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Sanctus Real |
Lighting Co.
Northland Church
Venue
The Rink
Longwood, Fla.
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Apr 30, 2010 at 12:00 AM |
 Lighting Co.
Creative Stage Lighting
Venue:
Various (tour)
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Apr 30, 2010 at 12:00 AM |
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2010 Winter Dew |
Lighting Co.
Light Action Productions
Venue
Snowbasin, Utah
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Apr 30, 2010 at 12:00 AM |
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311 Tour |
Lighting Co.
Premier Global Production Co., Nashville, Tenn.
Venue
Various (tour)
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Apr 30, 2010 at 12:00 AM |
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Dare 2 Share National Tour |
Lighting Co.
Legacy Sound Productions/Zebra Productions
Venue
Pershing Center
Lincoln, Neb.
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Written by Richard Cadena
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Apr 27, 2010 at 12:21 PM |
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FTSI Automation and Control Class |
Let me just get this out there right off the bat - I'm not a
rigger.
So what am I doing in an automation and control class? I'm
glad you asked.
I've been involved in the production industry in one form or
another for over twenty years and I've successfully dodged learning much about
rigging and automation. Until now.
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Written by Richard Cadena
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Apr 12, 2010 at 04:55 PM |
Do you remember the first concert you ever attended? Of course you do. I remember mine like it was yesterday. It was a band called Krackerjack at the Corpus Christi Exhibition Center. They had a bass player named Tommy Shannon (currently touring with Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, Jonny Lang, and Kenny Wayne Shepherd on the Experience Hendrix Tour) and a young guy on the guitar they called "Skeeter." Later on they stopped calling him Skeeter and started calling him Stevie Ray Vaughn.
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Written by Michael S. Eddy
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Apr 12, 2010 at 04:44 PM |
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The Opening Ceremonies |
The
Opening and Closing Ceremonies of any Olympic Games is a daunting production
task, and the ceremonies for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, B.C. were
no different. David Atkins of Australia-based David Atkins Enterprises (DAE)
served as the ceremonies' executive producer and artistic director.
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Written by Bryan Reesman
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Apr 12, 2010 at 04:36 PM |
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A Behanding in Spokane on Broadway, photo by Joan Marcus |
Scenic designer Scott Pask is admittedly a perfectionist. When PLSN called him to discuss his work on the new
Martin McDonagh play A Behanding in Spokane, he was examining a set piece on the new musical Promises, Promises. "I'm on stage," he reveals. "We'll talk, but
I'm kind of looking at something as well. So if I break away for a second,
forgive me." This is a polite but unnecessary disclaimer. It actually takes a
matter of moments to work out what he is doing, and then the passionate Pask is
ready to chat in-depth about Spokane. But that moment emphasizes how he is committed to his work at every
phase of creation.
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Written by Richard Cadena
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Apr 12, 2010 at 04:30 PM |
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When J.R. Clancy marked 31 years... |
The road to corporate success is littered with the ghosts of companies who have spun out in the ditch or otherwise failed to navigate the twists and turns along the way. Life on the corporate streets can be rough. But every once in a great while, a company comes along and defies the odds of survival. J.R. Clancy, the manufacturer of stage rigging systems based in Syracuse, N.Y., has not only survived for 125 years but has thrived in the theatrical rigging market.
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Written by Morgan Loven
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Apr 12, 2010 at 04:16 PM |
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Daughtry on tour |
Daughtry, the group fronted by Chris Daughtry - and also, incidentally, the group who has embraced my favorite font, Bleeding Cowboys - is on tour in 2010. After finishing up some shows in the U.S., the tour is moving to Europe and then on to unspecified locations to entertain U.S. troops. Then it's back to the States for more dates in the U.S. As Daughtry's LD, Matt Mills, says, "This one is going to go for awhile."
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Written by Chris Wangro
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Apr 12, 2010 at 04:07 PM |
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Chris Wangro |
For the first time at the 2010 Winter NAMM show in Anaheim, a special roundtable session was held on the "greening" of music tours and production. The result was anything but predictable. Eight diverse and accomplished pros dove headlong into a two-hour conversation that began with the technicalities and practicalities of environmentally responsible touring practices. They ended on a deeper note delving into the value and worth of our industry "going green."
