Lighting Designer Tim Fawkes shares how STRIKE V delivered the punch to match The Prodigy’s energy on stage, whilst striking the right balance between the live festival experience and the demands of the camera. “My first gig with The Prodigy was in 2012. I was teching back then and have been designing for them since […]
We recently caught up with Victor Zeiser Of Squeek Lights to talk about his most recent touring design project with Silverstein and Senses Fail. In the video, Michael Graham sits down with Victor to talk about some of the high points as well as the challenges of designing for two bands with different needs […]
NEW YORK– Even by the standards of pop punk, a genre famous for blending outrageously divergent sounds, The Wonder Years stands out for its incredibly wide-ranging style. Deftly swinging from subtle melodies to heart-pounding choruses in the blink of a musical eye, this freewheeling band from the Philadelphia area takes fans on an emotionally charged […]
July 7, 2015 CHAUVET Professional Recording contracts and stadium concerts are great, but in this era of YouTube and music streaming, a lot of bands are doing just fine without them. Playing everything from jam to jangle and emo to post hardcore, these grass roots groups are building sizable fan bases by purveying their music […]
NASHVILLE – Like many fans, lighting designer Justin Kitchenman of FadeUp Design Group and the team at Elite Multimedia were impressed with rising country music artist Cole Swindell when he opened for superstar Luke Bryan last year. They were in a good position to appreciate this emerging talent, since Kitchenman was the LD on the tour […]
Up and coming LD Matt Collier from Arizona-based jam band Brothers Gow is in the blog today, talking about light, inspiration, and rock and roll with our Customer Engagement and Education Manager, Jim Hutchison. Check it out! Jim: Tell me about Matt Collier the lighting designer. How’d you get started with Brothers Gow, and how has […]
To know Butch Allen is to love Butch Allen, and beyond that, there isn’t much that’s left out of his May 2015 Lighting Insights interview! Check it out! https://www.chauvetprofessional.com/butch-allen-barrier-free-lighting/
TOO COOL!!! Sit down and have a chat with Steve Lieberman of SJ Lighting, the lighting designer and mind behind ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL, as he talks fixtures, Legend 230 SR Beams, in fact 124 of them and making the photons match the music! Check it out! Watch us on YouTube and subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/chauvetprofessional Like us […]
Todd Roberts of Visions Lighting is a master of creating the monster truss rig — we’ve yet to see one that didn’t wow — and we got him for an interview in this month’s Lighting Insights from CHAUVET Professional! https://www.chauvetprofessional.com/todd-roberts-trussing-magic/
Do you watch television? We figured you did… and you’ve probably seen some of Michael Veerkamp‘s lighting design work in doing so! Come talk with Michael Veerkamp, creator of Team Imagination, Inc, as he tells us about his life, his lighting world, and some excellent experiences! Thank you so much for this interview, Michael! https://www.chauvetprofessional.com/adventures-in-lighting-with-michael-veerkamp/ […]
Have you seen Tyler Santangelo rock his NEXUS units out with Rend Collective? It’s truly a sight to see! From the March 2015 Lighting Insights article: When lighting designer Tyler Santangelo decided that floating diamonds would look better than squares on the stage for the Irish Christian experimental group Rend Collective, he simply adjusted the […]
All but unheard of a few years ago, LED technology has clearly made its way into house of worship applications. Like all new technologies, it brings with it not only promise, but questions. We caught up with Stephen Ellison of Stark Raving Solutions to gain insights into the subject of LED theatrical lighting in churches. […]