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Not A Duster

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Or I think it's kinda cool. Two years ago when I was still a lighting designer/director, I was approached to design the rig and be lighting director for a Live DVD by an artist named Jason Plumb. Any ways despite his having bags of talent and writing some pretty cool music, the DVD was never released....

Until now. Apparently it's coming out right away - they contacted me for a technical credits list because they lost the old one and they say editing is almost finished.

It's a very small lighting rig, but it's also some of the work I'm most proud of....I'm looking forward to seeing the finished product.

Anyways, the first video is a finished song, the second is the promotional trailer for the DVD. :dance:

[video=youtube;80BYNpPQN1s]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80BYNpPQN1s[/video]


[video=youtube;C067n6mzdrI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C067n6mzdrI&feature=related[/video]
 
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That IS cool.
I can see the trailer but YouTube won't let me see the full video on my mobile. I'll check it out tomorrow.

I see my name on many movie credits... But it's not me. :P
 
The lighting was excellent, Bah-rooss... and a lot of credit to the camera work, which captured it quite well.

Not my style of music, but it's obvious there's a lot of skill there. Not just Mr. Plumb, either... but if he's writing those arrangements he's quite a talented man. Hopefully this will be a breakthrough for them; it seems like they've got a pretty-good following already and just need national (international?) exposure.

Do you ever miss the old days?
 
Dr.Jass said:
Do you ever miss the old days?
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I guess we haven't talked for a while, have we Doc?

I'm back to work at the old place - but not doing the same job. I'm doing mostly sales and admin stuff these days, for two reasons:

1) My old body really can't withstand the 90 - 120 hour work weeks anymore - particularily when half of it is loading truck and other heavy-ass labour....I want to live to see retirement.

2) I really don't care for what concert lighting has evolved into over the past couple years: large scale video and spectacle with no subtly or art. Lighting designers these days have abandoned lighting the performer on stage. Instead they are saying look at me, look at how cool I am - and how I've I've mastered the technology...technology that has become more important than the artist themselves. Every time I talk to one of these kids they keep talking about "their" show.....well it's not "your" show you moron...it's the performer's show.:doh:

Ah - well - what do I know - these guys are getting all the work - and the trend is growing to the point of being the norm...best I just step back and make as money from it as I can.

As far as Jason is concerned, he is another casualty of the record companies. He fronted a band called The Waltons that was signed in the early '90s that should have done very well at the time, but the label seemingly did everything they could to kill them. :huh:

It's a story I've heard/been involved with a dozen times...
 
I remember The Waltons - at least the name. Not sure where I saw or heard it - and no, I'm not thinking of the TV show - I mean the band. :P
 
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