RHCP LD Scott Holthaus and Others Chat About the 2016 BottleRock Napa Music Festival
The sold-out BottleRock Napa Music Festival is now in its fourth year, and it’s going stronger than ever. Held over three days in beautiful Napa, CA, in the heart of California’s wine country, the event featured more than 80 bands including Stevie Wonder, Florence + The Machine, Lenny Kravitz, Buddy Guy, Ziggy Marley and others.
The International Portuguese Music Awards (IPMA) for the past four years has been produced in New Bedford MA, a city that is heavily enriched with the culture of all things Portuguese, especially its rich music. The live-to-air show covers all genres including rock, country, rap, hip-hop and most importantly traditional Portuguese music.
Birmingham Church Engages Attendees with LED Video Enhancements
Dedicated to working with house of worship leaders and founders, the Association of Relational Churches provides the support, guidance and resources needed for worship communities to take root and grow. As part of their mission, the association hosts semi-annual ARC Conferences at different locale around the country.
The 2016 Prolight + Sound and Musikmesse exhibitions in Frankfurt, Germany swapped physical locations this year, and instead of being held concurrently, the show dates were staggered, with Prolight + Sound running April 5-8 and Musikmesse held April 7-10. It’s part of the organizer’s re-launch of Musikmesse from a trade fair to more of a consumer music event and festival. Not everyone was happy with the changes, of course, but that didn’t hurt the overall stats for Prolight + Sound — which enjoyed an increase in total exhibitors (from 920 to 940) and a 16 percent increase in the exhibition display area. And as ever, there were plenty of technological advances on show.
Here’s the factoid that sums up Nashville nicely: When we started putting this special section together in November, Nashville ranked 20th on the list of fastest growing cities. Today, in February, as we go to print with this special feature, it rates fifth. Any one calling Nashville home there will not be surprised by this meteoric rise, pointing to the good (opportunity) and the bad (occasional L.A.-like traffic snarls). And who is living there? Why, production companies and live event personal, of course.
In 1966, The Lovin’ Spoonful released their third album. On it was a track called “Nashville Cats,” a tune penned by John Sebastian. The song, written after a stop on their tour in Nashville, pays homage to the musicians in Music City. A local 19-year-old musician named Danny Gatton had opened for the band and pretty much blew Sebastian’s mind and his band off the stage. Fifty years later, the lyrics might well apply to the wealth of talented lighting designers based in the city today. On the pages that follow, PLSN profiles six lighting designers at the top of their form who hail from Nashville. Innovative and fully in command of the art of craft, they all knew early on, what their path would be. From country superstars to heavy metal legends, they can light it all. Please meet the 21st century’s new Nashville Cats.
It was another bountiful year in Las Vegas as the LDI (Live Design International) show hit the Convention Center for the fourth consecutive year. Over 10,000 people were on the floor to check out more than 350 different exhibitor booths over the three-day span the floor was open. From Lighting to Lasers, Staging to Scenery, it was all here on display last Oct 23-25. One didn’t have to search far for all the cool little gizmos we all need to keep the shows running. New inventions as well as improved versions of old standards peaked my technical interest as much as the great new lighting products.
LAS VEGAS — Halloween came early to the 15th Annual Parnelli Awards on Saturday, Oct. 24. Audio Innovator honoree Pat Quilter dressed as Mountain Man with an Egyptian head piece; Visionary honoree David Cunningham came to the stage with two beautiful women and proceeded to change wigs and transform himself into a rock/drag star; and finally there was Chris Lamb, in his trademark cowboy getup.
When 24-year-old Alex Kay was called on to go out for two months with up-and-comer ZZ Ward, it was a test of how much he could do with how little.
The steps rising up to the Philadelphia Museum of Art are familiar to generations of movie fans as the “Rocky Steps,” due to their inclusion in what might be the most feel-good scene in the ultimate underdog flick, 1976’s Rocky, starring Sylvester Stallone.
Smyrna, TN based video production and projection mapping company DWP Live had a busy September, applying its talent and technology to projects both secular and spiritual, both earthly and heavenly. The company played a pivotal role in the United Nations’ weeklong celebration and humanitarian awareness campaign called Global Goals for Sustainable Development in New York City. In Philadelphia, the company also provided the video crew and gear to transform the look of the Philadelphia Museum of Art with a large-format projection backdrop for the visit and Mass by Pope Francis.
The annual lighting exhibition known as the PLASA show took place on Oct 4-6 in London. Now in its 38th year, the show continues to… Read More »Show Report: PLASA 2015