One of my more recent adventures was in New Mexico at the Shattering the Silence music festival. Joe asked me if I was free for a weekend because he needed someone to run video for a gig. I agreed to do the gig not knowing who was playing, and was surprised to find out that Hawk Nelson was one of the headliners, along with Thousand Foot Krutch and Kutless.
I had the opportunity to direct and switch video for several smaller bands on tour with the headliners as well as for the entire Hawk Nelson show. I and another member of the team shared switching for Thousand Foot Krutch and I assisted with Kutless. I am very happy to say that I've been able to direct video for such big name artists.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Chamber Music Amarillo
This event took place January 8th of 2011. The Chamber Music Amarillo was working with the Amarillo botanical gardens to put on a performance of Vivaldi's Four Seasons I worked with New Day in conjunction with the WTTV Live Crew to provide video mag and graphics for the event. My job specifically was running the LVS (Elvis) machine. I was responsible for putting up prepared video clips and pictures that went along with the live performance during the show.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
B&W Pantex Banquet
My next gig was an event hosted by Pantex at the civic center. I still don't know what the banquet was for, but I did learn that oftentimes, the a/v crew will get fed for free on gigs.
I did learn some other useful things other than that, however. I set up projectors and cameras for video magnification use, and set up speakers to use for audio reinforcement. I also learned how to deal with stressful situations involving a client who had saved a file into a format we couldn't put onto the screen. We helped the client as best as we could to make it work, and we were eventually able to run the video on time.
I did learn some other useful things other than that, however. I set up projectors and cameras for video magnification use, and set up speakers to use for audio reinforcement. I also learned how to deal with stressful situations involving a client who had saved a file into a format we couldn't put onto the screen. We helped the client as best as we could to make it work, and we were eventually able to run the video on time.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Canadian River Music Festival
I was called to work over a weekend with New Day for the Canadian River Music Festival on May 14. We would be working with another local sound reinforcement company in Canadian, Texas from Friday to Sunday, with artists such as Robert Earl Keen and Don Edwards.
We loaded the trailer and drove out Friday Morning. Our first order of business was to set up the indoor stage where the headliner Robert Earl Keen would be playing the next night. We hung lights and set up both monitor world, for on-stage monitor mixing, and front of house sound. After getting the indoor stage ready, we moved out to begin setting the outdoor stage, but did not have time to finish before we called it a day.
The next morning, we woke up early and finished set up and prepared to soundcheck artists. I had the opportunity to work with and even meet artists such as Robert Earl Keen, Don Edwards, and Tommy Alverson.
We loaded the trailer and drove out Friday Morning. Our first order of business was to set up the indoor stage where the headliner Robert Earl Keen would be playing the next night. We hung lights and set up both monitor world, for on-stage monitor mixing, and front of house sound. After getting the indoor stage ready, we moved out to begin setting the outdoor stage, but did not have time to finish before we called it a day.
The next morning, we woke up early and finished set up and prepared to soundcheck artists. I had the opportunity to work with and even meet artists such as Robert Earl Keen, Don Edwards, and Tommy Alverson.
Monday, October 10, 2011
The warehouse
The next call that I got from New Day was about one week after the Hawk Nelson show. They didn't have another event, but were looking for some help in unloading from another event and organizing their warehouse.
I made the drive to the warehouse and learned quickly that a production company must keep a lot of gear on hand, and that all of it has it's own area in the warehouse. I also learned some basics about loading trailers. I spent several hours at the warehouse unloading two trailers filled with equipment and then reorganizing gear. It was a little interesting to me that even though production companies are already behind the scenes, there is even more behind the scenes work that goes on so that they can function properly.
I made the drive to the warehouse and learned quickly that a production company must keep a lot of gear on hand, and that all of it has it's own area in the warehouse. I also learned some basics about loading trailers. I spent several hours at the warehouse unloading two trailers filled with equipment and then reorganizing gear. It was a little interesting to me that even though production companies are already behind the scenes, there is even more behind the scenes work that goes on so that they can function properly.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Hawk Nelson Pt. 1
My second experience with New Day was not for some time after the Mark Chesnutt concert. This time, I helped with the set up as well as the event itself.
The date was April 21st, and it was the week of Spring Fling. I believe Mr. Ray asked in one of his classes if anyone wanted to help set up for the Hawk Nelson/Tom's Shoes event the next evening, so I volunteered.
We met at the Bank Center the morning of the 21st, and I helped with load in. I learned quickly that live events involve many pounds of heavy equipment and more miles of cable than one cares to think about.
For the event itself, I ran a spotlight for the Hawk Nelson show. I had never run a spot before, so I got a brief rundown before we went live. The show went very well, and I learned for the first time how to be an effective spot op.
I helped with load out after, and learned that as much fun as it is getting things out of the trailer, getting them back in was even more fun... I was definitely sore the next morning. The soreness was worth it, however, as Joe from New Day got my contact info and said that he would be in touch for future events.
The date was April 21st, and it was the week of Spring Fling. I believe Mr. Ray asked in one of his classes if anyone wanted to help set up for the Hawk Nelson/Tom's Shoes event the next evening, so I volunteered.
We met at the Bank Center the morning of the 21st, and I helped with load in. I learned quickly that live events involve many pounds of heavy equipment and more miles of cable than one cares to think about.
For the event itself, I ran a spotlight for the Hawk Nelson show. I had never run a spot before, so I got a brief rundown before we went live. The show went very well, and I learned for the first time how to be an effective spot op.
I helped with load out after, and learned that as much fun as it is getting things out of the trailer, getting them back in was even more fun... I was definitely sore the next morning. The soreness was worth it, however, as Joe from New Day got my contact info and said that he would be in touch for future events.
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Mark Chesnutt
On December 11th of 2010, I got my first gig working for New Day Productions. I was asked if I could run a camera for a live concert, and luckily, I had some experience running a camera from WTTV Live Crew, so I said yes.
I had only barely heard of the artist, Mark Chesnutt, so I didn't really know what to expect going into the show. This was also the first time I had run a camera for a live concert.
I learned quickly that running a live camera was at the same time amazingly fun and very tiring. I had a shoulder camera on my back for four hours straight, and I was completely wore out by the end of the show. I couldn't have been happier.
I leaned that tight shots on the performers are very important. I also learned a lot about framing on the move and following a moving person, which was different from the camera experience I had coming in.
I had only barely heard of the artist, Mark Chesnutt, so I didn't really know what to expect going into the show. This was also the first time I had run a camera for a live concert.
I learned quickly that running a live camera was at the same time amazingly fun and very tiring. I had a shoulder camera on my back for four hours straight, and I was completely wore out by the end of the show. I couldn't have been happier.
I leaned that tight shots on the performers are very important. I also learned a lot about framing on the move and following a moving person, which was different from the camera experience I had coming in.
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