Category: technical
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Assyrian Arts Institute, Gilgamesh: The Opera
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in Actor, Classical Music, Horns, music, Musical, Opera, Orchestra, String music, technical, TheaterWe’re spending a week working on an opera presented by Assyrian Arts Institute. It’s the story of Gilgamesh, an ancient epic. My primary job on this show is as the house V1 (video engineer). But I am also doubling up as an A2, which has also kept me pretty busy working to fulfill the needs…
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British Rock Royalty with Brody Dolyniuk / Frankie Avalon
It’s been another busy week at work. This last weekend we did a few shows, first a show called The Simon & Garfunkel Story, which was a history of Simon & Garfunkel that featured a live band of S&G impersonators who played with video footage. A pretty good show for any S&G fans. I didn’t…
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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
A DiGiCo Double Play for the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts See the link above for the whole article. The venue where I work, The Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, has substantially upgraded our audio system. Starting with the audio desks. Two new Digico Quantum 338’s. We have also acquired a line array,…
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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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The Addams Family
We’re working on the Broadway show, The Addams Family this weekend. Although, since I’m in the middle of a thirteen day week, most of which are over twelve hour days, it may be a while before I get a chance to post this!I’m, as always, on these types of shows NOT on the audio crew,…
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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…
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Avery Sunshine / Yamaha CKO
We’re working on a corporate meeting for Yamaha this week. We have done this show for quite a few years. We started on Monday by loading in some gear and hanging soft goods. I was working on the carps crew for the day. On Tuesday we loaded in video equipment. I am working mostly as a liaison…
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Lighting Preps
Every day isn’t working on a show. There are days set aside for other tasks, and today is one of those. Today is a prep day, and I will be working on the lighting/electric crew today. Usually I work on the audio crew, but if you spend enough time in this business you learn to…