vai
    • Collaborated with Robe on the development and real-world application of the ROBIN Cyclone moving light
    • The Cyclone earned a 2014 Parnelli Award nomination for Indispensable Technology in Lighting and a 2013 PLASA Award for Innovation
    scottwarner.meRobe: Cyclone Hits Town with LD Scott Warner
    Judge Kevin Poole standing in a darkened theater

    Kevin Poole

    Guitarist and Bassist, The One Timers

    Kevin Poole is a Latrobe, Pennsylvania lifer with 43 years on guitar and 18 on bass. He currently plays guitar for The One Timers and has spent more than three decades in worship music alongside the club and festival circuit.

    Four decades of playing rooms of every size gives Kevin a working musician's ear for what actually lands with a live audience: the tone, the pocket, and the songs that hold a crowd.

    • Guitar for The One Timers, 2023 to present
    • Bass for Life of Brian, real American rock, 2008 to present
    • Ovation, Christian rock, guitar, 1996 to 1999
    • Gravel Burn Outs (guitar and bass), Jasper Onyx / Alec Henderson Band (bass), Yukon John and The Sulfer Creek Band (bass)
    • 30+ years of worship music
    The One Timers on Facebook
    Judge Daniel Blake mixing at a studio console

    Daniel Blake

    Producer and Engineer, The Schoolhouse

    Daniel is a musician and producer who has run The Schoolhouse studio for 15 years, playing, producing, mixing, and mastering for artists in every genre.

    In his words: music is the soundtrack of our lives, and songs are the stories of our experiences. Presenting those stories, whatever genre they are told in, is his responsibility to the artist. The music keeps flowing.

    • Local credits include Derek Woods Band, Andy Davis Band, and Victory Brinker
    • Produced a cover of Metallica's "Fuel" with Lucky Bet that took first place in Metallica's global Load and Reload contest
    • 15 years running The Schoolhouse: tracking, mixing, and mastering across every genre
    schoolhouseproduction.comdanielblakeproduction.com

    See the panel score the Final Four live

    Thank you for an incredible first year