The decision to cancel a show due to bad weather needs to be well-informed. Fortunately, there are a lot of resources available. Websites like livewxradar.com… Read More »Consult Live Weather Radar during Storm Season
Media server usage is continuing to grow in our industry. Automated lighting programmers should learn to diversify their knowledge in order to be more marketable. … Read More »Direct Programming on Media Servers
Jim Lenahan, longtime LD for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, describes the 2012 tour, now underway, as a “super-simple scaled-down look…We’re basically turning arenas into… Read More »Simplified Looks for Big-Time Tour
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