Added to the rig, designed by Lighting Designer Gigi Pedron, on the last few stops of Jimmy Eat World‘s recent tour were 24 CHAUVET Professional Q-Wash 260-LED moving heads. Dwight Slamp, business development manager for production / contractor for CHAUVET, caught one of the shows in California and brought back these great shots of the […]

The lighting world is so poetic and inspiring we wanted to give you a quick reinforcement of that. Read the answers half dozen LDs gave when asked how they see a show without lights. Their comments were extracted from our LD profile series posted throughout the year. A show without lights is like… 1. … […]

Six questions with Austin Grundberg At just 14 years of age, Grundberg has already started his own lighting company, AGLite Inc.His future goal is “to do concerts and touring.” 1. How did you get into this field? I have always been fascinated with fire trucks and their lights. When I finally saw my first concert, I still […]

Part three of three of our interview of Richard Cadena, who sat down for talk with our own Ford Sellers, senior product development manager for CHAUVET. (If you missed it, see part one here and part two here.)

Part two of three of our interview of Richard Cadena, who sat down for talk with our own Ford Sellers, senior product development manager for CHAUVET. (If you missed it, see part one here.)

Six questions with Xavier Pierce Lighting designer and owner of Xavier Pierce Design in New York. 1. How did you get into this field? I was a dancer for about eight years, since I was 7 years old with Florene Litthcut Nichols Inner City Children’s Touring Dance Company in Miami. She had a son who […]

We were pleased to have Richard Cadena at CHAUVET HQ for a three-day seminar from his APT class series. While here, Cadena sat down for talk with our own Ford Sellers, senior product development manager for CHAUVET. Here is part one of three:

Five Questions with Eduardo “Wady” Rodriguez Wady is a lighting designer with more than 20 years experience in the industry and is well-known throughout Latin America, particularly in his home country of Argentina. Throughout his career, he has worked with Ricky Martin, Shakira, Calle 13, Juan Luis Guerra and more. 1. How did you get […]

Josh Groban‘s Straight to You Tour played its first show—back in the States, fresh from its European leg—at the Bank Atlantic Center (which is just minutes away from CHAUVET HQ!) in Sunrise, Fla. We had a chance to see the crooner perform live as well as see 14 of our COLORado Batten 144 Tour linear […]

Six Questions with Thomas Aratanha Fonseca Lighting Designer and Account Manager for Kor Media & Lighting 1. How did you get into this field? I started as an actor studying at Uni-Rio in Brazil. When it came time for everyone to leave the theater so the stagehands could have the stage, I just wanted to […]

Six Questions with Paul McElroy Lighting/Audio/Video Technician for Caven Enterprises, Inc. 1. How did you get into this field? I have been a lighting designer since 1997. I have always been interested in lighting—I was born with it pulsing thru my blood. To quote someone who has personally performed at our club, Lady Gaga’s “Born […]

Five questions with Chris Lisle Production designer for Miranda Lambert CMT Revolution Tour 2010-2011 1. What was the overall vision, theme, or message of your lighting design? The main goal of the design was to give Miranda’s show a look that complemented her musical style, but also conformed to two major criteria: budget and truck […]