MORRISON, CO – “Great things in business are never done by one person,” wrote legendary Apple founder Steve Jobs. Replace the word “business” with “production,” and Julien Reux would readily agree with that. The young, talented Los Angeles-based LD experienced the power of collaboration firsthand recently when he lit a Red Rocks show for pop […]
SENTA, SERBIA – When they entered the pastoral grounds of the ÁRKÁD Green Future Festival with its wide open meadows and forested trails on the banks of the Tisa River, visitors experienced an immediate sense of freedom. It was a welcomed, liberating mood that would later be heightened by the music performed on the event’s […]
NASHVILLE – Every once in a while, Craig Richter runs into someone who isn’t familiar with the music of Halestorm, despite his Grammy-winning client’s cult-like following. When that happens, then he has a ready answer: “I always tell them, ‘this is modern rock with deeply classic roots,” said the Nashville-based LD. For the band’s current […]
CHESHIRE, UK — Reality has a way of interfering with even the most carefully laid out plans. Elliot Banes was reminded of this late last month when he arrived at the stately Cholmondeley Castle to light the main stage at the Outlook festival. Tasked with lighting dozens of different acts across the jungle, drum & […]
HILDESHEIM, DE – Flexibility is a valuable attribute, not only in a lighting rig, but also in the designer who creates it. Cevin Richter offered convincing proof of that this August at the M’era Luna alternative music festival. Tasked with lighting “The Disco Hangar” a large space within the two-day festival (it takes place in […]
HARARE, ZIMBABWE – The sprawling Belgravia Sports Club was packed with fans this summer when Grammy winner Burna Boy stepped onto the stage a little after 10:30 as part of his Space Drift Tour. It didn’t take long, however, for the mood at the big outdoor facility to take on the intimate air of a […]
BELMONT, OH – Adaptability is one of the most valuable virtues. Zakk Bosserman has no argument with that time-honored adage. As the lighting designer for the prolifically touring country star Chase Rice, he has become a master at molding a wide variety of house and festival rigs to fit his client’s versatile blend of music. […]
TORONTO – Every country music song tells a story, and as Andrew Dawson sees it, those tales can be written in light as well as melodies and lyrics. As lighting designer for the Juno Award winning James Barker Band, Andrew Dawson gets ample opportunities to engage in “illuminated storytelling,” thanks to the rich narratives chronicled […]
NEW YORK – Legendary frontman Ian Astbury and The Cult have “always been fans of warm blinder light from a low and back position,” says Matt Guminski, the band’s lighting designer, programmer, and operator. For his part, Guminski is a self-described “fan of contrasting warm tungsten (or a proper tungsten emulating LED), that works harmoniously […]
LOS ANGELES – “The perfection of art is to conceal art,” wrote the Roman philosopher Marcus Fabius Quintilianus. More than two thousand years later, the insight he expressed continues to motivate creatives everywhere, who strive to express their visions in ways that make it appear as if they have sprung forth on their own. Will […]
MIAMI – (For Immediate Release) – Summer festivals are always full of surprises for anyone working in production, and not all of them have to do with unpredictable weather. Set to light Rolling Loud’s high-profile Snipes Stage where Money Man, Big30, Sleazyworld Go, and Curren$y (who helped start the hip-hop bash back in 2015) would […]
NEW YORK – Like some ancient deity of the underworld, Quintillian Speakers are shrouded in mystery. Even readers engrossed in the Vaxis 2 story, from which they sprang, know little about this ancient race of beings, other than that they are made of energy, and can turn up anywhere… even at this summer’s Coheed and […]