NASHVILLE – Gabby Barrett had two simple words of advice for Erik McCandless when he set out to design the show for her 45-city 2023 North American tour: think big! The rising, young multi-platinum country star wasn’t thinking about the size of her rig, or its punching power. She was more interested in how expansive […]
MELBOURNE – It’s been said that history moves to music. This was beautifully evident at the Rod Laver Arena on Sunday November 26 as an array of stars gathered to celebrate the life and legacy of the late the late Michael Gudinski at Mushroom 50 Live! Gudinski founded Mushroom Records in 1972. Over the years, […]
COLUMBIA, SC – A very accomplished painter when she isn’t busy as a LD, Denise Simpson says that she often likes to play with colors to do things a little differently when designing shows. This was beautifully evident this December when she lit “The Christmas Experience,” a well-orchestrated one-hour musical program at the Lexington Baptist […]
NEW IPSWICH, NH – The ability to think outside the box is often the lifeblood of a successful production design, even when that “box” is the actual stage itself. Such was the case recently for the team at Events United when they had to come up with a way to light the artists performing at […]
SOUTHAMPTON, UK – Hayden Borgars says that he’s always tended to view the lighting fixtures in his rig as musical instruments, not merely illuminating with them, but also “playing” them in ways that flow with the sound of his clients. On the just-completed Sacred Blasphemy UK tour by Creeper, Borgars demonstrated his virtuosity on the […]
SAN FRANCISCO – Even those who might be a little leery about attending an EDM or rave show would probably walk away from a Gryffin concert impressed by what they just heard and saw. Praised by one critic for creating “EDM For Everyone,” the uber-talented California artist captivates fans of many stripes with the sheer […]
CHANDLER, AZ – At times it seemed that everything that could go wrong would go wrong at the one-day Desert Sky Music Festival. Not only did rain delay the 2pm start of the first act by over 30-minutes, but once the music started playing, bumps in the road kept threatening to derail the best-laid plans. […]
ZURICH – Except for some single-minded fans of genres like opera, or baroque chamber ensembles, it’s impossible for any music lovers of any stripe to attend the Zurich Open Air Festival and not find multiple performances to love. A musical melting pot, the three-day festival held in suburban Glattbrugg, features artists from an incredible array […]
WINDOW ROCK, AZ – When asked what he attributes Megadeth’s enduring success to, Dave Mustaine, frontman and founder of the iconic, Grammy-winning band quips, “stubbornness.” Of course, fans, like the 10,000-plus who packed the fairgrounds at the 75th annual Navajo Nation Fair would respectfully disagree. For them, there’s much more than mere tenacity behind the […]
NASHVILLE – Color has always been “a huge part of our design process.” Dayne deHaven says of the work that he and his collaborator at the District 5 design studio, Tyler Shapard, have been doing for The Band Camino. Fans of the red-hot rock-pop trio would readily agree; the band’s music is so evocative, that […]
TORONTO – Alex Mungal readily admits it: he can get pretty nerdy when it comes to Star Trek. Metal music fans who packed venues in 33-cities for Motionless in White’s just-concluded Touring The End Of The World tour of North America can readily understand why. Channeling his fascination with all things Galactic, Mungal opened a […]
LAS VEGAS – A lot can happen in a month. Just ask Antonio Herrera Pérez, better known to the world as Mexican music superstar Junior H. A few short years ago, as a high school student in Utah, the Guanajuato-born musician-singer uploaded some of his work on YouTube as “a hobby.” The daily flow of […]