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I attempted to make a clay Babbling Book in pottery class.

Hadidjah

Posted 7 years, 11 months ago (Source)

Yeah, I'm not really good at drawing or painting. My hands are too shaky.

I have a lot of trouble with painting small details too. I imagine it won't survive the kiln, so you'd have to do the detailing pass afterward, but using a set of colored Sharpies or Micron pens has been really helpful to me.

100% with /u/GipsyJoe on blocking sections during glazing, too. Painters tape can also be a real sanity saver.

Keep it up!:D Minis are fun! ^{Sooo fun!}
Hadidjah

Posted 7 years, 11 months ago (Source)

sup team member

How's it goin' friend?
Hadidjah

Posted 7 years, 11 months ago (Source)

Having a great day at work, hope you are too!

Glad to hear it, so far so far good for me too! You working on anything fun? :)
Hadidjah

Posted 7 years, 11 months ago (Source)

I’m busy prepping lighting gear for the upcoming Kenny Chesney tour, super excited since it’s my first year-long national tour! :)

:D That's awesome! What're your duties on the tour - is light prep such a big part of the show that that's your whole role, or are you general prep pre-show or running lighting support through all stages of the show? How did you get into a job like that?
Hadidjah

Posted 7 years, 11 months ago (Source)

I’m a dimmer tech for the Stadium shows, so me and the other stadium lighting techs are going to be building/getting power + FOH control to the lighting fixtures that go all the way around the bowls of the stadiums. Last time I counted we’re using ~36 Robe BMFLs and 40 VL3500Wash (both super cool powerful moving lights) for our stuff :)

During college I tried to get an internship as an audio tech at the production company I work for, but lighting was all they had open at the time. So I said screw it, I need an internship for this class I signed up for (lol). Cut my teeth hard starting from scratch but they’re finally sending me out :D

Hahaha I've made a whole career out of "Hell, why not?", so I guess we're screw-it buddies. Congrats on finally being released out into the wild!:D

How big are those lights? I tried googling them and mostly got product shots that don't really show scale, but it looked like some of them are twice the size of someone's head? o__o

What's the cadence like for a tour like the one you're on - is it generally a show every day or two? How much of the lighting is pre-installed in each venue vs. things you have to shlep from place to place and set back up each time? How much of the light show is pre-programmed and how much of it are you guys controlling on the fly during the show? It seems like it must be a super packed schedule.^^
Hadidjah
Posted 7 years, 11 months ago (Source)
Thank you :)

They’re pretty big dudes, this is a BMFL compared to me working on it.

A lot of the show is programmed during rehearsals, where the LD and the console operator will build looks and cue lists to use for the various songs. They’ll have the songs in a list something like this (varies for each LD):

Blackout

Intro 2.1 Intro Big Hits

Prechorus

Chorus 4.1 BIG CHORUS

Etc...

But there are executor buttons and faders you can map on the console if you want to manually add movement or strobe or color, whatever you feel in the moment.

Every venue is different, so when the rig is up and built the LD usually has a night or two to go through cues and make adjustments to their show. When I did Kenny’s 2 Stadium dates last year in Foxboro we’d stay up until 2-3AM watching the FOH guys program and drink in the stands haha.

It looks like most of the dates on the schedule are going to have 2 or 3 days to load in. Hopefully we get it down to a science after a few weeks and can crank it out in 1-2 days.

Everything we use for the show comes with us so there’s no discrepancies between venues, we’ll have probably 6-7 semis full of Staging, Lighting, Audio, Backline, and Merch.

Woooooooooo
Man that's so interesting, thanks for taking the time to answer all of that! Sorry for peppering you with so many questions.^^

And I just realized... please tell me BMFL is short for Big Mother-Fuckin' Light.<3
Hadidjah

Posted 7 years, 11 months ago (Source)

Oh it absolutely is known as that for sure :D

But when the Robe representative came to our shop in Nashville he called them the Buy My Fuckin Lights hahaha

Both of those make me tremendously happy. XD

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    <div class="md"><p>Yeah, I'm not really good at drawing or painting. My hands are too shaky.</p>
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<div class="md"><p>I have a lot of trouble with painting small details too.  I imagine it won't survive the kiln, so you'd have to do the detailing pass afterward, but using a set of colored Sharpies or Micron pens has been really helpful to me.</p>

<p>100% with <a href="/u/GipsyJoe">/u/GipsyJoe</a> on blocking sections during glazing, too.  Painters tape can also be a real sanity saver.</p>

<p>Keep it up!:D  Minis are fun! <sup>Sooo fun!</sup></p>
</div> (<a href="https://imgur.com/a/v53eudt4bg3v">Hadidjah</a>)
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    <div class="md"><p>sup team member</p>
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<div class="md"><p>How's it goin' friend?</p>
</div> (<a href="https://imgur.com/a/v53eudt6dqhi">Hadidjah</a>)
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    <div class="md"><p>Having a great day at work, hope you are too!</p>
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<div class="md"><p>Glad to hear it, so far so far good for me too!  You working on anything fun? :)</p>
</div> (<a href="https://imgur.com/a/v53eudt6k8fa">Hadidjah</a>)
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    <div class="md"><p>I’m busy prepping lighting gear for the upcoming Kenny Chesney tour, super excited since it’s my first year-long national tour! :)</p>
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<div class="md"><p>:D  That's awesome!  What're your duties on the tour - is light prep such a big part of the show that that's your whole role, or are you general prep pre-show or running lighting support through all stages of the show?  How did you get into a job like that?</p>
</div> (<a href="https://imgur.com/a/v53eudt6swb9">Hadidjah</a>)
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    <div class="md"><p>I’m a dimmer tech for the Stadium shows, so me and the other stadium lighting techs are going to be building/getting power + FOH control to the lighting fixtures that go all the way around the bowls of the stadiums.  Last time I counted we’re using ~36 Robe BMFLs  and 40 VL3500Wash (both super cool powerful moving lights) for our stuff :)</p>

