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Written by Nook Schoenfeld and Mike Ledesma
They'll light anything - and get paid well for it, too. Nook and Mike give you a window into upper echelons of design and programming for the live event, as well as share the business and technical chops needed to get you there yourself. Check out Nook's website at www.visualventuresdesign.com

The donut table PDF Print E-mail
Written by Nook Schoenfeld
Jul 13, 2008 at 11:24 AM

  Every couple years I decide to go back on the road and live on a tour bus. It generally takes me about 72 hours to realize why I stopped doing this. But then I look at the money coming in and realize it’s a good thing.


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lites and video again PDF Print E-mail
Written by Nook Schoenfeld
Jul 07, 2008 at 09:35 AM

   This month I got to program a tour that wasn’t all hard rock music. Quite a change for me after the last 5 concert tours I programmed this year.


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Heavy Metal times PDF Print E-mail
Written by Nook Schoenfeld
Jun 03, 2008 at 10:48 AM

      This year has been really strange for me in the variety of music I have been lighting. I seem to lighting quite a few heavy metal bands this year. Nothing wrong with metal mind you, I just haven’t bought into it since Deep Purple and Led Zep hung up their rock n roll shoes. (Or did they?).


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Stagnant lighting PDF Print E-mail
Written by Nook Schoenfeld
May 16, 2008 at 10:08 AM

So I’m working with another heavy metal artist this week. A band called Disturbed, a popular hard music act. They are extremely nice guys. If you were stopped at a red light and they got out of the car next to you, it could make you feel a tad uneasy about the impending future. But in real life, they are just good old boys who like to play loud music.


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go with what you know PDF Print E-mail
Written by Jacob
Apr 28, 2008 at 11:56 AM

     Sometimes I get to a one off gig and see a way I can be lazy and get away with a short programming day. But to be honest, anytime I think I’ll luck out in one of these scenarios, it usually bites me in the ass.


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Old studio, new look PDF Print E-mail
Written by Nook Schoenfeld
Apr 08, 2008 at 07:41 PM

    Well I’m back at the old Sound Stage TV studio at WTTW in Chicago. Familiar building, but boy has the look changed. This is my fifth year doing shows down here, with 3 different directors. This time Bob Peterson is at the helm and the difference is quite noticeable.


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One night in Moscow PDF Print E-mail
Written by Nook Schoenfeld
Mar 25, 2008 at 10:11 AM

It's been 10 years since I went to Russia to light a gig. Last time I was there, I had one of those gigs from hell, where it took 2 days to set everything up and it still didn't work correctly. I'm here to say they've come a long way.


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passing it forward PDF Print E-mail
Written by Nook Schoenfeld
Mar 14, 2008 at 05:23 PM
If you've read enough of my jargon, you realize I'm a big believer in "giving something back". In other words, for years people have spent their time teaching me my craft. So now I spend time teaching others the same thing. But this morning I had something cool given to me.

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gig school PDF Print E-mail
Written by Nook Schoenfeld
Mar 05, 2008 at 01:52 PM

     Every year I design the set and lighting for a traveling rock show called “A Taste of Chaos”. Ten bands will perform on 2 stages every night. Each year I take a few young kids and try to school them in the art of setting up and lighting a rock show. Some pass with flying colors while others flounder miserably.

    


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Written by Jacob
Feb 13, 2008 at 01:19 PM

     I light business meetings every now and then. Those boring conferences where people in the same line of work gather to get worked into a frenzy in order to sell sell sell whatever it is their company hawks. They always seem to have a motivational speaker. And I hate these bastards.

 


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