An extra blog found
Hey all, I just got back from a pretty hectic month. I am currently working on my new blog and it will post soon. For now,… Read More »An extra blog found
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Selecting the right console
If you are asked to specify a console for use at a music festival or other event that will have many “visiting” LDs, then you… Read More »Selecting the right console
Read More »Selecting the right console
If you are asked to specify a console for use at a music festival or other event that will have many “visiting” LDs, then you… Read More »Selecting the right console
Read More »lots of toys to play with
So I get this call from Upstaging Lighting last week. They want to do a demo of their vast array of equipment to their clients during the Christmas time. They have asked me to put together a system that shows off the latest lighting and video toys they own.
lots of toys to play with
So I get this call from Upstaging Lighting last week. They want to do a demo of their vast array of equipment to their clients during the Christmas time. They have asked me to put together a system that shows off the latest lighting and video toys they own.
Direct Access
I also find that it's much easier if you have access to all of the channels to control a fixture through a channel handle rather… Read More »Direct Access
Read More »football luck
Well this has absolutely nothing to do with lights, it has to do with this win streak I've seemed to acquire over the last 30 years. It seems that whatever town/state I move to, their NFL team becomes a winner.
Read More »Gaining Inspiration
Any live TV productions, and now most game shows, are filled with automated lights. Be sure to record the production and read the credits to… Read More »Gaining Inspiration
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Brooks & Dunn
PLSN Talks to B&D Lighting Designer/ Director Larry Boster
“The video content was produced by Marcia Kapuspin and Marcus Lyall. Both are very creative and artistic. Media Visions Entertainment was the video company. They have been with the Brooks & Dunn family for just about as many years as I have.”
“Bandit Lites is the lighting company and have been the entire time I’ve been on board with Brooks & Dunn. As a matter of fact, Mike Golden and Michael Strickland handed me this account. Thanks guys!”
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SHOW DISTRIBUTION’s Robert (Bob) Belanger
Who: Robert “Bob” Belanger, vice president sales & rental, Show Distribution Group Inc.
What: Sales and rentals of the ChainMaster variable- and fixed-speed hoists, as well as Prolyte roof, truss and stage systems.
Where: Leon-Harmel, Quebec, Canada
When: Founded in 1999.
Read More »A Brief History of Time(code)
I know you’ve seen the numbers, those little incrementing digits that appear on the video screen now and then — sometimes by accident, some-times on purpose. You’ve also run across them on many types of professional gear, including editing systems, videotape recorders, media servers, audio boards and even lighting consoles.
Read More »A Really Big Shew
Ed Sullivan’s famous catch phrase takes on a new level of import as the theatrical performance industry reaches for ever-more-complex produc-tions. Just loading in the paraphernalia for the new show Fuerzabruta at the Daryl Roth Theater in New York in October, it looked as though it would require the services of more than a couple of tractor trailers proceeded by cars announcing, “Wide load coming through.” It took a 45-man crew 15 hours to bring in a 20-foot flying curtain and an oversized treadmill, in addition to a 45-foot, clear-bottom swimming pool that, secured to the ceiling, would hover above the audience.
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