A light rain was falling intermittently on the July evening when Citizen Cope took the stage at the Stony Creek Brewery, an outdoor music venue just off the Long Island Sound. The weather didn’t affect the large crowd that turned out to see the widely acclaimed singer-song writer who was in the middle a national tour in support of his “Helicopters and Heroin” album. It did however, present his lighting designer, Peter Spadaro III with an inspiration. Seeing the mist roll in off the sea on a drizzly night, Spadaro directed his rig’s CHAUVET Professional Maverick MK1 Hybrid fixtures into…
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East Shore Sound owner Bill Saltzer and his team were provided the intercom systems at Telemundo Networks’ 2019 Latin American Music Awards, held at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. To connect the intercom system throughout the venue, the East Shore Sound team relied on Luminex GigaCore network switches. “We started using Luminex GigaCore switches about two years ago, primarily with Riedel’s Bolero wireless intercom product,” Saltzer recalled. “We mostly use GigaCore switches for Bolero systems because the integration with Bolero is seamless, and we like how GigaCore handles PTP [Precision Time Protocol] clocking. Also, GigaCore’s PoE capability allows us…
In order to carry out its everyday operations and deliver its extensive range of technical services in a way that has the least impact to the planet as possible, Creative Technology London has invested in VOLTstack 5k power stations, demonstrating another significant step towards further reducing its carbon footprint. Creative Technology Nic Maag, TV and Film Account Manager commented: “Whether it’s making eco-friendly changes to our offices for our employees or innovations for our clients’ events, our mission as part of the NEP Group is to contribute to the change towards a sustainable society. We are committed to minimising our environmental…
VUE Audiotechnik has welcomed the arrival of Victoria Ploesch as Accounting Manager and Kevin Smith as Operations Manager. The backbone of a financially successful company starts with a strong Accounting Manager. Victoria brings over 15 years of accounting experience having worked for Dunkin’ Donuts, Pechanga Casino and Columbia apparel and possess two bachelor’s degrees – Accounting and Business Administration. Ploesch’s husband is retired from military service, but during his years of service, Victoria worked for companies in Kansas, and while in Utah, she established one of the first Common Core certification firms. Her experience will bring an improvement to VUE’s…
Martin Audio has made a dynamic start to the New Year with the announcement of the X218 subwoofer, extending yet further the company’s best ever selling portable series, BlacklineX. BlacklineX, announced back in 2016, was the first new series developed under the management of Dom Harter and was an instant hit, delivering performance and value for a range of applications including portable sound reinforcement and stage monitoring for live bands, DJ’s and corporate events, to installations in nightclubs, bars, commercial spaces and Houses of Worship. The original line-up comprised just a 15” and single 18” subwoofer and so as Harter…
Solid State Logic (SSL) has released its latest Live V4.10 feature packed update for the entire range of SSL Live consoles including; L100, L200, L300, L350, L550 (including L500 and L500 Plus) as well as their SOLSA software. The new release provides live engineers with a host of beneficial features that expands their workflow and control: Event Manager The new Event Manager allows live engineers to create Events that can perform one or more actions when one or more input states are met. This means that a single trigger can activate multiple output actions, or multiple triggers can activate a single output…
Showing alongside innovative new Elation Smarty, Fuze and Paladin range lighting products at the 2020 NAMM Show in Anaheim will be all-new atmospheric effects in the company’s new Magmatic range, as well as the latest lighting control products from Obsidian Control Systems. Held January 16-19 2020 at the Anaheim Convention Center, the Elation team welcomes lighting professionals to Booth #11337 for a closer look at the following exciting innovations and much more. On display will be the new Smarty MAX, an extreme-output Spot/Beam/Wash hybrid moving head featuring a new Platinum FLEX 400 lamp rated at 480W with up to 4,000…
Following a stellar 2019 for entertainment lighting, LED video and effects equipment manufacturer ADJ, the company is preparing to kick off the new decade with a significant presence at the 2020 NAMM exhibition in Anaheim, CA. Taking place later this month, The NAMM Show is a global event for music, sound and entertainment technology professionals that ADJ will use to debut new products as well as showcase many best-selling fixtures from its existing range. Officially launching at NAMM 2020, ADJ’s new MDF (Magnetic Dance Floor) System is a robust, lightweight and extremely easy to setup portable LED dance floor solution.…
