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Last fall, I heard from my friend Missy. She manages the Chicago-based rockers Rise Against.  They had been on tour last year and were looking… Read More »Light Boxes vs. Video Displays

Canceling a show, or “pulling the plug,” is the concert equivalent of the triple-dog-dare in the playground. Often used as a threat to coerce payment… Read More »Live Event Safety: Pulling the Plug

Safety Pro v. 1.2, a new app from Select Equipment Inc., is tailored to the needs of warehouses where lift trucks or forklifts are in… Read More »App Helps with OSHA Safety Requirements

For an industry as international as live entertainment, it’s not surprising that the load monitoring practices now common in Europe are also being seen more… Read More »Load Monitor Usage On the Rise

Each of the Androids, iOS and other computing devices all require a certain amount of logic.  The main tool in my kit is also based… Read More »Essential Tools: Mental Clarity Gives Programmers an Edge

Genielux is my new favorite tool. It has an updated list of the majority of gear that most lighting vendors carry. The user simply types… Read More »An LD and His iPad

Vision Communications, Inc., a California-based dealer offering sales and rentals of two-way radios and paging equipment, has used Information Integration Group (IIG)’s Rental Maestro to… Read More »Taming Rental Management Tigers

The DSLR (Digital Single Lens Reflex) camera, a mainstay of the professional photographer for high quality stills, is now an equally remarkable video tool.  SLR-type… Read More »Shooting Video with DSLRs

Tree Power & Sound began about eight years ago in Norcross, GA. Owner Paul Diaz’s Tree Sound Studios was hired to record the Echo Project… Read More »Alternative Energy Showing Signs of Economic Viability