Profession: President, Group One Date & place of birth: 18 December 1953, New York What initially prompted the move from the US Air Force to the pro audio industry? I needed a job! I answered an advertisement and ended up working for the US distributor for Revox tape machines and Beyerdynamic microphones as a tech. I really had no knowledge of pro audio or lighting, no experience and, to be honest, no prior interest. It was just one of those opportunities fed by necessity. I got into the business and at the same time I was pursuing a more traditional university degree…
Author: Stewart Hume
Profession: Lighting Designer Date & Place of birth: 28 October 1987, Leytonstone, London, UK What was the catalyst for you joining the industry? I wasn’t very academic, and I didn’t do sports. So that left me with drama. I had a really good teacher and one day I stayed behind to help out with the lighting and set design. I realised that I was really interested in lighting, so for my practical modules I chose lighting and set design. I then went on to study Lighting Design at Central School of Speech & Drama. What was your big break? In my third…
Sound Image, headquartered in Escondido, California, recently added 90 more Adamson loudspeakers to its inventory. Sound Image already carries a significant inventory of E15, E12, SpekTrix and E218. The recent acquisition includes additional E15 and E12 enclosures as well as the new S10 line array and E219 subwoofers. “Our first experience with Adamson was with the purchase of the Yaxis series from Jesse Adamson, who is now our director of business development,” explained Dave Shadoan, President and CEO of Sound Image. “At the time we invested in Y18, Y10, SpekTrix and T21’s for our rental inventory. Years later Jesse and…
Regarded as the master of psychological illusion, Derren Brown recently returned to London’s West End with his latest show Derren Brown: Miracle. Featuring astonishing illusions, unfathomable tricks and a magic spectacle like no other, the show has already achieved mass critical acclaim. Following its work on Derren Brown’s previous shows, White Light once again provided the lighting support for the illusionist’s latest outing. Tim Mascall is the Lighting Designer on the production, having already lit four of Derren Brown’s shows since 2006. Mascall commented: “Miracle is a really unique show. The aesthetic is led by Simon Higlett’s beautiful set design and contains…
Production Manager Matt Towell is no stranger to working with Unusual Rigging, having worked together on numerous West End shows. So when he was brought on board to manage illusionist Dynamo’s first tour, he naturally decided to sprinkle a little Unusual magic into the mix. Towell elaborated: “The initial plan was to have Unusual Rigging supply us with 125 motors for our production rehearsals in LH2 but, as I’ve found from working with these guys in the past, once they’re involved, it’s hard to imagine doing any of the tour without them. “So we enlisted the team to do the entire show,…
The Roland M-5000 Digital Mixing Console, hired by Silence!, was mixing FOH on the 23 date Autour de la Guitare. Lead by world renowned French guitarist JF Lalanne, the Autour de la Guitare also included Robben Ford, Larry Carlton, Christopher Cross, Johnny Clegg, Ron Thal, John Jorgenson, Axel Bauer, Paul Personne, Dan Ar Braz, Michael Jones, JM Ecay and Nono Krief. FOH Engineer, Manu Guiot, Designer of the Notre Dame de Paris musical, was at the helm of the M-5000 for the tour. Commenting on the M-5000, Guiot explained: “It was the first time that I had seen or used…
All That Remains and We Came As Romans shared a mutual admiration for the lighting designs that Lighting Designer Peter Therrien of JDI Productions created using a collection of Nexus Aw 7×7 warm white LED panels and Legend moving heads from Chauvet Professional. Therrien said: “You always like to get good feedback when you design, so all of us involved in this show were thrilled when the bands went out of their way to compliment us. “Aaron Patrick for ATR and Bryan Campbell for WCAR both commented how happy they were with the package and how the lighting had added an…
Profession: Vari-Lite Product Trainer, EMEA Place of birth: Scotland, UK You’ve had quite the career and now sit comfortably as one of the most respected technical lighting trainers in the industry. Where did it all begin? I entered into the professional lighting industry after mainly being a farmer’s wife. After my marriage ended, I got a job helping out as a Production Assistant in my local venue. I gradually realised that I enjoyed the technical side of productions and lighting design really started to interest me. I picked up some part-time work in a club in Stoke-on-Trent and got the chance to…
TPi’s current cover story goes backstage for Biffy Clyro’s latest tour. Kelly Murray chats to their Set Designer, Misty Buckley, about what her job in the creative aspects of touring entails… How did you become involved in set design for touring productions? I studied fashion design at Central St Martins and was more excited about designing and building the show at the end rather than the actual garments. I was hugely inspired by the storytelling and imagination of Alexander McQueen’s shows. But I needed more skills, so I studied technical drawing and model making for film in the evenings at…
Allen & Heath will be presenting its flagship dLive digital mixing series at NAMM 2016, including the new DX32 modular IO remote expansion rack. Also on display will be the new Qu Chrome Edition compact digital range, which adds major new features including Automatic Mic Mixing, a Spectrogram and additional monitor mixes. Making their debut will be several brand new models from the ZED range, designed for recording/gigging artists and AV rental and installation companies, including the new ZEDi hybrid mixers. www.allen-heath.com
