Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Lighting at the Hard Rock

A few months ago I went to see Slash and Myles Kennedy at the Hard Rock at Universal, which is a decent sized venue with plenty of movers and conventional lighting.  Opening for the headliners was a band called Redlight Kings.  They obviously weren't as big of an act as Slash was so when it came to lighting, the stage wasn't very brightly lit.  Their show consisted of a few par cans and Fresnels, but no moving lights.  Comparing it to the light show that came with the main act, the stage almost wasn't lit at all.  When Slash and Myles came on with their band, every light on the stage went up. 
There were a dozen moving lights overhead, more hanging on the left and right, and more sitting on the stage.  The band played a lot of covers from Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver so the lights were frantic and had a lot of red and oranges, warm lights to get the crowd moving.  They cooled down to bluish shades during the acoustic songs and ballads.  There were also several sets of blinding crowd light LEDs for when the crowd sang along. 
My favorite part of the night was when the band played Slither by Velvet Revolver.  The lights went green and purple to fit the mood of the song, which was completely different from how the light show had been the rest of the night.

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