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Lindsey Stirling 2016 tour photo by Steve Jennings

Lindsey Stirling ‘Brave Enough’ 2016 Tour

Lighting designer and director Andrew Nissley is out with Lindsey Stirling, the American violinist, dancer, performance artist and composer, who’s a YouTube sensation with more than a billion total views. Stirling’s music is a combination of classical, pop, rock and dance. Her tour dates tend to be sell-outs and she continues to grow as an artist. The solo dates in the States wrap up this month, then she shares the stage with three more multi-artist U.S. gigs in December. Then she returns to the road for a European leg in 2017.

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WorldStage handled projection for Test Pattern in Documentary Now’s “Final Transmission” episode. Photo by Jordin Althaus for IFC

Recreating the Looks for ‘Stop Making Sense’

Two Projects are Inspired by the 1984 Talking Heads Concert Film’s Looks

In 1984, The Talking Heads released a concert movie like no other, Stop Making Sense. The film, directed by Jonathan Demme in close collaboration with David Byrne, captured the band toward the end of their tour over three nights at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, CA. Widely considered one of the best concert films ever made, Demme used the live performances to really showcase the band’s music and their highly theatrical style.

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Parnelli Awards photo by Richard Crews

16th Annual Parnelli Awards

The 16th Annual Parnelli Awards was on track to be its typical high-energy, funny, and emotional show … and then Tom Petty surprised the audience by taking the podium. He flew in himself and 11 members of the Heartbreaker family to give accolades to his long time tour manager, Richard Fernandez, who received the live events highest honor, the Parnelli Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Stage manager Jeff Van Duyn came out to tell host Adrian Belew that the event was not, in fact, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

Producing the Parnelli Awards

Adrian Belew, Tom Petty, Richard Fernandez, Danny O’Bryen and Greg Mackie were among the impressive list of luminaries at the 2016 Parnelli Awards. This year’s honorees, award winners, and guests celebrated at the largest Parnelli Awards ever produced during the annual bash held on Oct. 22, 2016 at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The much anticipated evening is not only about honoring our peers but it really is a testament to the collaborative and supportive nature of our industry as the Parnelli’s list of production partners makes clear. Access Event Solutions, Atomic, OSA, PRG, SGA Production Services, Stage Crew, and TPI Technical Productions Inc. all contributed to the successful production. 

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Kevin 'Deuce' Christoper lit his tenth tour with the band this year. Seibo provided the lighting gear, and Solotech was the video vendor. Journey tour photo by Steve Jennings.

Journey 2016 Tour

Kevin “Deuce” Christopher has worked with the band Journey since 2004 on 10 tours, domestically and internationally, as both lighting designer and director. He’s developed a great relationship with the band, both personal and professional, tackling the challenge of representing the band’s “persona” with his visual design.

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A total of 108 Lumenbeam large color changing 10 degree fixtures were used to light up the bridge, which has stretched across the Cumberland River in Clarksville, TN since 1890. Photo by Joseph Hilliard

Lighting the RJ Corman Railroad Bridge

Lumenpulse Sets a 19th-Century Structure Aglow using 21st-Century Technologies.

Lumenpulse, a specification-grade LED lighting solutions manufacturer, recently provided their Lumenbeam luminaires for the restoration project of the RJ Corman Railroad Bridge. Built in 1890, yet still structurally sound, the bridge, spanning the Cumberland River in downtown Clarksville, TN, was rusting and appeared dilapidated. A simple new coat of silver paint just would not do.

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Roof system at Florida Central

Applied Electronics

It is hard to imagine that, with the vast proliferation of manufacturers, dealers, and rental houses operating in the production world these days, a young production design company would panic about fulfilling an order after it was awarded a contract. Such were the circumstances that led Scott Humphrey and his father, Jim, to acquire Applied Electronics (AE), however.

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From left, Allison Skurtveit, Wolfgang Staley, John Gonzalez, Hannah Haldeman and Amari Smith watch Perseus McDaniel tell a story in NTID’s Tales from the Deaf Side. Captions on the set’s back wall let the hearing audience follow the story as well. Photos by Nic Minetor

Tales from the Deaf Side

National Technical Institute for the Deaf  Theatre Uses Captions, Projections

Most hearing people never give the word “Earth” a thought, but to deaf people, it’s a word that starts with “ear”—proof that our planet is a world meant for people who can hear.

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Politics in the Workplace

Politics in the Workplace

Will you work for anybody that comes calling for our industry?

Everyone is hopped up on the current presidential race, and if you’re not posting memes on Facebook, you’re talking about it at your gigs. Would you work for a campaign you didn’t like if the gig came calling? Well, how professional are you? Can you keep your mouth shut, do your job, and collect that fat paycheck for someone you don’t agree with?

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The lobby wall, fed by Coolux's Pandoras Box

A Tale of Two Walls

I’m gonna build a wall. And it’ll be the best wall you’ve ever seen. And someone else is going to pay for it. Honest. My wall is going to make everyone realize that video is king and all those other disciplines are weak. Lights, Bah. You can’t make a wall out of lights. Although I did see a spry, young group of eager kids once make a wall of Source Fours into a pixel-mapped wall-esque display and actually put pictures of Fred Foster (CEO of ETC Theatrical) up, and it wasn’t half bad. And then there’s Rammstein.

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