If you were at LDI 2023, no doubt you saw and/or heard about the Martin MAC One. It created a bit of a buzz. Martin has been building MAC...

Hearing protection is an investment in your health THE FIRST BIG ROCK CONCERT I ever attended was an REO Speedwagon show, and it was...

Martin Lighting opens a cutting-edge manufacturing facility in Pécs, Hungary The entertainment lighting industry thrives on innovation,...

Book of the Month: Stage Rigging Handbook, Fourth Edition It lives! The newest edition of Jay Glerum’s indispensable classic Stage...

With NFC, you don’t have to shout Whatever you think about robots, you can’t say you weren’t warned. Anyone who ever saw The Jetsons, the...

The USITT Conference and Stage Expo, held in Seattle March 20 - 23, provided more evidence of an industry roaring back from the pandemic....

When the Beatles played Shea Stadium in 1965, they used a 600W amplifier and Altec-Lansing speakers that Bill Hanley and his team put...

ENERGY CAN’T BE CREATED, and it can’t be destroyed—it can only change forms. Traditionally, we have powered audio, lighting, and video...

When I first heard an audiophilegrade system, it was as if my ears had been unmuffled for the very first time in my life. Besides the...

The NAMM Show enjoyed a robust return to its January time slot at the Anaheim Convention Center. Click here to read the article

What do those product claims really mean? I’ve been in the entertainment lighting industry since before there was light DMX, and I’m...

Claypaky Ramps Up Its Sustainable Practices “As small as we are,” Graser says, “we nevertheless want to try to take an active part in an...

LDI 2023 brought the industry one step closer to normality, with plenty of big exhibits, lively crowds, and a parade of new products....

Even as LEDs proliferate, there’s still room for an older technology OSRAM says it is committed to manufacturing tungsten halogen lamps,...

IF I WERE TO MAKE A LIST of phone calls I don’t want to receive first thing in the morning, at the top of that list would probably be a...

Recently, while working on a show, I made a rookie mistake. I was running a crew, loading in, and setting up a sizeable lighting system....

Followspots have changed very little from the time they were introduced more than 100 years ago, save for the light source going from...

Unlike your C-wrench or a hammer, software tools can be upgraded, gradually growing more powerful, flexible, and better able to adapt to...

Running a live concert on battery power proves to be surprisingly doable Billie Eilish and her band had the 100,000-strong Lollapalooza...

Dropping volts, dropping time code A FEW WEEKS AGO, I worked an outdoor festival, and we supplied power to the stage. To properly...