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    Got A Case of the Mondays? How About Some Awesome Grooves?

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    Happy Monday, Chauvet Pro Blog readers!

    Some days we have a case of the Mondays in our business, but we’re here to tell you that it’s only a temporary pause in the zest of life… and speaking of zest, here’s some Ultra Fest 2013 memories to get that Monday blood pumping faster!

    This is a post-show video of all of the most awesome moments from Miami’s Ultra Music Fest 2013.  From the video page:

    RELIVE ULTRA MIAMI 2013 – The Official Aftermovie

    Created by Final Kid http://www.finalkid.com

    Directed and Edited by Charly Friedrichs

    Produced by Robert Buisman & Constantijn van Duren

    Ultra Music Festival Producers: Russell Faibisch, Adam Russakoff, Charles Faibisch, Ray Steinman
    Special Thanks to The City of Miami and Bayfront Park Management and Trust

    Tracklist:

    1. Danny Olson – If I Lose Myself (Epic Orchestral Rendition) (One Republic & Alesso)
    http://on.fb.me/17fdnAd

    2. Alesso VS One Republic – If I Lose Myself Tonight (Mosley Music / Interscope)
    http://www.beatport.com/track/if-i-lo…

    3. Nicky Romero, Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano ft. Fast Eddie – S.O.T.U. (Protocol Recordings)
    Out soon on Protocol Recordings (http://www.protocolrecordings.com)

    4. Solee – Zebra (Parquet Recordings)
    http://www.beatport.com/track/zebra-o…

    5. Ummet Ozcan – Here & Now (Spinnin’ Records)
    http://www.beatport.com/track/here-an…

    6. Nicky Romero & Krewella – Legacy (Protocol Recordings)
    http://www.beatport.com/track/legacy-…

    7. Hardwell & W&W – Jumper (Revealed Recordings)
    http://bit.ly/JumperiTunes

    8. Fedde Le Grand – Don’t Give Up
    To be released

    9. Sebastian Ingrosso, Tommy Trash – Reload (Refune Records)
    http://www.beatport.com/track/reload-…

    10. Arty & Chris James – Together We Are (Big Beat Records)
    http://www.beatport.com/track/togethe…

    Music Selected and Mixed by Charly Friedrichs

    Audio Mastered by L.Henry Sarmiento II at Sonic Vista Studios Ibiza, Spain http://www.sonicvistastudios.com

    In order of first appearance:

    Afrojack – 0:46, again at 12:14
    Nervo – 4:47
    Modestep – 4:51
    Chuckie – 4:54
    Sunnery James/Ryan Marciano – 5:43
    Arty – 6:09
    Tommy Trash – 6:14
    Borgore – 6:34
    Rusko – 6:36
    Eric Prydz – 7:00
    Jamie Jones – 7:06
    Adam Beyer – 7:08
    Seth Troxler – 7:26
    Richie Hawin – 4:46
    Sven Vath – 7:51
    Mark Knight – 7:55
    Porter Robinson – 8:33
    Laidback Luke – 8:46
    Steve Aoki – 8:48
    Dog Blood – 8:53
    Major Lazer – 9:08
    Krewella – 9:14
    Benny Benassi – 9:29
    Azalea Banks – 9:38
    Nicky Romero – 10:04
    Snoop Dogg – 10:08
    Faithless – 10:10
    Dirty South – 10:24
    Hardwell – 11:03
    Avicii – 11:14
    Fatboy Slim – 11:35
    Knife Party – 11:46
    Martin Solveig – 11:50
    Fedde le Grand – 11:59
    Above & Beyond – 12:16
    Calvin Harris – 12:37
    Tiesto – 13:09
    Kaskade – 13:24
    David Guetta – 13:56, 14:20
    Deadmau5 – 14:05
    Armin van Buuren – 16:06

    Get out there and OWN MONDAY!

    Thanks to Sean Verret for the image!

    This Week on The Chauvet Professional Blog

    Parliament Funkadelic on FUNKY FRIDAY on the Chauvet Professional Blog!

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    Happy Friday, lighting industry!  We hope that you are having an excellent end to the official work week, and that your weekend is filled with absolute awesomeness!

    (Consequently, if you’re working this weekend like us, we hope that your weekend is filled with the most fantastic thoughts of peace and happiness!)

