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Rule #1: Stay Calm

Asked what advice he would give to someone in the early stage of their career, Programmer and Lighting Designer Rob Koenig says his “biggest advice is to stay calm. It’s very difficult to learn to stay calm. You’re in an environment with upwards of 50,000 people. Something goes wrong in the middle of the show—the first thing you cannot do is panic. You’ve got to chill out. I always tell them, ‘You are calm as a coma.’ No matter what happens, you need to delegate what needs to happen, and start fixing what needs to happen immediately—without panicking—and without drawing attention to it either.”

1,000 Words with… David Hunkins

After a concert lighting experience that opened his eyes at a young age, David Hunkins got started in live entertainment production and never looked back. He designed and teched shows in high school and college. In fact, he was so busy working to pay for a college theater education, he left school to work… and eat. His early career days were spent in the Milwaukee area working as a stagehand on lighting and scenery projects for theater, music, fashion shows, and events. His desire to tour led him to move to Los Angeles. Follow the link to learn more about David Hunkins.