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Energy

For a creative and expressive field like live music production, it’s amazing how jaded some people can be at times. But I’m not going to talk about that; I am going to talk about the exact opposite of that. I want to talk about the energy that pushes you to keep moving to create something almost beyond this world. If there is a single word for it in English, I don’t know what it is. It’s beyond enthusiasm. It comes over you like a spell until you see the project through, then it goes somewhere else for a while. It comes back again later. This energy, as I know, it can manifest in at least three different ways.

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Entertainment Electrics Workshop Offered at EMPAC

TROY, NY — Richard Cadena, an ETCP-Certified Entertainment Electrician and Trainer, will lead the first professional-development seminar to be held at the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, NY. The workshop will be conducted in EMPAC’s Studio Beta from June 27-29, 2016.

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ADJ Asteroid 1200

ADJ Asteroid 1200

ADJ’s new Asteroid 1200 is designed to send super-tight beams and distinct pixel-mapped patterns hurtling through the air and down onto the dance-floor. Packing limitless dual-directional continuous rotation and quad-color LEDs into one portable source, the Asteroid 1200 promises a full array of pixel-mappable visual effects.

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Lightwright 6 Is Now Shipping

Lightwright 6 Is Now Shipping

John McKernon and City Theatrical have announced that Lightwright 6, the newest version of the industry leading, multi award winning software for managing entertainment lighting paperwork, is now shipping and is available through City Theatrical dealers worldwide. Lightwright is an iconic industry standard on Broadway and in other areas of live entertainment, and was created to help designers and electricians record and keep track of the vast amount of data needed to install and maintain a lighting installation. As the lighting world has increased in complexity due to the proliferation of moving lights and LEDs, the organizational demands on lighting designers, design assistants, and electricians has continued to grow.  Lightwright 6, for the first time, fulfills a longtime industry dream of controlling the flow of lighting data from design to console without needing to enter data multiple times by hand, while documenting up to 45,000 universes of data.

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Blizzard Lighting ThunderStik

Blizzard Lighting ThunderStik

Blizzard Lighting’s ThunderStik linear wash light has five 15W RGBW Quad-Color OSRAM LEDs with pixel control and a narrow 5-degree beam angle. The fixture also features a quiet-moving 250-degree motorized tiltable head (with three-phase motors) and Y-axis rotation as well. ThunderStik also comes with a set of lens filters to diffuse the fixture’s sharp output to a soft color blend, increasing the beam angle up to 30 or 60 degrees. Users can control the ThunderStik in either Reduced Mode (12-channel) or Standard Mode (32-channel). Both allow smooth 0-100 percent linear dimming, multiple strobe effects, macro effects, RGBW color mixing, separate background color control, built-in patterns, and speed controllable scanner effects. This fixture is equipped with a four-button LCD control panel, compact and sleek housing, powerCON compatible power in/out connections, 3-pin/5-pin DMX in/out jacks and integral Omega mounts. The fixture is also backed with Blizzard’s two-year warranty. MSRP is $899.99.

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Barco provided a total of 13 HDQ-2K40 projectors complete with XLD 2.8-5.5 lenses through its rental partner Mediatec

Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm to Feature Barco Projectors, HES MMS-200 Moving Mirror Systems

STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Barco and High End Systems will be enhancing the visuals at the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest this year. During the semi-finals and finals in Stockholm, Sweden, a full stack of high-brightness Barco projectors, 10 of which are equipped with Barco’s High End Systems’ MMS-200 moving mirror systems, and Barco’s E2 screen management system will be used by the design team to light more than 40 artists.

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Colour Sound Experiment supplied Robe fixtures.

National Citizen Service in U.K. Inspires Teen Volunteers; Awards Show Lit with Robe

LONDON – Show designer Bryan Leitch and lighting director Jamie Thompson from creative visual design specialist Mirrad chose more than 120 Robe moving lights among other fixtures supplied by Colour Sound Experiment to light YesLive 2016, a an awards event with live music performances staged at the London Roundhouse. The annual YesLive show helps inspire 15 to 17 year-olds to get involved in activities via the National Citizen Service (NCS) initiative.

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The expansion will accommodate the company's Power Link division

Whirlwind Expands NY Factory to 60,000 Square Feet

ROCHESTER, NY — Whirlwind, a leading interface manufacturer for the live event, audio installations, and theater industries, announced that they are completing a 13,000-square-foot expansion of their New York factory to handle the rapid growth the 41-year-old company has been experiencing. When completed this month, the total size will be 60,000 square feet.

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Ruisheng Lighting & Audio provided GLP LEDs for the Dinghushan Festival in China

GLP impressions Support Dinghushan Festival in China

ZHAOQING CITY, China – At the recent ZhaoQing Dinghushan Music Festival in the province of Guangdong, China, Ruisheng Lighting & Audio provided GLP X4, X4 L and X4 Bar 20 fixtures, along with other gear, to light headliner Sun Nan and other performers, including Jordan Chan (Chan Siu-Chun). Ruisheng Light & Audio also distributes GLP fixtures for the Germany-based lighting manufacturer.

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Steve Aoki at Cowboys Dancehall in San Antonio, TX

Texas Dance Hall Lights Steve Aoki Show with HES ShapeShifters

SAN ANTONIO, TX — Cowboys Dancehall is a leading venue in the Alamo city, running live music four nights a week along with a host of other country themed events. For years the venue has relied on a variety of High End Systems lighting and control products to light their entertainment, and recently High End Systems’ ShapeShifters were employed for a Steve Aoki performance.

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