MANCHESTER, UK – Lighting designer Olly Suckling presented a novel solution and lighting effect using 28 of Robe’s CycFX 8 LED battens to create a giant illuminated M-A-X-I-M-O sign upstage on UK alt rockers Maximo Park’s most recent tour. This celebrated 10 years since the release of their seminal debut studio album, ‘A Certain Trigger’ in 2005, which was also nominated for the Mercury Music Prize.
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AV Stumpfl announced their next generation Wings Vioso RX software which was shown for the first time at Integrated Systems Europe 2016. Aimed at quick and easy adoption by existing users, the familiar user interface has been given an extensive facelift with several performance and feature optimizations. The new render engine is based on x64 architecture and includes several base level algorithms, replacing standard operating system and driver functions.
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LONDON – On Feb. 4, the Historic Royal Palaces (HRP) Showcase took place within the Tower of London. White Light supported the event’s lighting needs, supplying a variety of CORE Lighting fixtures including StripPoints, Point30s, Flood30s, ColourPoints and PinPoints. White Light also supported the event’s production needs with video and audio gear.
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In 1966, The Lovin’ Spoonful released their third album. On it was a track called “Nashville Cats,” a tune penned by John Sebastian. The song, written after a stop on their tour in Nashville, pays homage to the musicians in Music City. A local 19-year-old musician named Danny Gatton had opened for the band and pretty much blew Sebastian’s mind and his band off the stage. Fifty years later, the lyrics might well apply to the wealth of talented lighting designers based in the city today. On the pages that follow, PLSN profiles six lighting designers at the top of their form who hail from Nashville. Innovative and fully in command of the art of craft, they all knew early on, what their path would be. From country superstars to heavy metal legends, they can light it all. Please meet the 21st century’s new Nashville Cats.
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Stephen Gudis is one of those select people in Nashville that you can truly call a “Man about Town.” There’s nobody that’s been in the live event biz around Nashville for any length of time who hasn’t crossed paths with this guy. While the same can be said about most seasoned touring veterans on the music scene, one thing that sets “Gudis,” as he’s affectionately referred to, apart is that he’s worn just about all the hats…
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Often, you hear that the gear on stage is only as good as the crew who’s working with it. This is gospel in the live… Read More »Nashville-Based Production and Stage Managers
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Orlando, Florida is a town built on crowds, a sea of humanity in juxtaposition with what would otherwise be a lush Jurassic world. Considered the “theme park capital of the world,” the area is home to such family-friendly attractions as Walt Disney World and Universal Studios. It’s also home to the mammoth campus of the University of Central Florida and is an outpost of the ever-expanding Electric Daisy Carnival empire. The area also has the less-inviting distinction of being the “lightning capital of the United States,” with an astounding 1.4 million lightning strikes resulting in an average of 10 deaths and 30 injuries annually.
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Production truck company TNDV is making television happen in Music City and beyond.
When people think of Nashville, they think of star-studded country music entertainment, like the Grand Ole Opry, Country Music Awards, ABC’s Nashville and the Americana Music Awards. But many are unaware that behind these glitzy events — and other awards shows, Red Carpets, TV shows, concerts and sporting events — is TNDV: Television, a Nashville-based mobile video production company. With its penchant for pushing the envelope, TNDV has become an industry go-to for live, mobile, multi-camera HDTV production.
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So-called digital lights have long tantalized both gear manufacturers and designers alike. The allure of being able to project any image, media clip, text, or anything else designers dream up is a powerful one, as it represents a design tool of immense potential. The technology has proved stubbornly elusive to get right however, with efforts hampered by expense and thermal management issues. With the new eMotion, Elation Professional takes on these hurdles in a compact and efficient moving head package aimed at the corporate AV, exhibition, theatrical, house of worship and club market.
NOTTINGHAM, UK – In mid-Feb. 2016, Current RMS noted that they had reached a milestone – the 1,000-user mark. Close to 700 rental businesses worldwide are now relying on the system to manage all their rental processes.
Read More »KNOXVILLE, TN and MIAMI – Tomcat, a leading provider of structural aluminum systems for the entertainment industry, is expanding its presence into the Central and South American markets with Tomcat / James Thomas Engineering Latin America. This endeavor will be headed by Jose Luis Roche and based in Miami, FL. Roche, who has been in the entertainment industry for 27 years, is also the President / Owner of Roc-Off Productions, an entertainment company which has been in business for 18 years.
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KITCHENER, Ontario – The “Northern Lights” will be visible on Canada’s Parliament buildings again this summer thanks to a striking new projection mapping show delivered by 17 Christie 3DLP projectors with content provided by id3. The half hour “Northern Lights” show celebrates Canadian history, achievements, the majesty of its vast landscape and the diversity of its people. The 2016 show runs from July 9 to September 10.
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