With the call for IP-rated weatherproof fixtures becoming a serious concern in all aspects of the lighting business, there are two questions I hear from people when contemplating whether to purchase these types of fixtures. How much extra money will the initial cost be, and how much of a pain is it for the techs to work on a fixture and then put it back together so it’s still waterproof?
Read More »One of my favorite things about working as an automated lighting programmer is that there is a vast array of different types of genres to work within. While the basics of programming are the same, there are certain things that are unique to the various types of productions. Over the course of the next few months, I will cover some of the distinctive attributes that you must be aware when programming on specific types of shows. For this edition, the programming procedures and operations common for concert and live music type productions will be discussed.
Read More »There was a bright buzz reverberating around this year’s NAMM show, considering this was the first year of live production panels at this musical instrument-focused event…Sprinkled throughout this month’s column are familiar faces Designer Watch caught around the NAMM show. Top picture – LD Bryan Hartley (center) visits with LDs Susan Rose and Celine Royer during the Parnelli Awards. Middle picture – LDs Seth Jackson and Howard Ungerleider at the 17th Annual Parnelli Awards reception. Bottom picture – LDs Matt Guminski and Gurn Kaniski catch up at NAMM.
Read More »Effective February 5th, 2018, Solotech Las Vegas is proud to announce the appointment of Tony Grant as Business Developer Sales Representative.
Read More »Claypaky and ADB took part together at Integrated Systems Europe (ISE), the largest event devoted to integrated audio-video systems in the world. The four-day annual event took place at RAI Amsterdam in the Netherlands from 6 to 9 February
Read More »PHILADELPHIA – Grammy-nominated August Burns Red kicked off its winter tour on Jan. 5 in support of its seventh studio album, Phantom Anthem. From Montreal, where the tour began, to the House of Blues in San Diego and everyplace in between, fans are packing venues to immerse themselves in the band’s raw and powerful brand of metal-tinged music. LD Victor Zeiser of Squeek Lights provided the light show to accompany the band’s thunderous sound using Chauvet Professional Rogue fixtures.
Read More »Claypaky’s new K-EYE HCR range of lighting fixtures takes LED light quality to its highest peak of performance yet, giving lighting designers and directors access to CRI (Color Rendering Index) values never before achieved by an LED fixture
Read More »Unorganized productions are the body of the chicken flailing around after the head has been chopped off. They are, pun intended, “just wingin’ it.” Organization is the guard dog that keeps the feathery artistic minds of our field contained in the coop of progress….Since I have started working on high profile gigs, I have become complacent. I have started to take daily schedules for granted. They come in my email; I glance at the lighting lobby call time and then discard them as if no one put any serious time and effort into producing them. After my most recent gig, I will never take another schedule for granted.
Read More »REGINA, Saskatchewan, Canada – As Old Dominion kicked off their 2018 Happy Endings world tour in Canada, they looked forward to impressing fans with an array of new looks. Nashville-based Morris is providing LD Travis Shirley with Robe, GLP and other top products. More than 60 shows are planned for the 2018 trek, which runs until August.
Read More »PHOENIX – For Fall Out Boy’s MANIA tour, which kicked off last fall in the U.S. and Canada, band members would perform on B and C stages that floated above the crowd. The rigging setup included 16 CyberHoist II variable speed chain hoists with a MotionCue 3D console used for control. The MANIA tour, in support of the band’s Jan. 2018 album release, continues this year with shows in Australia, Europe and Asia before returning to North America in late August.
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