ARTICLES
Scharff Weisberg And Michael Lee Are Every Bit-On-The-Map Lighting Thrice "What really makes this show are the lighting bitmap effects," beams California-based Terminal Design Grouplighting designer Michael Lee, who worked with Scharff Weisberg and Video Applications on the 2007 Fall Tour of post-hardcore quartet Thrice. Rigging, lighting, and video on the 41-date tour had to reflect the personality and integrity of the band...
Hippotizer Brands Vanity Fair Party at Tribeca Film Festival Each spring, New York's Tribeca Film Festival celebrates the latest in filmmakers. A party sponsored by the magazine Vanity Fair was held on April 21 at the State Supreme Court building in downtown Manhattan. At the top of the portico steps, guests saw a 4 x 41' Barco LED wall programmed to resemble a marquee. The LED wall was divided into two sections, forming a portico into the building's rotunda...
A lot of these corporate shows are distilled down to anywhere from five to twenty cues; the Grammys, of course, had many more," he says. "Those are the one-offs. For the more complicated weeklong events, you want somebody in there programming with you. On shows with the (MA Lighting) grandMA (console), I have a programmer named Michael Lee, and we work really well together. He's a really good grandMA programmer, and he's also a good lighting designer. I can trust his eye. Susan does the same thing. She programs and designs for me while I walk away and take a call about the next thing." -Herrick Goldman Lighting Design ...article excerpt
REVIEWS
Although the band's musical performance was the main attraction, Circa Survive has one of the best light shows a fan could ask for - the perfectly timed dramatic, colored flashes casted high-contrasting silhouettes against the band members. Deep blues and reds overtook the stage at the most dramatic points of each song, enhancing the experience rather than detracting from it, as many elaborate light shows tend to do.Sara Blankemeyer TNR contributor
- concert Review for Circa Survive
I was fortunate enough to see Thrice during this particular tour and it was easily one of the top three most amazing shows I've ever been to. Thrice is a spectacular live band, and their latest shows were a testament to their maturity as live performers, with perfectly mixed audio and impeccably timed LED lighting that synced so amazingly with the music, one would think the sound and visual choreography were written at the same time.
J. Thomas - concert review for Thrice
The light show for this concert was spectacular. One the most interesting aspects about the light show was the fact that the band remained in the darkness, as not to single out any one member but only accentuate the music as a whole. They also used a very sophisticated back lit LED type screen, which took up the entire stage behind the band and projected patterns/images at the crowd. It truly created a visionary expression that was as mesmerizing to look at...
John "The Grizz" Grisanti - Concert Review for STS9