Category: technical
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Pam Tillis, Lorrie Morgan, New Kids and Work Troubles
Most of the time here on my blog, I write short bits about the acts onstage. We’ve been busy at work with a lot of shows lately—A Magical Cirque Christmas, Jim Brickman, Pam Tillis together with Lorrie Morgan, Brian McKnight, and Matteo Bocelli, to name a few. All good stuff. I’ll leave a few photos…
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Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts acquires Digico Quantum 338’s
Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts audio crew, left to right – Kerry Dowling (Audio Assistant/ Monitors), Jon Bullock (Head Audio/ Front of House), Mathew Adams (Monitor Engineer), and myself, David Aretsky (A2) with the DiGiCo Quantum 338 Digital Mixing Console A DiGiCo Double Play for the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts See the…
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New Show Relay Video System
I’ve been working at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts (CCPA) for thirty-three years. The lobby show relay system for the advertising of upcoming events, backstage (onstage) monitoring, and for the patrons to watch while getting a drink at the bar has remained virtually the same since we first started using it back in…
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Working Props
Most of the time at work, I fill the role of A2 on the audio crew, or I am the projectionist/camera operator. When Broadway-type shows hit the stage, though, my role in the production is almost always that of a property technician—i.e., a props guy. The prop department is responsible for many jobs on a…