GREEN BAY, WI — With a name synonymous with dignity — most of the time, anyway — the Oval Office doesn’t appear to be content with being known as just another strip joint for cheeseheads. The 15,000 square-foot gentlemen’s club is also seeking a “no expense spared” look with Robe moving lights and Anolis LEDs supplied by Sound Stage Systems.
Read More »GOLDEN, CO — Barbizon Lighting Company said Tobin Neis has assumed the role of marketing manager, taking over for Traci Lacey, who will be working part-time for the marketing team as a marketing project coordinator. Neis, a part of the organization for over 12 years, was responsible for starting up the company’s Chicago office, and is now based in Lawrence, Kansas.
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“Where do you get your ideas?” The question is trite, perhaps, whether you’re a novelist or a lighting designer, but it gets asked so often because the answer is so mysterious. For lighting designer Paul Normandale, it’s “the most exciting part of what we do” — that outpouring of creativity in the “scribble-CAD-to-fruition” zone. For Coldplay’s Viva La Vida tour Normandale designed the lighting, Mark “Sparky” Risk served as lighting programmer/director, and Justine Cat-terall worked as part of the video content production crew. Here are a few details on how they achieved the looks for the tour.
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LD Joe Labbe is concentrating hard on the stage. The lights are out and he’s waiting for the band to come back into a song. It’s just like any other night until Of a Revolution’s lead singer Marc Roberge says to his bandmates, “Let’s go into another song.” Labbe, who is on his first tour with the band, hears about the switch in his personal monitors and panics. “In a matter of seconds I had to find the right page where the song is,” he recalls. “I thought, “Why are you doing this to me?’ It turned out to be a fun night. I made it through and got it to where it needs to be. It was one of those nights that I walked away feeling awesome.”
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If others see that this is both beautiful and that it works, then they just might be willing to try it themselves. Such is the hope of the lighting and visuals designer Andi Watson and the planet-friendly band, Radiohead. Lead singer Thom Yorke is a member of the environmental advocacy group Friends of the Earth, and the other band members and crew join his interest in taking the steps necessary, however inconvenient, to tread as lightly as possible on a fragile planet.
Read More »NORTH CREEK, NY — Creative Stage Lighting has launched CSLstore.com, a wholesale lighting web store. Dealers and clients can place orders, search and browse products, check order status, save products and supplies to a “favorites” list and more. CSL dealers can also review their account status and purchase history.
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BURBANK — Ramzi Shakra has recently joined Electrosonic Inc. as senior marketing manager. He will be in charge of the company’s marketing efforts in the U.S. and support Electrosonic Group worldwide. He was formerly marketing director of Doremi Labs.
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Every once in a while you get to work on a gig that you wish would never end. An event that delights you and makes you happy to go to work every day. Last week I started work on a production that should take at least 18 years to complete.
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Fifteenth century Italy had its Renaissance men, but we have our Renaissance machines — software and hardware in a variety of areas that will redefine the entertainment lighting industry as we know it. This year’s PLASA differed from last year’s in that there seemed to be much more change and more innovative new products. And unlike years past, there was more than LEDs and media servers.
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Although you can’t download lighting design from iTunes, in many ways it is a lot like music. So says up-and-coming lighting designer Rob Koenig. Koenig is the owner of World View Touring and he’s currently viewing the world and touring with Billy Idol. In this PLSN interview, Koenig tells us how music is like lighting design, why he prefers soft edge fixtures, and why he loves rock ‘n’ roll design.
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