This year’s Las Vegas edition of Electric Daisy Carnival once again featured lighting designs from the mind of legendary LD Steve Lieberman and his team at SJ Lighting, who have brought their trademark creative impact to music festivals around the US for over fifteen years. “Scenery has its place in stage design. When it is […]
Meet the LDs who designed and programmed Peso Pluma’s show at this year’s Coachella. Watch the full interview with Marcus Jessup, Lighting Designer “This year, for Peso, as a reggaeton artist, we wanted to create different moments throughout the show to make it special. Being able to use our Color STRIKE M strobes in both our […]
The Rogue R1 FX-B has found a home on Shinedown’s Most recent tour. Check out some rough fan videos of a few of their shows with these guys in action! Lighting Designer Sooner Routhier and Photon Thrower Carter Fulgham really did a great job making the Rogue R1 FX-B look amazing Thanks to Jake […]
Whenever I pick up my gig bag, I always think to myself, “I need to pack less stuff”. The truth is, over the years, I think I have done a pretty good job of making sure that I only take what I need. Depending on the gig, I make sure to pack well, […]
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 […]
It was 30 years ago that the world experienced Live Aid. Bob Geldof and Midge Ure organized this amazing event to promote the relief of the ongoing Ethiopian famine. This event was held simultaneously in London at Wembley Stadium and at Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia. On the same day, events took place based on the […]
NASHVILLE, TN – Lighting designers often like to talk about how they capture music in light, but Chris Lisle has taken this concept a step further on the Chase Rice tour. The well-known Nashville LD, who’s done standout work for the likes of Miranda Lambert, One Republic and Robert Plant, wove images of music and […]
NASHVILLE– LD Drew Gnagey of Magneto Live Design called on the Rogue RH1 Hybrid from CHAUVET Professional to fill a variety of roles in the Rascal Flatts RIOT! Tour. Gnagey is using the moving fixtures in a variety of situations, counting on them to perform as a beam type effect that can punch through its […]
FLAGSTAFF, AZ The 15-passenger van that Brothers Gow rolls with has logged a lot of miles of late, as the much-in-demand jam band has been playing to packed houses from San Diego to Seattle on its current “Bring The Heat” tour in support of its fourth studio album, Reflections. Fans aren’t flocking just to hear […]
Tom Kenny is strutting his Nexus stuff in another amazing tour design, this time for The Who Hits 50!, coming soon to a city near you! Check it out!