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Tom Kenny Balances Looks at iHeart Country Music Festival with CHAUVET Professional

How can I balance my lighting with a massive video structure so the two work together in harmony? Virtually all lighting designers have asked themselves this question—and with good reason. Like some giant planetary object that bends spacetime and pulls everything around it into its gravitational orbit, big video walls have a way of changing everything on stage. Figuring out how to work lights with them is the key to creating a harmonious design.Read More »Tom Kenny Balances Looks at iHeart Country Music Festival with CHAUVET Professional

Tours & TV Shoots Spring Forth

Find out who’s working on what projects as Debi Moen shares the scope on SZA’s S.O.S., Hayley Kiyoko, Brit Floyd, Billy Idol, and the CMT Music Awards in Austin, among other gigs.

Trevor Ahlstrand Turns to DCR-Supplied Elation Lighting for Kane Brown Stadium Show

Photo by Joey Tortuga

Country artist Kane Brown returned to his hometown of Chattanooga, TN, to play his first stadium show at Finley Stadium. Lighting and production designer Trevor Ahlstrand used Elation lighting on the May 7 sold-out milestone event, including the company’s  IP-rated powerhouse luminaire Proteus Maximus™, all supplied by DCR Nashville.Read More »Trevor Ahlstrand Turns to DCR-Supplied Elation Lighting for Kane Brown Stadium Show

DCR Nashville Adds First of Many grandMA3 Systems to its Inventory

(L to R) Paul Owen, president; Jeremy Taylor, console/fixture tech; Michael Koss, Lighting Dept; Ian Thompson, Lighting Dept; John Schirmer, general manager; and Howard Jones, CEO

DCR Nashville has taken delivery of the first group of grandMA3 systems it ordered in 2022.  The company, which provides AVL services and design solutions, has long maintained an inventory of grandMA2 products and recently added the grandMA3 full-size units and 8Port Nodes for its touring clients, rental customers and its own production projects.  ACT Entertainment is the exclusive distributor of MA Lighting products in North America.Read More »DCR Nashville Adds First of Many grandMA3 Systems to its Inventory