The iHeartRadio Music Festival marked its 10th anniversary in a virtual setting this year by recording its headline artists live, with no audiences, in Los Angeles and Nashville. Lighting Designer, Matthew Ardine handled the LA portion of the show, which hosted Miley Cyrus, Migos, Alicia Keys, Swae Lee, Khalid and Usher at the iHeartRadio Theater – harnessing an array of Claypaky fixtures. The two-day mega-concert was live streamed on September 18 and 19 and viewable on The CW app; it was broadcast September 27 and 28 on The CW and iHeartRadio stations nationwide. Ardine has been one of the iHeartRadio…
Author: Jacob Waite
Taking place this year from 9 to 13 November, TPi’s Production Futures goes online, offering a week of free web-based learning, resources and engagement with the global live events industry. The event also marks the return of the TPi Breakthrough Talent Awards, where students, freelancers and young people can be in with a chance of winning a seat at the TPi Awards 2021. TPi’s Jacob Waite catches up with last year’s Young Freelancer of the Year, Oli Crump to discover how he is keeping occupied in lockdown… Where when the lockdown came into force? “I was out with Stereophonics as…
Taking place this year from 9 to 13 November, TPi’s Production Futures goes online, offering a week of free web-based learning, resources and engagement with the global live events industry. The event also marks the return of the TPi Breakthrough Talent Awards, where students, freelancers and young people can be in with a chance of winning a seat at the TPi Awards 2021. TPi’s Jacob Waite catches up with last year’s Production Rookie, Harry Boyde to discover how he is keeping occupied in lockdown… Where when the lockdown came into force? What project(s) were you working on? “I was in…
Taking place this year from 9 to 13 November, TPi’s Production Futures goes online, offering a week of free web-based learning, resources and engagement with the global live events industry. The event also marks the return of the TPi Breakthrough Talent Awards, where students, freelancers and young people can be in with a chance of winning a seat at the TPi Awards 2021. TPi’s Jacob Waite catches up with last year’s Undergraduate of the Year, Owen McIlreavy to discover how he is keeping occupied in lockdown… Where were you when the lockdown came into force? “When the COVID-19 pandemic situation…
Viable jobs. Remember those? Companies formed to make things or provide services that took people on to help them achieve their goals. The revenue generated then went towards paying those people; they were called wages, fees, salaries and so on. We had lots of viable jobs; we still do – we just don’t have a viable industry to serve with them and that’s not really our fault. Our generous Chancellor has designed a support system for viable jobs. It’ll work for some, but it certainly isn’t a fix for those employed in a sector that is crawling from remaining project…
Taking place this year from 9 to 13 November, TPi’s Production Futures goes online, offering a week of free web-based learning, resources and engagement with the global live events industry. The event also marks the return of the TPi Breakthrough Talent Awards, where students, freelancers and young people can be in with a chance of winning a seat at the TPi Awards 2021. TPi’s Jacob Waite catches up with last year’s Standout Talent, Dylan Barber to discover how he is keeping occupied in lockdown… Where when the lockdown came into force? “I was local to home at the time; I…
What did it mean to win Favourite Power Supply Company at the TPi Awards? “We’d been in the top five since the TPi Awards started, but never managed to clinch the award, so it was a relief to finally win. Not only for myself and the team, but also my son, Jake, who has been immensely supportive of Pearce Hire as far back as I can remember. I am very proud of how he has followed in my footsteps and has very much overtaken me in the industry. Winning the award was not the only surprise of the night, as…
Since March, the Algorithm Productions team has taken the opportunity to develop new virtual production and animation projects in lockdown, harnessing the creative capabilities of real-time graphics tool, Notch. “There has been lots of excitement around virtual production in Unreal Engine with nDisplay and we’ve been working on demos to publish over the coming months,” Creative Director, Kev Freeney informed TPi. He referred to similar work in Notch with a view to augmenting livestreams – exploring what a stage can be when it doesn’t need physical infrastructure. “We’ve been talking loads about why somebody watches a streamed music event –…
Since 2013, Motion Designer / VJ, Tanner Thompson has been freelancing at music festivals and creating custom motion graphics for concerts and shows full time. In 2019, motion graphics studio T2 Visuals was officially established in the live event and music space. For two-and-a-half years, Notch has been integral to motion graphics studio, T2 Visuals’ workflow. “I took the training when it came to LA in April 2018,” began Thompson. “Since then, it has been a really great tool to learn and experiment with. The power, flexibility, and speed of Notch allows me to accomplish a lot in a short…
