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Matt Guminski Creates Intense Looks for The Cult with Gateway and Chauvet

 


Legendary front man Ian Astbury and The Cult have “always been fans of warm blinder light from a low and back position,” says Matt Guminski, the band’s lighting designer, programmer, and operator. For his part, Guminski is a self-described fan of contrasting warm tungsten (or a proper tungsten emulating LED), that works harmoniously with the bold and saturated colors of LED or discharge lamp fixtures.Read More »Matt Guminski Creates Intense Looks for The Cult with Gateway and Chauvet

The Design Oasis Lights Two Rolling Loud Stages and Grounds with Chauvet Professional Fixtures

Abbas Ritscher and his team at The Design Oasis made up for the lack of front-lighting at the Rolling Loud festival’s Snipes Stage by grabbing 12 extra Chauvet Professional Maverick Storm 1 Wash fixtures from their inventory and hanging them “as far down the stage as we could” for a camera-friendly lighting design. The Design Oasis also used Chauvet fixtures to illuminate the smaller VH1 stage and the festival grounds.

Luz Studio, Keith Hoagland Create Special Moments for Jason Aldean with Chauvet Professional


“I’m ready to get back out and feel the nights come alive,” Jason Aldean said when announcing this summer’s 34-city Rock N’ Roll Cowboy tour. The country music superstar’s lighting designer, Keith Hoagland, knew just how he felt. After two years of contending with Covid lockdowns and restrictions, both were ready to spread their creative wings and fly.Read More »Luz Studio, Keith Hoagland Create Special Moments for Jason Aldean with Chauvet Professional

Dallas Smith and Friends Perform with Structural Lighting Looks from Chauvet Fixtures

The lighting rig that George Gorton designed for Dallas Smith’s Some Things Never Change Tour took on a life of its own over the course of the early summer, seeming to expand, contract and morph in new directions with every show. After a 19-month pandemic-caused hiatus, the Juno Award-winning multi-platinum country star took off to play some live music on May 24, and invited some friends to join him. Seven different acts have supported Smith on his 24-show, five-week tour of Canada. This diversity made it essential that Gorton devise a rig with an organic-like quality to grow and change.Read More »Dallas Smith and Friends Perform with Structural Lighting Looks from Chauvet Fixtures