Stage Lighting, Projection and that kind of thing….

Russage

Hi Guys,

In real life when I'm not trying to play guitar a little bit less badly i am a stage lighting and video engineer. I have years of experience in different types of events from touring and live music to tv and sport. I'm always happy to share knowledge with others if they have any questions.

As i noticed a few threads today on stage lighting i thought id just throw it out there that I'm available to help with any lighting related questions you guys may have. I also have access to a large amount of lighting and projection that i can possibly borrow if any of you have a big show that your looking for something special for.

If there is anything i can help with send me a message or write it in the thread, if i don't know the answer i guarantee i know someone who does.

Cheers

close2u

Big thumbs up for the goodness you bring

GIJoe

Nice, good on you

hotpickups

Thanks @Russage. Not sure where to start except, as always, I'm on a budget and trying to decide the best options for my 6 pice band. I know one thing though and that is I definitely want LED's as they don't get too hot. Quite like the idea about a few lights uplighting the back curtain etc (That seems to look/work nice). Maybe too soon but also like the idea of a spot light for band members solos etc but that's just some icing on the cake that can be added later on. 

Any suggestions you may from your vast experience would always be appreciated

RocknRollDave

hotpickups said:

Thanks @Russage. Not sure where to start except, as always, I'm on a budget and trying to decide the best options for my 6 pice band. I know one thing though and that is I definitely want LED's as they don't get too hot. Quite like the idea about a few lights uplighting the back curtain etc (That seems to look/work nice). Maybe too soon but also like the idea of a spot light for band members solos etc but that's just some icing on the cake that can be added later on. 

Any suggestions you may from your vast experience would always be appreciated

This. Some suggestions for a good, basic (i.e. cheap) but effective lighting set up would be great. Just some simple pointers would be a help, rather than going into specific makes and models. Some idea of what works well and what to not bother with.

Cheers.

D28boy

Same thing here....we're trying to improve our look and have bought  this...

http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/kam-partybar-mk-ii-portable-led-stage-lighting-n40ht

and this

http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/prosound-gt-800-fog-machine-n89gb

http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/prosound-led-pod-disco-light-n76hz

plus we have another led sound operated light

http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/chauvet-slimpar-56-n72nz

all of it is just set to run on sound activation and while it's better than nothing I'd like to look as pro as possible. So any advice would be appreciated

close2u

I was going to ask about the Kam Party Bar ... and asked this in another thread some time ago

How do these Stairville lights from Thomann compare with the Kam Bar Party lights?

http://www.thomann.de/gb/stairville_stage_tri_led_bundle_complete.htm

http://www.astounded.com/kam-led-partybar-portable-lighting-system.html?gclid=CIO1o9T-3L0CFfDLtAodQQ0Abg

Apart from costing more.

hotpickups

A fog machine. Cool

D28boy

Yeah.. we're a bunch of old farts so it fits in quite well ! (see what I did there?)

Russage

Ok guys what I'm going to do is write a basic lighting primer to go through some basics and maybe make some recommendations. Hopefully itll be enough of a push in the right direction and it'll get you guys designing some awesome looking shows that'll get people talking

hotpickups

That'll be awesome @Russage

Russage;554506" said:

Ok guys what I'm going to do is write a basic lighting primer to go through some basics and maybe make some recommendations. Hopefully itll be enough of a push in the right direction and it'll get you guys designing some awesome looking shows that'll get people talking

Grunfeld

Russage said:

Ok guys what I'm going to do is write a basic lighting primer to go through some basics and maybe make some recommendations. Hopefully itll be enough of a push in the right direction and it'll get you guys designing some awesome looking shows that'll get people talking

@Russage ; That would be really interesting.  Very interested in projection -- I've wanted to do this for ages but never been sure of the best options available, especially within a budget.