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Ed Warren – Mirror Ball Magic
Mirror Mirror on the Wall…. So said the Wicked Queen in the Brothers Grimm classic. But Ed Warren has another place where he prefers to hang mirrors – over the stage or dancefloor. The well-known designer whose client list reads like a Who’s Who of rock and EDM artists has famously included the familiar mirror […]
Disturbed’s Visual Journey
Every song tells a story, but in the case of Disturbed, this “story” is more than just a narrative. Instead, it is more like a journey, one that takes fans through a fierce, primal storm of emotions that, as one critic put it “draws us into a realm where light and darkness collide.” Contributing to […]
I’m With The Band – Susan Rose and Melissa Etheridge
If touring with one legend is a dream come true. What do you call lighting two? For Susan Rose, the term “doubly blessed” might do. The talented Tennessee LD spent 19 years touring with Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band, something that qualifies as a career highlight in any book, especially when you throw in […]
Justin Casey – Determined Light
This Tennessee designer’s dance card was full going into 2020, when COVID hit, shutting everything down with a thud. Rather than waiting it out, however, Casey kept the doors open at his HELM Projects studio. There were some small livestream projects, but mostly, he and his crew spent their time learning new skills, particularly in […]
Arizona Bike Week Dazzles With Creative Backstage and CHAUVET Professional
SCOTTSDALE, AZ – The promoters of Arizona Bike week billed their event as a “five-day celebration of motorcycles and music.” This year for the 27th edition of the annual festival, they could have added another feature to their list: mind-bending light and video show! It’s all but impossible to imagine that any of the half-million […]
Cort Lawrence – Infused Light
Art is always evolving, but at pivotal times in its history something more profound happens. It is at these moments, such as during the Renaissance, when science revolutionized painting and sculpture, that art transcends its traditional boundaries and reaches into new realms of knowledge to infuse itself with more powerful, game-changing ways to touch the […]
Anatomy of a Rig – Matthieu Larivée and Billy Strings 2024 Tour
It started with an idea on a European tour bus. It wound up being one of the most innovative production designs in recent memory, one that broke the mold time and time again to result in novel, transformative looks. Grammy-winning singer-guitarist Billy Strings set off the initial spark for this impressive design when he was […]
I’m With The Band – Cosmo Wilson and Judas Priest
Good things come to those who wait. A familiar old cliché? No doubt. But as is so often the case with such sayings, there’s more than a little bit of truth to it. Just as Cosmo Wilson. The well-known designer-programmer was a fan of metal giants Judas Priest since he was a teen. Later, when […]
Joe Beardsmore: Flowing with Tom Odell’s Black Friday Tour
The deepest emotions tend to live in that area between light and darkness, where nebulous boundaries give them endless space to expand and shrink, twist and turn in infinite directions. By devising such a space on stage for Tom Odell’s Black Friday Tour, Joe Beardsmore created the ideal visual setting for music that one critic […]
Ombra Design Enhances Nuclear Tactical Penguins’ Dream Show With CHAUVET Professional and Zalight
REGGIO EMILIA, ITALY – “A Concert For Dreamers.” That is how one music critic described the two-and-a-half-hour concert by the red-hot Italian indie group Pinguini Tattici Nuclear (Tactical Nuclear Weapons) at RCF Arena, Europe’s largest outdoor concert venue. Like all beautiful dreams, this one too embraced a never-ending universe of hope and possibilities. There were […]
Rene Garcia Revs Up Univision Super Bowl Festivities With CHAUVET Professional and 4Wall
LAS VEGAS – History isn’t made every day, but it sure was on Sunday February 11. Not only did it mark the first Super Bowl played in Las Vegas, and a major step forward for the football dynasty of Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs, it was also the largest audience ever to watch […]
Lichtpunt Enhances Nautical Mood of Het Scheepvaartmuseum with CHAUVET Professional
AMSTERDAM – Visitors cannot help but feel the freedom of the sea tug at their hearts when they encounter Het Scheepvaartmuseum Amsterdam, the National Maritime Museum of the Netherlands. This is not just because the iconic attraction sits on an artificial island built in 1656 as a naval base near Amsterdam’s city old harbor. Nor […]