AIKEN, SC – John Berret, who co-owns Quest Sound Productions with partner Rob Boggs, used Chauvet Professional fixtures at the Aikens Bluegrass Festival. The setup included eight Rogue R1 Beams and eight Rogue R2 Spots, 14 COLORado 1-Tri Tour washes, four COLORado 3p IP blinders and six ellipsoidals, with a ChamSys MagicQ PC Wing for control.
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CHILE – Urdile Audio & Iluminación, PR Lighting’s Chilean distributors, are just one global partner that has been achieving extraordinary success with the Chinese manufacturer’s XR440 BWS, and its smaller sibling the XR330 BWS (denoting that these hybrid, high output moving heads combine Beam, Wash and Spot effect).
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BROOKLYN, NY – On April 7, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted its 32nd class: Joan Baez, Tupac Shakur, Electric Light Orchestra, Pearl Jam, Journey and Yes. Lighting designer Allen Branton lit the annual event, held this year at the Barclays Center, with gear provided by 4Wall PA.
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LONDONDERRY, NH – Tim Messina, owner of Events United, used a collection of Chauvet Professional fixtures including 12 Rogue RH1 Hybrids, six STRIKE 4 warm white multi-formatted fixtures and 112 PVP X6IP LED video tiles to turn a a 40’ by 40’ corner of this shop into a pop up music video studio. Project 2 Studios used the studio for a video featuring local singer-guitarist Matt Ellenberger.
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Austin, TX-based StageSpot launched its online custom gobo creator that lets users choose from more than 75 pre-made templates or to upload custom images and artwork. The company created its StageSpot platform with pre-built design elements and graphics, plus the ability to manage layers, which makes it easier to modify complex designs.
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NASHVILLE – Emmylou Harris and the Nash Ramblers took the stage at the Ryman Auditorium in celebration of the anniversary of their original live recording of the Grammy-winning 1992 LP, At the Ryman, which took place in an effort to restore the crumbling “Mother Church.” LD Bob Peterson supplemented the house lighting from the Ryman with Bandit Lites VL 3000 Spots, GLP X4S wash lights, along with a grandMA2 lite console for control.
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NEW YORK — When Good Morning America expanded their production facilities at Times Square Studios late last year, Dennis Size, senior vice president of design for Lighting Design Group (LDG) and LD for GMA, specified 20 High End Systems SolaSpot 1500s to augment the new space.
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Eiki International announced that its EK-500 line of LCD projectors is expanding. New units include the EK-510U (MSRP: $6,495), EK-511W (MSRP: $5,495) and EK-512X (MSRP: $4,695). All three models feature durable inorganic LCD panels with a high contrast ratio.
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CYPRESS, CALIF.– One of the nation’s leading Fortune 500 companies showcased thought leadership conferences with non-traditional visual support at multi-venue, multi-screen events powered by Christie®. Unlimited Visibility Inc., led by IBM-partner Drury Design Dynamics, applied their technical prowess to both IBM InterConnect 2017, a global cloud conference, and IBM Amplify, a conference on Watson marketing disciplines, held earlier this year in Las Vegas. Christie Pandoras Box plus Christie Widget Designer enabled the combined team to turn the complex process of mixing traditional presentations and a wide variety of media content into a simplified task with visually compelling results.
LONDON – Now open at the V & A Museum, The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains is the first international retrospective of one of the world’s most pioneering and influential bands. The exhibition offers an immersive and multi-sensory journey through the career of Pink Floyd, chronicling their music, design and staging, from the 1960’s through to the present day. Following the company’s work on last year’s EXHIBITIONISM, the Rolling Stone’s exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery, White Light was called upon to oversee the lighting installation and supply the lighting equipment on this occasion.
SUN VALLEY, CA– Based in Greensboro, NC, GLP partner SE Systems has recently increased its inventory of the German manufacturer’s advanced LED solutions, by adding quantities of the award-winning X4 Bar versatile battens, and investing for the first time in the GT-1 Spot/Beam hybrid. The company has vast experience, having been founded in 1973 by the highly-respected Wade ‘Cliff’ Miller, who remains sole owner to this day.
GRAND RAPIDS, — Trace Adkins is currently out on a US tour through October supporting his 12th and latest studio album, Something’s Going On. Grand Rapids, Michigan-based Odyssey Lighting USA, who has worked with the country music artist since 2014, is once again supplying the lighting complement for the tour, which includes elektraLite LED fixtures as well as an Avolites lighting console.