The Art of the Schmooze
Over the years, I've come to realize that talent isn't always enough to get you by in life. You might be a gifted designer, but… Read More »The Art of the Schmooze
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Elation ELED Par RGB Zoom
Elation Professional's ELED Par RGB Zoom, an RGB-mixing LED PAR, has a zoom feature goes from 10 to 60 degrees in less than one second. Well-suited for stage shows, theaters, clubs and live concerts, the fixture offers a tight beam for long throw or wide coverage for short throw applications, offering a combination of dynamic beam control, bright output, smooth RGB color mixing and flicker-free operation.
Read More »ETCP Testing to Take Place at InfoComm 2010
LAS VEGAS – Entertainment Technician Certification Program (ETCP) Rigging-Arena and Entertainment examinations will be offered for the first time at InfoComm this year. The application deadline is set for May 7, 2010.
Read More »LumenRadio and TMB Sign Distribution Agreement
FRANKFURT, Germany – Shortly after Prolight+Sound, TMB announced an agreement to distribute LumenRadio of Sweden's products in North America, Central America and the U.K.
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Tackling the Challenge of Building a Stadium on the Beach
MIAMI – For the 2010 Super Bowl Week festivities on South Beach, Florida, Direct TV hosted the 4th Annual Celebrity Beach Bowl, and Light Action Productions, with support from sister companies Applied Electronics and Staging Dimensions, tackled the challenge of building a stadium on the beach.
Read More »The Travel Bug
I am fortunate that, as an automated lighting programmer, my work takes me all over the world, although I rarely program in my hometown. Travel has its ups and downs (pun intended), and you must learn to make the most of your time as you travel.
Read More »Vegas, Baby!
As goes Maine, so goes the nation," according to the adage that putatively predicts American presidential elections. Replace "Maine" with "Las Vegas" and you'd get a pretty good predictor of the health of the corporate event market in the U.S.
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The Art of the Schmooze
Over the years, I've come to realize that talent isn't always enough to get you by in life. You might be a gifted designer, but if you can't talk a good game, sometimes a gig may pass you by. To keep working steadily in this wacky business of ours, you have to have an edge, something that makes you stand out, something that makes people remember you long after they've witnessed your talents on a production or shared a meal with you. You've got to have your schmooze down.
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American DJ P64 LED Plus Adds Master/Slave
American DJ has added master/slave capabilities to its P64 LED Plus. Multiple units of the fixture can be linked together with a 3-pin XLR cable and they will all follow a "master" program to produce a synchronized light show.
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Boca Flasher SBL-WWW
The SBL-WWW has been added to Boca's brick lights. It features 48 1.2W LEDs per linear foot and "CleanDim" technology. It has a CRI of 92 and white light with a choice of color temperatures including 2700, 3000, 3500, 4100, 5000, 6500K or custom (monochromatic triads).
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Chauvet COLORado 1-Tri Tour
The new COLORado 1-Tri Tour from Chauvet features 14 3W tri-color LEDs and features color temperature presets from 3,200 K to 10,000 K and five distinct dimming curves.
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GAM Go-Lite
The GAM Go-Lite is a cue light that can be screwed or nailed, taped, Velcroed or mounted in a junction box. It is available in four colors – white, red, blue and green – for a variety of cuing combinations for different performers and/or multiple functions.
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