Production Nightmare

I’ve come to realize something recently that I should have known for years. Some of the best guys to have on your lighting crew, actually know little about lighting.

    The airlines charging for every little item has got to stop. I am losing my mind. Charge me extra on the actual fare (because the client pays for that), but give me my free can of coke!

Buenos Dias Todos,

                         Well my Spanish isn’t quite where I’d like it to be but it is good enough to strike up small talk with some of the Mexican crew and band members I have been working with on the Marco Antonio Solis U.S. tour. Most do speak alright English and the ones who don’t speak too quickly to me so my brain won’t spin. So at the end of the day the communication barrier I once thought was going to be hard to break was quite simple to step through if you’re willing to try.

     Every once in a while you get to work on a gig that you wish would never end. An event that delights you and makes you happy to go to work every day. Last week I started work on a production that should take at least 18 years to complete.

Over the past few months the gigs for Marco Antonio Solis has been a real experience for me in many ways. Getting the opportunity to be working arenas and amphitheaters has been awesome. With having bigger rooms, definitely comes more responsibility. I couldn’t tell you how many patch sheets I’ve gone through and updated in the past month, lol. I haven’t done the design gig a lot so Vectorworks was a must purchase.

The Renaisance Man is a master of many disciplines, but the Renaissance Machine is what was on display at PLASA 2008. The new technologies and new adaptations of existing technology were unparalleled in the industry. Here's a sample…

     About 6 months ago a friend of mine sent me an email. Said he was doing me a favor and had signed me up on an open forum where old touring road dogs could find each other. It was fairly new and went by the moniker Crewspace.com