    One of the most awesome people in our office does this thing called Funky Fridays, where everyone submits their favorite funkiness for everyone to hear while we work.  Today’s submission for the Chauvet Professional Blog is some excellent P-FUNK!  Enjoy a little FLASHLIGHT with your morning coffee!

    Here’s some P-FUNK from 1978, back when we rocked lighting with PAR cans and dreams!

    CHAUVET Professional Supports Wakefield’s Backstage Academy with Q-Wash 560Z

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    Here at Chauvet Professional, we love to help the next generations of budding lighting designers, technicians, and touring professionals learn their respective crafts!  Students at Wakefield’s Backstage Academy in Yorkshire, UK, benefited from a donation of four CHAUVET Professional Q-Wash 560Z-LED fixtures, which offered them the opportunity to really get some hands-on moving head experience.  The moving washes integrated by the students at the Backstage Academy into one of the school’s main lighting rigs.

    Product specialist for Chauvet UK, Sam Bowden said: “Chauvet is a great believer in the talent of the future, and frequently hires staff who have just completed technical courses. We feel it is essential to support and aid the fresh blood coming into the industry not just to continue to push live events forward in terms of the product available but also to see the unique and varying ways that people use it.”

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    4Wall Lighting’s New iPhone App ROCKS!

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    In case you haven’t heard, one of our industry’s top rental, sales, and design houses, 4Wall Lighting, has come out with an excellent iPhone app to help you with putting together your next production package!

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    You can also use their app to see what’s current out there, what’s best for your next show, what you haven’t seen in the world of light, and what’s new in the world of entertainment lighting news!  Check it out!

    You can download the 4Wall Entertainment Lighting iPhone app here!

    THE WHO Always Starts A Thursday Right!

    Good morning, world!  It’s another great day of light here at the Chauvet Professional Blog!

    This morning, we’re having a special aural treat for you – The Who playing “Behind Blue Eyes” back in 1975.  This is a particularly awesome moment, performed in Houston, TX – one of the first times The Who ever played in Texas!

    The Who is known for pioneering laser and lighting technology in their shows, and America was the first time that any rock band ever deployed laser technology, for example, on a rock tour, and that rock band was The Who!

    Enjoy, everyone!  Happy Thursday morning to you all out there in the lighting industry!

    Chauvet Professional Had An AWESOME Time at PLASA Focus Austin!

    if you’re traveling today or finishing up at the PLASA Focus show in Austin this week, we hope you had an excellent time!  We had a great time meeting you all, talking lumens, and showing off the Chauvet Professional line of fixtures!

    Let us know if you had a chance to see DeAnna Padget’s lecture on Mixing Conventional Fixtures and LEDs — we’ll send her the message!

     

     

    Remembering Those Lost on September 11, 2001

    We here at the Chauvet Professional Blog want to take a moment to send our thoughts to the families and loved ones of those lost on that terrible morning of September 11, 2001.  We can only hope that this kind of treachery never happens again. Here’s to a world of peace and togetherness.

    Where were you on that fateful day?  So many of us were involved in productions that day.  How did the terror attacks on 9-11-2001 affect your life?

    Tribute in Light

    Hump Day Funky: Stevie Wonder Playing “Superstition” on Sesame Street!

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    Happy Hump Day, lighting industry!

    Today is a special day — it’s that day of the week when you realize that there are two more days to the weekend, or two more days to get this week’s work done, or two more days before the weekend’s matinee show schedule, or two more days until a week sit down.  If you’re out with a Broadway show, you might have already done your matinee load-in at 4:30am this morning, and if this is so, we here at Chauvet Professional salute you!

    Here’s something outstanding to get your morning kicking:  Stevie Wonder performing Superstition on Sesame Street back in 1973.  VERY superstitious!

    Enjoy!  Happy Hump Day, everyone!

    Afternoon Energy Boost: Umphrey’s McGee and STS9 Play David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance”

    Everyone ready for an afternoon energy boost?  No need for one of those little White-Out sized bottles of taurine, have some pure musical enjoyment to pump you up!

    Here’s an amazing video of a moment of musical magnitude:  Umphrey’s McGee and Sound Tribe Sector 9 (STS9) rocking David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance.”  Check it out, and have an amazing day!  The lighting design is by Jefferson Waful.

    Enjoy!