When British Lighting Designer Stu Dingley realised, back in 2018, that most of the acts he was servicing were Los Angeles based, he made the radical step of moving to California, believing that not only was it a great place to be based, but he could avoid the increasing commute. Most recently he was approached by Meggan Mckenzie, creative director for Atlanta rapper Young Thug, to work alongside her in creating the production and lighting design, and bringing her ideas to life. He was soon dipping into the GLP toolbox in search of his solutions, coming up with the JDC1…
The ever-dazzling International Queen of Burlesque, Dita Von Teese, returned to Australia with her most lavish touring show ever, Glamonatrix. It was the first outing for Phaseshift Productions’ Claypaky Sharpy Plus fixtures, which are capable of being both a perfect beam light and a perfect spotlight. Dita’s Production Manager and Lighting Designer, Alex Goldberg, was thrilled to have the new fixtures at the beginning of her world tour. In Glamonatrix fans were treated to a full evening of comedy and sophisticated striptease that celebrated diverse beauty. Far from being a typical burlesque show, Glamonatrix elevates and modernises the classic 1940s…
disguise has launched r17, the latest update to its award-winning software. Designed in response to feedback gathered from disguise’s community of artists and technicians, r17 dramatically enhances the experience of building projects, unlocks better ways to work and saves time and effort when producing incredible live visuals. “For r17, we’ve listened intently to our users to ensure we’re meeting their needs. The result is a major upgrade to the usability of our software with a range of improvements that are designed to feel great, and help you achieve a faster production and streamlined workflow process,” said Raed Al Tikriti, Chief…
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IPS are the first rental stockist of the new SGM G-7 BeaSt fixture. The unique LED moving head with Beam and Strobe effect incorporates a massive parabolic reflector, which creates zoomable collimated beam effects with a 10,000 Lumen pixel controllable strobe in the centre. IPS MD James Mason said: “I was really impressed with these units from the first time I saw them, as they are able to create such a wide range of effects. Also, they are incredibly bright – and fully IP66 rated.” The G-7 BeaSt fixtures will join a well-established range of SGM products already working hard…
“We were blown away by his incredible work!” So declared the panel of judges in a statement announcing that Matt Blake had won the ChamSys Programmers Contest. Anyone who saw the London-based programmer’s entry in the contest, with its lights pulsating to the driving rhythm of his song selection, would readily agree with this assessment. “Matt made excellent use of the different fixtures on the lighting rig, created lots of different visual effects some static, some moving and made the most of ChamSys powerful control abilities to create a stunning show,” said Chris Kennedy, Director of ChamSys Ltd “This is…
Like many passengers on the flight from Nashville to New York, Landon Bloss donned headphones soon after takeoff. He wasn’t listening purely for pleasure though. Instead, he was taking a crash course in the music of Billy Currington. Like just about everyone in Nashville, Bloss was familiar with the CMT Award winning baritone’s sound, but he had another, more urgent, reason for his intense interest in the star’s extensive body of work. “I was on a load out when I received a call from Gene Jung, Billy’s PM, saying that they needed a LD to fly out the next day…
Fans of Seeed have had to wait a long time for a new record and tour from the 11-piece Berlin based dancehall and reggae ensemble. In fact, almost a year was spent even before the completion of this disk in the preparation. The design collective HELL, based around Nik Evers, Timo Martens and Philip Hillers, took care of the lighting, stage and content design for the tour, in support of the current album, BAM BAM. “One year of preparation sounds like a long time ago,” stated Nik Evers, but this is put into perspective very quickly when considering the complexity…
Global operations director of catering and hospitality specialist, GIG, has received two awards at the National Business Women’s Awards, held at the Millennium Gloucester in Kensington, London on Thursday 12th December. Bonnie May, who has been with the company for over 30 years, won the Veuve Cliquot International Women’s Award category before receiving the accolade of Overall Winner. Judges for the final category took all 21 award winners into consideration before making their decision. The National Business Women’s Awards, now in their second year, strive to raise the profile of industrious, hardworking and enterprising business women throughout the UK. As…
LANG AG has invested in 50 units of Panasonic’s PT-RQ50K projector, which features the world’s first single body compact design in the 50,000 lumens market, to simplify installation and setup at time at large events. In addition, the projector features True 4K resolution with vibrant and immersive images due to the deployment of separate red and blue laser-phosphor drives. High performance is also provided with up to 20,000 hours maintenance-free projection. “Our long-standing relationship with Panasonic and their high brightness projector range is testament to our continued investment in their products,” said Tobias Lang, CEO LANG AG. “With native 4K, Red-Blue…
