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The Parnelli Awards Move to NAMM 2018 in Anaheim, CA

The next Parnelli Awards ceremony will take place Jan. 26, 2018 at the Anaheim Hilton during NAMM 2018.

The Parnelli Awards Move to NAMM 2018 in Anaheim, CA

PLSN Publisher and NAMM in Strategic Alliance

ANAHEIM, CA — NAMM, the National Association of Music Merchants, and Timeless Communications Corp. (TCC), publishers of Projection Lights & Staging News (PLSN), FRONT of HOUSE (FOH) and Stage Directions, have formed a strategic alliance to promote NAMM’s new initiative to better serve the live event production community at its annual trade show in Anaheim. In addition to heavily promoting the event, TCC will be bringing its premier award show for the industry, the Parnelli Awards, to the NAMM show. The Parnelli Awards will take place on Friday, Jan. 26, 2018 in the Pacific Ballroom of the Hilton Anaheim Hotel.

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Nook Schoenfeld, Editor, PLSN

Three Morpheus Guys Walk Into a Bar…

I stopped down at the USITT show last month in St. Louis. I enjoy going to this show for a day every year to watch all the enthusiasm that thousands of kids have for the Arts. Plus, it’s great to see the various vendors giving back their knowledge to the next generation. Since the government seems to care little about the arts during the current administration it’s so much more important to see the other companies that did show up to pass knowledge.

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Significant Other photo by Joan Marcus

Significant Other

Scenic Designer Mark Wendland on the Art of Subtle Transformations

Significant Other is an unusual Broadway comedy. What starts off as a lighthearted tale of an awkward young gay man named Jordan who is lonely in love while his group of close girlfriends start to slowly pair off leads to an existential crisis. As he approaches age 30, he realizes he does not know how to make romantic connections and is in danger of being left behind in the coupling game.

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Red Hot Chili Peppers ‘Getaway’ Tour 2017

The Red Hot Chili Peppers currently have the largest kinetic lighting rig for a tour, with a matrix of 1,040 LED cylinders rising and falling to create a seemingly endless array of unique show looks. PLSN caught up with longtime RHCP production designer and lighting director Scott Holthaus, media server programmer Leif Dixon and, handling video direction backstage, George Elizondo for their insights on this trek.

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Side panels added to the ‘alien temple’ vibe. Photo by Andrew Jorgensen

Welcome to the Jungle

Warren Flynn and Max Mackintosh Brave Insects, Reptiles and More to Light an Alien Spaceship for the Okeechobee Music and Arts Festival

The Okeechobee Music and Arts Festival (OMF) returned to Florida this year on March 2-5 for its second year. Once again, festival producer Soundslinger offered the main stage lighting duties to Max Mackintosh, a young man trying to make his LD bones in America.

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The band LIFE performs at SXSW. Photo by Howie Plotkin

Lighting Latitude 30 at SXSW 2017

Saturday Night Lights Shines All Week at SXSW Club Venue for the British Music Embassy

Founded in 1987 in Austin, Texas, South by Southwest (SXSW) is the largest music festival of its kind in the world. Best known for its convergence of the interactive, film, and music industries, the live music portion of this year’s festival took place over the course of a week in mid-March.

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The design is a showcase for the creative use of negative space. Eric Clapton tour photo by Todd Kaplan. Pictured here, Ayrton MagicPanels mounted above the video panels

Eric Clapton’s Production Design: The Art of Negative Space

Dave Maxwell’s Production Design Supports a Legendary Guitarist

Eric Clapton has enjoyed a long career of live performances all over the globe. A little while back he turned 70 and announced his retirement from the touring circuit. But not from performing entirely. He just wanted to do it on his own terms. For the past 22 years, Dave Maxwell has looked after keeping the artist illuminated amongst other things as they traveled.

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JoJo Mad Love Tour 2017 photo by Steve Jennings

JoJo Mad Love Tour 2017

Lighting designer and director Matt Guminski is out on the road with singer/songwriter JoJo. In 2004, “Leave (Get Out),” her debut single, reached number one on the Billboard pop songs chart, which made her the youngest solo artist to have a number-one single in the U.S., at 13 years old. We spoke to Guminski about JoJo’s current Mad Love tour during the artist’s sold-out Feb. 19 tour stop at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco.

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Game of Thrones tour photo by Todd Kaplan

Game of Thrones

SRae Productions Brings the “Live Concert Experience” to Life

In oft-used and aptly applied metaphor in the touring industry goes, “We move cities.” With the long-awaited live tour of the HBO epic extravaganza Game of Thrones finally hitting the road, that analogy can now include “We move Worlds.” The Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience is based on the popular TV series, which set records for HBO and attracted a large international fan base.

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