Named the Lighting Director of the Year for his work on AC/DC at the 23rd Annual Parnelli Awards, Wilson is a well-respected and much beloved Lighting Designer and Lighting Director whose credits include a wide range of iconic bands.
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The 2024 Nook Schoenfeld Lighting Designer of the Year for his work on “Hans Zimmer Live,” Featherstone’s dynamic career covers concert touring, live events, corporate, commercial, museum, and even arboretum projects. He is also Founder and Principal of the design firm Lightswitch.
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Tour Manager Laura Strayer, who is currently heading up Alanis Morissette’s ‘Triple Moon Tour’, was just named this year’s winner of the Parnelli Award for Patrick Stansfield Tour Manager of the Year. Strayer spoke with PLSN about her career, advice she’s gotten, and given along the way, and her philosophy of tour management.
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Zito is this year’s winner of the Parnelli Award for Patrick Stansfield Production Manager of the Year. He’s currently out with Green Day and recently joined 340 Productions. The well-respected one name monikered Production Manager spoke with PLSN about building his career and mentoring the next generation.
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We learn a bit more about Lighting Director Kyle Lovan, whose most recent gig is Zach Bryan’s ‘The Quittin’ Time Tour ’24.’
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Roger Gant, Principal of RogerThat, LLC is a Lighting Designer who recently designed the Billy Strings tour.
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Melody Tseng is a Creative Producer with Live ReDesigned and was recently the Art Director/Set Designer for Alanis Morissette’s Triple Moon Tour.
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Eddie “Bones” Connell, a Parnelli winning Lighting Director, talks about his time as the longtime Lighting Director for the late country star Toby Keith and his career today, and he has some advice to share.
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In case you missed it, the General Device Type Format (GDTF) group recently reminded us that they have posted training materials on the GDTF & MVR channel on YouTube, including a six part video series that walks you through using the GDTF Builder to create a GDTF file yourself for fixtures that don’t have the GDTF data provided by the manufacturer. Ready to start building your own GDTF lighting fixtures? GDTF’s 6-part video series will walk you through the process step-by-step.
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We’re glad you’re joining us for more industry conversations. This month, I would like to give over my Editor’s Note to Kara Kemp, General Manager for Touring Career Workshops out of Nashville. Kara created a blog post for May, which was Mental Health Awareness Month, but since Mental Health is a topic which we need to be addressing all throughout the year, PLSN wanted to share this.
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Well Dunn is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing opportunities for socioeconomically diverse students across the music and entertainment industry. One of our industry’s most enthusiastic mentors, David ‘5-1’ Norman stepped down from serving as the Foundation’s President due to increasing touring commitments, but 5-1 has been and remains a driving force for Well Dunn, which offers assistance for hundreds of college students, providing mentorship, scholarship opportunities, internships, and job placement.
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Rich Barrett/Quinn, the Head Lighting Designer and Programmer for Deep South Productions, has over 35 years’ experience, and though diagnosed with ALS, he continues to share his passion for the industry.
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