John Legend - Mobile Production Pro

System Tech Jonathan Ostrinexplained, “There are a lot of reasonsthat this is a very important tour for us.John [Legend] is on the cusp of reallybreaking through, and we want to bea part of it. So no matter what you’redoing out here it’s all about the firstimpression. There is also the matter ofour new association with Adamson. Wereally want all of this to work out.”Ostrin went on to say, “Neither John ormanagement have been half as criticalof us as we are.”Video played a huge partof this show. The systemwas a completelynew LED display calledWinVision, which wasput forth by VER (VideoEquipment Rental).WinVision is a 14 mil productthat looks like something witha much tighter resolution. Andwhile we call it new, we mustqualify that statement by sayingthat it is new to the road withthe John Legend tour beingits first foray into the world ofconcert touring. However, it hasshown up in other productionformats.In addition to its vivid display, it isincredibly light weight at ten poundsper panel, which makes it perfect fortheatres where load baring capacityfrom one room to the next can be separatedby gaping disparity. Additionally,the light weight of the rig makes forremarkably quick and easy set up andstrike. “More often than not we get thewall up before everyone else and weonly need a couple hands to make ithappen,” said Video Led Tech, KarlHansen.Through a combination of structuraldesign and sleek cable management,this system is highly durable. On oneoccasion the sprinkler system went offearly in the day drenching the wall(along with everything else on stage),and the system worked fine for theshow that night.The frame work of the system is soclean that it is secondarily useful as aset element. The video portion of theshow was run through the lighting consolvia media server. Lighting Director,Nick Van Nostrand was careful notto use it strictly as a source of videocontent, but opting at various timesthroughout the show to us it as textureupon which to throw light from severaldifferent angles. This worked beautifullyin contrast to what he was doingon the upstage cyc. The show was litwith a beautiful color pallet.John Legend put on a great show. Butas we all know, without production he’sjust a guy playing quietly in the dark.Given the constraints that can bedevila fledgling act, this production teamshowed up to play. The show had thesound and look of something muchbigger than it was.Gordon Mack put it in a nut shell,“It’s impossible to adequately explainhow proud I am of this crew. I givethem the info they need and no matterwhat the challenges are, I don’t have toworry about it.”Just think of what they’ll do in arenas.7vendorsMANAGEMENT - LA/NYCTHE ARTISTS ORGANIZATIONBOOKING AGENTCAARECORD LABELCOLUMBIA RECORDSBUSINESSMANAGEMENTDL ENTERTAINMENTLEGALMYMAN, ABELL, FINEMAN, FOXTRAVELEXECUTRAVELINTERNATIONALTRAVELBCD TRAVELTRUCKINGJANCOBUSESTOUR BUS LEASINGFREIGHTSOUNDMOVESLIGHTINGUPSTAGINGVIDEOFRANK THE PLUMBERAUDIOSOUND IMAGERADIOSROAD RADIOSCREDENTIALSCUBE SERVICESMERCHANTHILL TRADINGGROUND TRANSPORTDIVA LIMOUSINEPIANOYAHAMAITINERARIESCONTROL FREAKSUPPORT ACTESTELLE24 mobile production monthly