PHOENIX – Clearwing Productions announced that Clayton Melocik has joined the company’s office here as an account executive. Melocik has worked as a freelance audio technician with Clearwing productions for nearly a decade.
Read More »PHOENIX – Clearwing Productions announced that it is the first production company to take delivery of Philips Vari-Lite VL4000 Spots for their rental inventory.
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KRAKOW, Poland – LD Sebastian Pachciarek used a variety of Clay Paky fixtures in his lighting design for the celebration concert of the late pope John Paul II at the Divine Mercy Sanctuary in Krakow, Poland. The Polish celebration coincided with the celebration of a mass in Italy by Pope Francis marking the canonization of late Popes John Paul II and John XXIII as Saints.
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DENISON, TX – For the 650-seat auditorium at a new high school set to open here this fall, Batts Audio, Video & Lighting provided 110 Philips Selecon PL House Light luminaires. The LED fixtures, designed to operate for 50,000 hours before replacement, can be used to bathe audiences in immersive, color-changing hues. Along with color mixing, the tunable RGBW LED light engine supports white light color temperatures form 2300K to 9970K.
Read More »MADISON, WI – For the Bolz Tropical Conservatory at the Olbrich Botanical Gardens here, Blizzard Lighting donated a 32-fixture architectural lighting installation. The new lighting illuminates the Conservatory’s truss during evening hours. An official unveiling celebration of the new lighting system, featuring live music and cash bars, was set for June 6, 2014 at 8 p.m.
Read More »NASHVILLE – Running in tandem with the CMA Music Festival from June 5-8, lighting console manufacturer Avolites announces that it is partnering with lighting fixture manufacturer Robe to host a four-day open house at Soundcheck Nashville, the largest rehearsal studio complex in the world under one roof.
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NASHVILLE — After dominating the country music charts with 35 number ones, more than 60 career singles and a dedicated fan base, Alan Jackson has chosen Nashville-based Elite Multimedia Productions (EMP) to handle all lighting, video and LED for his 25th anniversary tour.
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Laserworld developed a new product line, the Diode Series, to fill the gap between their entry-level and their more professional laser light systems. The very compact housing, built according to the Sealed Housing Technology, is equipped with a diode-only solution, which means great beam specifications at smooth color fading behavior. The Diode Series is fully graphics capable and has a professional ILDA interface for computer control. Besides that, stand-alone mode, sound-to-light operation and DMX control is possible.
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NASHVILLE, TN — Embarking on his 25th year of being in the music business, Alan Jackson recently took to his 2014 tour, taking PixelFLEX with him for the first time. Over the course of more than 40 tour dates this year, Jackson plays for a variety of venues and audiences across North America. In order to keep the standard of emotional and relatable shows, the PixelFLEX FLEXCurtain was added to the production in order to make the entire process more flexible.
Read More »CYPRESS, CA – Christie announced that it has acquired Montreal-based Arsenal Media Inc., a digital signage agency specializing in experiential installations, interactive content and strategic digital signage installations. Arsenal Media will become Christie Creative Media Services, operating within Christie’s Global Professional Services group.
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GULF SHORES, AL – The country music-infused Hangout Music Festival, which drew 40,000 from 50 countries to see and hear performances by 90 acts across three stages here May 16-18, got a big lighting boost from Bandit Lites, which worked with Hadden Hippsley and the staff at Lambda Productions on the event.
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TEMPE, AZ- Daniel Fine and Adam Vachon recently turned to 4Wall Entertainment Las Vegas to provide lighting gear for their joint Applied Thesis Project, Wonder Dome, at Arizona State University. Wonder Dome started as a vision of a touring 360° interactive and immersive projection environment, in which family audiences could directly interact with design elements (props, puppets, scenic elements, controlling lights, sound, projections, etc.) and have an impact on a story being presented by professional actors.
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