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TL;DR: Qlab is supposedly a powerful application – but why is Brian spending a year to write about it? The Story: As anyone who has worked with me on a live show will attest, I am a HUGE Qlab junkie. I try to use it for everything – partly just to test the limits of …
Good morning! Starting next week, we are going to host a series here on Rocktzar.com, all about using Qlab in your show (with a couple of other production tips and topics thrown in along the way). Over the course of the next year or so, there will be weekly posts on how you can better program your …
New sound design samples are posted, having added selections from the last couple of shows this month.
Technology is complicated. Putting on a show doesn’t have to be. This is where we’ll be sharing our how-to’s, Qlab tips and tricks, and Apple Scripts that make your life so much easier! Can’t wait for you to join us here on the Rocktzar life.
Years ago I did a tour with Sweden’s Pain of Salvation, as their tour manager and sound engineer. It was brutal on all of us, and filled with stories that can be told elsewhere. But they are great guys, and we became good friends as a result. But after that tour, I was burned out …
Continue reading “Pain of Salvation, North American Tour 2017, and progressive spreadsheets”
I am master electrician for a production of Christmas Carol this season. It falls just between a few of my other shows, so I have had to take it on in an extremely organized manner – the days I have allotted to it are all I can give them, with very little room for extra …
After last Spring’s insanity, we escaped to backpack in Europe for a bunch of the Summer. This Fall found me working on, among other things, NVCC’s production of Cabaret. I won’t get into how timely this show was with the political climate here in the US, but it was definitely the grounds for a lot …
I love working on the play Wizard of Oz, which is great, because productions keep finding me! This time, Mary and I were both asked to work on some footage that was already shot (some green screen some…not), but the director didn’t have the time or know-how to make his vision work. So we did …
Continue reading “Yet another Wizard of Oz projection production”
Just as we were nearing the end of our over-the-top busy season at NVCC, disaster struck. Our electrical system for the main stage went DOWN. The short version is that the transformer on the roof had some serious issues and we had no reliable power for stage lighting. House lights and standard electrical wall outlets …
Today we close on the 5th and final drama production of our academic year at NVCC – Neil Simon’s “Rumors.” I was the sound designer. Because of all of the other shows in this crazy month and a half, I had this one pretty much designed and programmed right out of the gate back in …
Continue reading ““Rumors” & “Into the Woods” – Shows #4 & #5 of 6!”
