PLSN Product News, August 2022
PLSN’s August 2022 issue features new products from ADJ, Blackmagic Design, Claypaky, Creative Conners, Lectrosonics, Prolights, Pro Tapes, RentalPoint, and Vari-Lite.
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CPL Helps the Chill Factor for Tropic Fest Event
Celebrating the spirit, joie de vivre, color and vibrancy of live music, the arts, and the essence of in-person community – back enthusiastically after the pandemic – technical production specialist CPL coordinated and delivered staging, sound, video, lighting and other associated infrastructure to Tropic Fest, a two-day festival style event staged in the beautiful grounds of the historic Chillington Hall in Staffordshire, UK.Read More »CPL Helps the Chill Factor for Tropic Fest Event
Main Light adds More Elation Gear to Inventory in Form of Fuze MAX Spot™
One of the largest dry-hire rental houses in the United States, Main Light, has added Elation Professional’s new Fuze MAX Spot™ LED moving head to its growing inventory of high-quality lighting products. The full-color-spectrum automated LED Spot fixture is currently in stock and available to rent across all Main Light locations. Here’s a video from Main Light demonstrating the Fuze MAX Spot luminaire:
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Jason Aldean Goes Big on Rock N’ Roll Cowboy Tour with Lüz Studio, Bandit Lites
Three-time ACM “Entertainer of the Year” Jason Aldean continues taking his Rock N’ Roll Cowboy Tour to 34 cities nationwide with Bandit Lites and Luz Studio, which has provided production design and creative direction for the tour. Luz’s Matthieu Larivee worked closely with Aldean’s longtime Lighting Director Keith Hoagland to select fixtures.Read More »Jason Aldean Goes Big on Rock N’ Roll Cowboy Tour with Lüz Studio, Bandit Lites
Nederlands Blazers Ensemble Celebrates Nieuwjaarsconcert With Martin Lighting
Lighting design company Light-H-Art used Martin MAC Ultra Performance LED fixtures to provide the Nederlands Blazers Ensemble: Nieuwjaarsconcert 2022 in Amsterdam with lighting that captivated… Read More »Nederlands Blazers Ensemble Celebrates Nieuwjaarsconcert With Martin Lighting
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Claypaky: Tambora Flash, Three in One Fixture
Claypaky’s Tambora Flash is a hybrid fixture that can act simultaneously as a strobe, wash, and blinder. It was specifically designed with a modular approach for use in a linear array, offering new creative opportunities to lighting designers. Click below for more information and an introductory video.
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GLP Helps Lüz Studio Create Illusory 3D Effect for Jack White’s Tour
When Canadian Creative Director Matthieu Larivée, of Lüz Studio, sat down to design the stage set for Jack White’s Supply Chain Issues tour, GLP’s trusty JDC1 hybrid strobe and X4 Bar 20 batten were prominent in his tool kit. And so were an 144 additional ‘virtual’ X4 Bar 20s.Read More »GLP Helps Lüz Studio Create Illusory 3D Effect for Jack White’s Tour
In Memoriam: Randy Mayer, 48
Randy Mayer, longtime Director of Concert Touring for Screenworks/NEP, died Aug. 2. He was 48. Based in the Los Angeles area, Mayer joined Screenworks in… Read More »In Memoriam: Randy Mayer, 48
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Pytch, Chauvet Professional Rock World Procurement Awards
Organizers of the World Procurement Awards, which celebrates the achievements of companies and individuals involved in the procurement supply chain, wanted to endow their show with a “rock vibe” to reflect the bold convention-challenging attitude that drives that industry. Helping to convey this mood was a dynamic production and lighting design by Pytch that emulated the look and feel of rock shows throughout the 02 Intercontinental Hotel in London.Read More »Pytch, Chauvet Professional Rock World Procurement Awards
In Memoriam: James Poole, Lighting Designer/Director, 34
Edward “James” Poole, 34, lighting designer/director, died July 19, 2022, a day before his 35th birthday. Poole was most recently out on tour as lighting designer/director with The Pretty Reckless. Before that, he spent about five years on the road as Tracy Lawrence’s LD.
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Raymond Byrnes Joins Staging Concepts as Western Regional Sales Manager
Industry veteran Raymond Byrnes was tapped to serve as western regional sales manager for Staging Concepts, based in Minneapolis. With more than 12 years of… Read More »Raymond Byrnes Joins Staging Concepts as Western Regional Sales Manager
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RatPac Controls Hires Veteran Lighting Programmer Joshua Thatcher
Boosting its internal ranks of experts, RatPac Controls has hired renowned Lighting Programmer Joshua Thatcher, who comes from a lengthy career on set, as well as IATSE Local 728’s in-house Instructor who focused on lighting control and lighting technology. With credits ranging from TV series Star Trek: Picard and Loki, to features like one of the summer’s biggest hits, Top Gun: Maverick, Thatcher is an industry professional who brings over 20 years of experience to RatPac Controls. Read More »RatPac Controls Hires Veteran Lighting Programmer Joshua Thatcher