Kaizen Collective, a creative company set up by Ashton Miranda and Thomas Totten, operates in the live music, song writing, production and visual content realm with a strong belief in taking care of your body and mind. During a unique and unexpected time for the music industry, the collective has uncovered new spaces for focus when it comes to creating music and planning for the return of live shows. Speaking to TPi over Zoom, the duo reflects on a series of landmark lockdown projects. Following the lockdown of live events, Miranda and Totten worked closely with BRIT Award-winning artist, Mabel…
As part of the company’s ongoing support of The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) blueprint, d&b audiotechnik has established a Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) programme, which offers customers the chance to purchase remanufactured systems to reduce rising greenhouse gas emission and the consumption of raw materials. The CPO programme is one part of d&b’s commitment to sustainability. Other initiatives include the signing of the WIN-Charta – an initiative of the State of Baden-Wuertemberg – in which d&b audiotechnik has committed to meeting far-reaching sustainability projects. “As part of this, we have expanded the electric car charging infrastructure in our company headquarters in…
The idea of Streamly is simple; a platform for live events, which allows fans to choose which camera they view in real time without any interruption of the audio feed, providing users a unique live experience. The brainchild of 12 South Creative’s Rich Allen, the app – which dates back pre-COVID-19 – has now taken on a new dimension following the growing demand for interactive, live music experiences in lockdown. “I’d had the idea for some time,” reflected Allen, who explained that the goal of Streamly was orginally targeted at performing artists as an extension of their touring campaign. “We…
The O2 Arena has announced it will host its first live music event for more than eight months, with British band Squeeze set to play to socially distanced fans on Saturday 5 December 2020. The arena event is a major step forward in getting the live event industry back up and running after all venues were closed in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The socially distanced event will see the venue’s capacity reduced from 20,000 to 4,700, with tickets being sold in groups of twos, threes and fours only and a seating configuration which is in line with the…
Pantomime dames, creative workers and others excluded from UK government support during the COVID-19 pandemic joined together on Wednesday 30 September for a colourful and creative protest through Westminster. The Panto Parade, which started in the West End, highlighted the postponement and cancellation of this year’s pantomimes scheduled in theatres across the UK, and the damage to the theatre and live events industry caused by the COVID-19 crisis. The dames donned colourful costumes and campaigners held banners with poignant slogans such as “22 years a stage manager. It’s not just a viable job, it’s my life”; “Arts is valid, we…
SLLFX hosted a groundbreaking 24-hour livestream with esteemed dubstep DJ SHIVERZ DA BUTCHER from Saturday 19 to Sunday 20 September. The event was broadcast via The Dub Rebellion’s YouTube channel in collaboration with SoundShield and Subtle Sounds. An idea that originated from a viral tweet in March of this year, the marathon livestream, which was operated via SLLFX’s state-of-the-art livestream studio, was a particularly unique project for the SLLFX team. “The livestream was a fantastic event for us to be involved in,” explained SLLFX Managing Director, Adam Turbill. “Not only was it a continuous 24-hour broadcast, which is a feat…
Having invested in Martin Audio’s large format Wavefront Precision Longbow (WPL) early last year, Virginia-based Southard Audio became the first of two co-operative live event production companies in the US to acquire the premium line array. Servicing a wide range of events in the mid-Atlantic region, Southard found much of their workload in the surrounding East Coast states cut off after COVID-19 struck and even in the academic sector — a market segment in which they are usually particularly active — the normally busy Orientation Events week was virtually wiped out. One that did go ahead, albeit under heavily moderated…
Prolyte has introduced a new distributor of Prolyte products for the Russian market – SCENA. SCENA was founded in 2016 by specialists with many years of experience in the field of equipment for cultural facilities and social and entertainment events. In different times one stays constant. Great quality and support from truss manufacturer with over 25 years experience. Prolyte is available at Russian market like never before,” SCENA’s Nikita Safonov said. Having been a leading manufacturer and supplier of aluminum truss and staging for a long time, Prolyte has gained its reputation in providing the highest quality and safe products…
The organisers of the Pizza Stock fundraiser, which took place at the Events United Studio Lab, came up with an engaging graffiti-like display that wove images together on the massive 7.2 million-pixel curved wall made of CHAUVET Professional F2 LED panels. “The folks from Pizza Stock were impressed by how clean their graphics looked on the wall, both in person and to the livestream audience,” said Tim Messina, owner of Events United. “This annual event raises funds for mental health and suicide prevention. The video wall allowed them to acknowledge all of their sponsors without taking anything away from the…