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Written by Dara Guiney
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Apr 12, 2010 at 04:02 PM |
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Big tours like U2 still require a mix of lighting technologies, not just LED fixtures. |
Over the last decade, stage lighting has taken some extreme curves and turns. What started as a weak source of light in questionable fixtures has emerged as a most viable source of light with new fixtures emerging at a rapid pace. LED lighting has become quite the buzzword with touring productions, bands and management, and is strongly associated with green lighting or environmentally friendly lighting.
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Written by Richard Cadena
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Apr 12, 2010 at 03:57 PM |
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Lex Products Slim Dimmer |
When the package arrived in the mail, I thought it was a mistake. Surely an entire dimmer couldn't fit in the small box that was delivered. When I picked up the box, my suspicions were confirmed; the box was way too light to have much of anything in it and certainly not a dimmer.
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Written by Richard Cadena
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Apr 12, 2010 at 03:50 PM |
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To download a PDF of the April 2010 PLSN Buyers Guide, CLICK HERE.
LEDs have been doubling in brightness every 18 to 24 months for the past 45 years. That trend continues today, and the pièce de résistance is that the prices have been steadily falling. But all of that means very little if LED fixtures can't compete with more conventional stage lighting.
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Written by Paul Berliner
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Apr 12, 2010 at 03:38 PM |
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Alice in Chains |
Now and then, outside of my "bread and butter" role as the world's finest tech writer and world's worst fly-fisherman, I get the opportunity to venture outside of the corporate vacuum - out where the crews work. This wonderful perk has taken me to Rascal Flatts concerts, The Who concerts, Reba McIntyre concerts and many more - to meet the crews and write about how the creative LDs and set designers put their video tools to work.
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Feeding the Machines
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The Travel Bug
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Written by Brad Schiller
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Apr 10, 2010 at 04:58 PM |
I am fortunate that, as an automated lighting programmer, my work takes me all over the world, although I rarely program in my hometown. Travel has its ups and downs (pun intended), and you must learn to make the most of your time as you travel.
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Written by Dan Daley
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Apr 10, 2010 at 04:54 PM |
As goes Maine, so goes the nation," according to the adage that putatively predicts American presidential elections. Replace "Maine" with "Las Vegas" and you'd get a pretty good predictor of the health of the corporate event market in the U.S.
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Written by Nook Schoenfeld
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Apr 10, 2010 at 04:49 PM |
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Illustration by Andy Au |
Over the years, I've come to realize that talent isn't always enough to get you by in life. You might be a gifted designer, but if you can't talk a good game, sometimes a gig may pass you by. To keep working steadily in this wacky business of ours, you have to have an edge, something that makes you stand out, something that makes people remember you long after they've witnessed your talents on a production or shared a meal with you. You've got to have your schmooze down.
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Written by PLSN Staff
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Apr 09, 2010 at 03:04 PM |
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Seussical The Musical, Plant City, Fla. |
Lighting Co.
MWLPS/PRG
Venue
PCHS Theatre
Plant City, Fla.
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Written by PLSN Staff
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Apr 09, 2010 at 03:02 PM |
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Global Dance For Life: Haiti Relief |
Lighting Co.
Nexus Productions
Venue
Denver Coliseum
Denver, Colo.
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Written by PLSN Staff
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Apr 09, 2010 at 02:59 PM |
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Les Mills Fitness Training Workshop |
Lighting Co.
See-Hear Productions
Venue
Arlington Convention Center
Arlington, Texas
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Written by PLSN Staff
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Apr 09, 2010 at 02:55 PM |
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Petroleum Ball with Rat Pack |
Lighting Co.
Onstage Systems
Venue
Hilton Anatole
Dallas, Texas
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Written by PLSN Staff
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Apr 09, 2010 at 02:53 PM |
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Transitions Optical Annual Marketing Sessions |
Lighting Co.
ALS Inc.
Venue
Disney's Yacht & Beach Club Resort
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