Thursday, October 12, 2023
Touring and Mental Health: The Music Industry Manual, edited by Tamsin Embleton and published earlier this year by Omnibus Press, is “like having a therapist in your back pocket,” noted …
SOURCE: PLSN at 01:27PMWednesday, October 11, 2023
The Parnelli Board of Advisors announced that Kevin Lyman, founder of the Vans Warped Tour and currently an Associate Professor at USC, has accepted the invitation to join the Parnelli Board…
SOURCE: PLSN at 07:42PMThe readers of PLSN have spoken and we are pleased to announce the Regional Winners of the PLSN Hometown Hero contest. They are now finalists for the Parnelli Hometown Hero – Lighting Comp…
SOURCE: PLSN at 05:25PMTuesday, October 3, 2023
Whether you’re an old pro or have just recently picked up the clubs, you’re invited to tee up at the 2023 PLSN/FOH Parnelli Classic at Revere Golf Club near Las Vegas on Dec. 2, 2023. It…
SOURCE: PLSN at 01:00PMWednesday, September 27, 2023
Daniel S. “Dann” Whittaker died unexpectedly on Sept. 5, 2023 in Columbus, OH. He founded and ran We3Co, LLC, doing business as ShoPros Ohio LLC, in 2006. Not long after founding the com…
SOURCE: PLSN at 03:31PMSarah Lynn Jakubasz, Lighting Director for ABC’s Good Morning America and GMA3: What You Need to Know, died July 22 of complications related to a Glioblastoma. Good Morning America aired a…
SOURCE: PLSN at 01:43PMFriday, September 1, 2023
From September 1 until October 6, 2023, PLSN readers have the opportunity to vote for the best regional lighting company in each of six separate regions in North America – five U.S. region…
SOURCE: PLSN at 03:38PMMonday, August 21, 2023
For over 20 years the comprehensive Event Production Directory (EPD), an annually updated companion publication to Timeless Communication’s PLSN and FRONT of HOUSE magazines, has also been…
SOURCE: PLSN at 12:50PMMonday, August 14, 2023
Nominations are now being accepted for the next Parnelli Awards ceremony, to be held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA on Friday, January 26, 2024, during the NAMM Show. Anyone…
SOURCE: PLSN at 01:06PMThursday, August 3, 2023
Vicki “Max” Brenner, a lighting professional with a career that spanned decades from her earliest days with Imero Fiorentino Associates to her last years before retiring as a gaffer for …
SOURCE: PLSN at 06:32PMWednesday, August 2, 2023
Two Green Hippo Hippotizer Boreal+ MK2 Media Servers powered the visuals for multiple wraparound LED screens which formed the backdrop for this year’s televised Premios Tu Música Urbano. …
SOURCE: PLSN at 02:11PMTuesday, August 1, 2023
NEW YORK – The synergy of innovation and creativity took center stage in New York as 4Wall Entertainment joined forces with ZeroSpace and disguise, to deliver an unprecedented Virtual Prod…
SOURCE: PLSN at 03:37PMFORT LAUDERDALE, FL – The deepest purpose of art is “not to convey, but to evoke,” the great novelist Jerzy Kosinski once observed. Clifford Michael Spulock demonstrated the power of…
SOURCE: PLSN at 03:28PMAyrton Domino fixtures have hit the road with country music royalty accompanying multi Grammy-winner Shania Twain on her “Queen of Me” global tour. ACT Entertainment is the exclusive d…
SOURCE: PLSN at 12:22PMMonday, July 31, 2023
High End Systems Halcyon Gold fixtures were the workhorse moving framing fixtures on the Miss North Carolina and Miss North Carolina Teen Beauty Pageants, held last month in High Point, NC. …
SOURCE: PLSN at 07:32PMFriday, June 16, 2023
Lighting Designer Nicolas Fischtel recently lit 'My Mother’s Courage' in Spain using Astera lighting products. Lighting was absolutely integral to the storytelling which took place over th…
SOURCE: PLSN at 12:59PM Leading full-service video and lighting company, 4Wall Europe, added Elation Proteus Rayzor Blade™ tilt FX bars to inventory this past spring and immediately deployed the units on the E…
SOURCE: PLSN at 12:45PMYou can’t always get what you want, as Mick Jagger once famously noted, but if you’re a gifted lighting designer, you won’t be deterred by any such setbacks. When one door closes, you …
SOURCE: PLSN at 12:32PMThere are as many ways to tell a story as there are stories to tell. The incomparable Reba McEntire has demonstrated this with the rich and varied narratives that run through her songs. So…
SOURCE: PLSN at 12:27PMThursday, June 15, 2023
Harman Professional’s InfoComm Booth #4443 features a number of Martin lighting products that have been introduced since InfoComm 2022 last year in Las Vegas, including: Martin MAC Aura XI…
SOURCE: PLSN at 12:48PMWednesday, June 14, 2023
ETC announced the 12 students who will participate in the 2023 Fred Foster Student Mentorship Program. The group will meet industry mentors through a series of networking events. Started by …
SOURCE: PLSN at 04:17PMEmeryville, CA-based Advanced Systems Group, LLC (ASG), a technology and services provider for media creatives and content owners, has entered into a strategic partnership with Zero Density,…
SOURCE: PLSN at 04:03PMThis year’s South by Southwest Music Festival (SXSW) in Austin, TX provided a unique classical music showcase into its multi-cultural annual event. The brainchild of Thea Paraskevaides fro…
SOURCE: PLSN at 02:53PMAV rental and production company, Markey’s, has recently added Elation Professional Proteus and Fuze series lighting fixtures to inventory. The purchase of 72 Proteus Rayzor 760™, 12 Pro…
SOURCE: PLSN at 02:28PMMonday, June 12, 2023
The Parnelli Board of Advisors has announced the three lifetime honorees for the 2024 22nd Annual Parnelli Awards: Buford Jones, Audio Innovator; Carol Dodds, Visionary; and Jim Brammer, Lif…
SOURCE: PLSN at 01:47PMTuesday, May 16, 2023
Solotech named Martin Chouinard as Chief Global Operations and Asset Officer, a new position. Chouinard, who joined Solotech in 2006, has worked in a variety of roles for the company. Since …
SOURCE: PLSN at 04:39PMFriday, April 21, 2023
Ron Smith, a pyrotechnics and atmospheric effects expert with decades of experience who had been working with Strictly FX in recent years, died earlier this month at age 66. “Ron was a kin…
SOURCE: PLSN at 06:26PMSaturday, April 15, 2023
Always full of surprises and the unexpected, the 21st Annual Parnelli Awards held on Friday started out with a big one: Outgoing NAMM CEO/President Joe Lamond was initiated in the Parnelli H…
SOURCE: PLSN at 02:56PMWednesday, April 12, 2023
The ADJ Group of companies will be heavily represented at this year’s NAMM tradeshow in Anaheim, CA. ADJ will once again be the official naming sponsor of the Arena Plaza Stage, which will…
SOURCE: PLSN at 11:09AMBruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have kicked off their 2023 international tour with a show featuring an array of Ayrton lighting fixtures selected by Lighting Designer Jeff Ravitz. …
SOURCE: PLSN at 11:00AMSaturday, March 25, 2023
How do you say goodbye to a legend? For the creative team involved in designing the production for Daddy Yankee’s La Ultima Vuelta tour, the answer was quite simple, you create something �…
SOURCE: PLSN at 12:54AM 
