The acclaimed British lighting designer, Ed Warren and his client Four Tet were 100-feet below the long and very busy Kosciuszko Bridge in NYC, busy doing what they love. Those passing overhead between Brooklyn and Queens were oblivious to the two-day festival below featuring a mix of EDM music from Four Tet and 20 artists. Warren lit Four Tet’s two main stage sets using his ChamSys MagicQ MQ500M Stadium Console.
With about six months to go, the 22nd Annual Parnelli Awards are on track to break several records – first and foremost, the number of companies stepping up to make the evening of the live event industry’s award show a success. “I’m humbled by not only the number of progressive companies sponsoring our industry award show this year, but who is stepping up,” says Parnelli Awards Co-Founder and Executive Producer Terry Lowe. “Not only is it wonderful to see so many who have supported continuously from the first shows like All Access Staging and Productions, Harman Professional, and Sound Image, but also great to welcome first-time sponsors joining us this year.” First time supporters of this year’s gala include Eagle Production Co., Eventric/Master Tour, and Spider Ranch Productions.Read More »Industry Leaders Step Up for 22nd Annual Parnelli Awards
In the chronicles of our industry, when listing the most technologically advanced, visually audacious concert tours, U2’s Zoo TV is among the top. The 1992-93 video-heavy phenomenon was an ostentatiously staged multimedia experience intended to overload the senses. Whatever the band’s intention, its dazzling use of video left its mark, and that was typical of the work of Video Director Carol Dodds. As a video pioneer and innovator, she is equally technically proficient and artistically inclined. (She would win an LDI Designer of the Year award for her work on this tour.)Read More »Video Director Carol Dodds: Pioneer and Innovator
BOSTON — The Pixies, which formed here in 1986, split up in 1993, then regrouped in 2004, have been credited, over the years, as an influence on bands including Nirvana, Radiohead and the Strokes. For their 2014 world tour, LD Myles Mangino specified a rig from See Factor that includes 15 Martin MAC Viper Profiles, 12 MAC Auras, four RUSH MH3s and three Jem K1 Hazers.