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Electric Forest Festival

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Lighting Company

Music Matters Productions

Venue

Double JJ Resort

Rothbury, MI

Production Team

  • Production Manager: James Morris
  • Lighting Designer: Michael Smalley and PHNTM
  • Lighting Directors: Ranch Stage: Josiah Hunt; Carousel Stage: Tom Nguyen
  • Lighting Team: Ranch Stage L2: Jeremiah Carrero and Drew Alley; Ranch Stage Master Electrician: Jesse Launder; Carousel Stage L2: Jon Kenner; Carousel Stage Master
  • Electrician: Martin Nguyen

 

Gear

Lighting:

  • 34 Chauvet Color Strike-M
  • 6 Elation Proteus Hybrid IP65
  • 16 Elation Proteus Rayzor 760 IP
  • 18 Elation Proteus Maximus
  • 16 Elation Cuepix Panel
  • 24 Elation DTW Blinder 350 IP
  • 34 Elation DTW Blinder 700 IP
  • 10 Elation Sixpar 300IP
  • 24 GLP JDC1 Strobe
  • 12 Martin MAC Axiom Hybrid
  • 20 Martin MAC Viper Profile
  • 52 Martin MAC One
  • 26 Martin MAC Ultra Performance
  • 30 Martin MAC Aura
  • 18 Portman P2 Hexaline
  • 26 Robe MegaPointe
  • 3 grandMA3 full-size Console
  • 1 grandMA3 light Console

 

Special Effects:

  • 3 Smoke Factory DATA II Fogger
  • 4 Smoke Factory Tour Hazer II v2
  • 4 hazebase Base Hazer Pro
  • 4 hazebase Base Touring

 

Staging and Rigging:

  •  9 Tyler Truss GT Truss 8′
  • 36 Tyler Truss GT Truss 10′
  • 1 Circle Truss OD (20.5″ x 20.5″ x 233″)
  • 22 Box Truss (12″ x 12″ x 10′)
  • 2 Box Truss (12″ x 12″ x 5’)

 

Event Details

Electric Forest, held June 20-23 in Rothbury, MI featured more than 30 bands and artists performing in a woodland setting. Production Director Hadden Hippsley of Lambda Productions staged the event for AEG and Insomniac. “It is a team effort working with AEG, and all of our vendors to produce this one-of-a-kind event,” said Hippsley. He brought in Michael Smalley as the lighting designer, who then introduced Hippsley to Aaron Soriero and Music Matters Productions (MMP), which lit the Ranch Arena & Carousel Club stages. For more information, go to https://mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?m=19394&i=827372&p=40&ver=html5