<p>During college I tried to get an internship as an <em>audio</em> tech at the production company I work for, but lighting was all they had open at the time. So I said screw it, I need an internship for this class I signed up for (lol). Cut my teeth hard starting from scratch but they’re finally sending me out :D</p>
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<div class="md"><p>Hahaha I've made a whole career out of "Hell, why not?", so I guess we're screw-it buddies.  Congrats on finally being released out into the wild!:D</p>

<p>How big are those lights?  I tried googling them and mostly got product shots that don't really show scale, but it looked like some of them are twice the size of someone's head? o__o</p>

<p>What's the cadence like for a tour like the one you're on - is it generally a show every day or two?  How much of the lighting is pre-installed in each venue vs. things you have to shlep from place to place and set back up each time?  How much of the light show is pre-programmed and how much of it are you guys controlling on the fly during the show?  It seems like it must be a super packed schedule.^^</p>
</div> (<a href="https://imgur.com/a/v53eudt81uon">Hadidjah</a>)
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    <div class="md"><p>Thank you :)</p>

<p>They’re pretty big  dudes, <a href="https://imgur.com/a/mHc8R">this is a BMFL compared to me working on it</a>. </p>

<p>A lot of the show is programmed during rehearsals, where the LD and the console operator will build looks and cue lists to use for the various songs. They’ll have the songs in a list something like this (varies for each LD):</p>

<ol>
<li>Blackout</li>
<li>Intro
2.1 Intro Big Hits</li>
<li>Prechorus</li>
<li>Chorus
4.1 BIG CHORUS</li>
</ol>

<p>But there are executor buttons and faders you can map on the console if you want to manually add movement or strobe or color, whatever you feel in the moment. </p>

<p>Every venue is different, so when the rig is up and built the LD usually has a night or two to go through cues and make adjustments to their show. When I did Kenny’s 2 Stadium dates last year in Foxboro we’d stay up until 2-3AM watching the FOH guys program and drink in the stands haha.</p>

<p>It looks like most of the dates on the schedule are going to have 2 or 3 days to load in. Hopefully we get it down to a science after a few weeks and can crank it out in 1-2 days.</p>

<p>Everything we use for the show comes with us so there’s no discrepancies between venues, we’ll have probably 6-7 semis full of Staging, Lighting, Audio, Backline, and Merch.</p>

<p>Woooooooooo</p>
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<div class="md"><p>Man that's so interesting, thanks for taking the time to answer all of that!  Sorry for peppering you with so many questions.^^</p>

<p>And I just realized... please tell me BMFL is short for Big Mother-Fuckin' Light.<3</p>
</div> (<a href="https://imgur.com/a/v53eudt8fhcv">Hadidjah</a>)
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    <div class="md"><p>Oh it absolutely is known as that for sure :D</p>

<p>But when the Robe representative came to our shop in Nashville he called them the Buy My Fuckin Lights hahaha</p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<div class="md"><p>Both of those make me tremendously happy. XD</p>
</div> (<a href="https://imgur.com/a/v53eudt99sja">Hadidjah</a>)
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<p><div class="md"><p>I have a lot of trouble with painting small details too.  I imagine it won't survive the kiln, so you'd have to do the detailing pass afterward, but using a set of colored Sharpies or Micron pens has been really helpful to me.</p>

<p>100% with <a href="/u/GipsyJoe">/u/GipsyJoe</a> on blocking sections during glazing, too.  Painters tape can also be a real sanity saver.</p>

<p>Keep it up!:D  Minis are fun! <sup>Sooo fun!</sup></p>
</div> (<a href="https://imgur.com/a/v53eudt4bg3v">Source</a>)</p>

<p><div class="md"><p>How's it goin' friend?</p>
</div> (<a href="https://imgur.com/a/v53eudt6dqhi">Source</a>)</p>

<p><div class="md"><p>Glad to hear it, so far so far good for me too!  You working on anything fun? :)</p>
</div> (<a href="https://imgur.com/a/v53eudt6k8fa">Source</a>)</p>

<p><div class="md"><p>:D  That's awesome!  What're your duties on the tour - is light prep such a big part of the show that that's your whole role, or are you general prep pre-show or running lighting support through all stages of the show?  How did you get into a job like that?</p>
</div> (<a href="https://imgur.com/a/v53eudt6swb9">Source</a>)</p>

<p><div class="md"><p>Hahaha I've made a whole career out of "Hell, why not?", so I guess we're screw-it buddies.  Congrats on finally being released out into the wild!:D</p>

<p>How big are those lights?  I tried googling them and mostly got product shots that don't really show scale, but it looked like some of them are twice the size of someone's head? o__o</p>

<p><div class="md"><p>Man that's so interesting, thanks for taking the time to answer all of that!  Sorry for peppering you with so many questions.^^</p>

<p>And I just realized... please tell me BMFL is short for Big Mother-Fuckin' Light.<3</p>
</div> (<a href="https://imgur.com/a/v53eudt8fhcv">Source</a>)</p>

<p><div class="md"><p>Both of those make me tremendously happy. XD</p>
</div> (<a href="https://imgur.com/a/v53eudt99sja">Source</a>)</p>
    
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