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Desert Trip Music Festival Rocks With Iconic Headliners and grandMA2 Previz and Lighting Control

Stones get Previz programming for Desert Trip show

Desert Trip Music Festival Rocks With Iconic Headliners and grandMA2 Previz and Lighting Control

LOS ANGELES – Indio, California rocked for two long weekends in October with the launch of the mammoth Desert Trip music festival produced by Goldenvoice.  The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Roger Waters and The Who played at the Empire Polo Club delighting fans and cementing their legacies as icons of rock history. The team at DMDS7UDIOS, provided all the previz services and systems for the festival’s lighting in addition to Scott Chmielewski being brought on a Director of Programming. 

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Green Day’s 'American Idiot' at CCM

University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Chooses ArKaos PRO MediaMaster for Green Day’s ‘American Idiot’

CINCINNATI –  – The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) chose ArKaos MediaMaster PRO to drive the visual content for its production of Green Day’s American Idiot. MediaMaster PRO was chosen for the ease with which it handled the demanding artistic concept, its speed of mapping and its easy-to-understand processes for editing content and operation. The ArKaos software was supplied by IED, whose Principal Partner, Jeffrey Brown, is also adjunct instructor for Theater/Event Media and Video at CCM.

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Richard Kleinsmit and Patrick Maxwell

Maestra Dubai Grows the Team

DUBAI – Maestra Dubai has added two new key management personnel – Richard Kleinsmit, who will be looking after Operations and Patrick Maxwell who is in charge of the new Warehouse, with both an integral part of the team led by Managing Partner Tom Clements. The appointments happen simultaneously to the company’s move to new premises which more than doubles Maestra Dubai’s warehouse facility.

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Elation ACL 360 Matrix™ in Massive MTV EMA Set

Tom Kenny Uses Elation ACL 360 Matrix™ in Massive MTV EMA Set

ROTTERDAM – The MTV Europe Music Awards delivered another spectacular production November 6th at the Ahoy Rotterdam Arena in The Netherlands. Europe’s favorite artists were honored and a star-studded line up of today’s hottest acts, performed on a massive stage lit by top lighting designer Tom Kenny. Included in the correspondingly large visual package was Elation Professional ACL 360 Matrix™ LED moving head panels, which Kenny employed throughout the show.

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d3 offers upgraded software

d3 Technologies Updates Software with vs r14 & 14.1

LONDON – d3 Technologies, the leader in media server technology has added some great new features. These include Innovative device recording, real-time generative effects, sACN and CITP support, as well as numerous under-the-hood performance updates. Real-time generative content r14 adds Gold support for Notch real-time generative effects playback. Read down for an explanation of all these new features.

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GoVision Expands Nationwide Footprint to Chicago

CHICAGO – GoVision announced that its nationwide expansion continues with the opening of a new office in Chicago. The office will be led by Rich McGill, an 18-year veteran of sales, sponsorships and digital media, who has joined the GoVision team as Regional Account Executive. McGill has worked with some of the largest brands in the world – including American Airlines, Coca-Cola, Anheuser-Busch and Gatorade – and brings extensive experience delivering digital marketing solutions to Division 1 universities throughout the Midwest.

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OUE Skyspace at the US Bank Tower

OUE Skyspace at the US Bank Tower Using Christie G Series Projectors

LOS ANGELES – Visitors to the OUE Skyspace LA outdoor observation deck at the US Bank Tower in downtown Los Angeles get a 54th floor preview with the help of 13 Christie DWU600-G projectors. Soaring over 1,000 feet above the city’s financial district with a panoramic, 360-degree view stretching to the Catalina Islands, the iconic tower, the tallest building west of the Mississippi, also features the famous outdoor Skyslide for the more adventurous.

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Dopapod Lighting Designer Launches The Light Side Podcast

The first episode of The Light Side, a lighting design podcast, is now available for download. Each month host Luke Stratton (lighting designer and audio engineer for Northeaster jam-rock band Dopapod) will sit down with various lighting designers, directors, and programmers from the live music industry to find out what makes them tick, what tools they use to get the job done, and what life is like on the road

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Round1 Bowling Center lit with elektraLite ML-902 fixtures

elektraLite’s ML-902 Strikes Big in Round1 Bowling Center Chain

EL SEGUNDO, CA — For Cosmic Bowling night, house lights go dark and the lanes beckon bowlers in an electrifying glow of colored beams, with spinning gobo patterns swirling around the space. To achieve this, Round One Entertainment, owner of the upscale Round1 bowling and amusement center chain, is currently installing elektraLite’s newly released ML-902 LED moving profile spot fixture into all of its US locations to electrify the night.

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Knucklehead Bowling gets assist from Chauvet Lighting

Cygnus Lighting Transforms Knuckleheads Bowling Center with Chauvet DJ

WISONSIN DELLS, WI  – There aren’t many towns of 1,200 that attract over 4 million tourists a year, but then few things about Wisconsin Dells are ordinary. Billing itself as the “Waterpark Capital of the World,” this rural hamlet is home to 20 waterparks, including the largest in the United States. For drier fun, there’s also go cart racing, safaris, skydiving and similar attractions. Knuckleheads Bowling and Indoor Amusement Park fits right into the fun-filled spirt of Wisconsin Dells.

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Martina McBride Lighting controlled by Andre' Huff

Martina McBride Tour LD André Huff Unleashes the Looks with Avolites

KNOXVILLE, TN — After a summer of the fairs/festival circuit, country artist Martina McBride’s new tour design was seen at a variety of U.S. arenas and theatres in October.  Along the road, McBride is following the mantra of her “Love Unleashed Tour” by generously supporting local food pantries and charities for those in need. The tour’s lighting designer and operator, André Huff, sought out reliable control by specifying Avolites’ Sapphire Touch console along with an Avolites Ai media server.

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Ryan Servant

Square Box Systems Names Ryan Servant VP of Business Development in North America

WARWICK, U.K.— Square Box Systems, the U.K.-based company behind the CatDV media asset management (MAM) system, named Ryan Servant V.P. of business development in North America. Reporting to Dave Clack, CEO of Square Box Systems, Servant will work with JB&A, Square Box Systems’ North American distributor, to identify new opportunities and expand customer deployments in the region.

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