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Busy Bodies

Busy Bodies

Butch Allen

At first blush, it seemed like a really good idea — get all the busiest lighting designers of 2007 to contribute a quote or two about their recent work. What were we thinking?

Don’t Look Now – Here Comes 2008

Don’t look now, but your boss is looking over your shoulder. More and more of them are.

Let’s not kid ourselves — you may think your boss is a moron, but you’ve got to give the guy credit for starting and running a business. It’s not child’s play — it’s tough, and it’s getting tougher all the time. But then so is being an employee, especially in these exponential times when technology is changing faster than Hannah Montana concert tickets are selling. And now employees have to take even more responsibility for their own productivity.

Used It or Lose It

You may have noticed a spurt in e-mail offers on used lighting equipment lately. In the wake of a trend toward more live performance and the shift to LED-based products, a combination of smaller, more regional lighting equipment providers seem to have sparked increased activity in used equipment. And used equipment in any industry is a kind of bellwether for where the economics are headed next.

An older blog found

So here's an older blog I found recently that I wanted to post while I'm working on a new one for you all. I should have it up soon. Thanks!

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OK this next blog starts here sitting in a hotel here in Richmond, Va. Currently I’m on tour with Porter Batiste Stoltz some of the damn funkiest musicians to come out of New Orleans, LA. Beginning where I left off on the last blog I had a lot of downtime once I got off the last tour so I did some local shows with good friends Damn Right, Basshound, and Earthtone, worked on my Porter Batiste Stoltz cues I needed to have ready for this current tour, start looking for some new pieces of gear to incorporate into the show, go over some repairs and obtain accessories I needed for this trip. 

 

lots of toys to play with

So I get this call from Upstaging Lighting last week. They want to do a demo of their vast array of equipment to their clients during the Christmas time. They have asked me to put together a system that shows off the latest lighting and video toys they own.
 

lots of toys to play with

So I get this call from Upstaging Lighting last week. They want to do a demo of their vast array of equipment to their clients during the Christmas time. They have asked me to put together a system that shows off the latest lighting and video toys they own.