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Concert Lighting, Third Edition: Techniques, Art and Business

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"Concert Lighting : Techniques, Art, and Business" is one of the most useful books on lighting. I have been a lighting designer for a few years now, and have read many many books on lighting, theater and concert. "Concert Lighting : Techniques, Art, and Business" goes into great depth for designing with intelligent lighting, as well as using fogs, hazzers and pars. "Concert Lighting : Techniques, Art, and Business" also gives great information on all companys from which to buy these items, and the many different ways to control them. "Concert Lighting : Techniques, Art, and Business" is a definite winner with my company and I. I will continue to refer "Concert Lighting : Techniques, Art, and Business" to all associates in my field, as well as in others.

This book continues in the vein of the first and is full of excellent info for anyone interested in tourine, with data also useful for your regular Theatre-Bound technician

A good concert is about more than the music. "Concert Lighting: Techniques, Art, and Business" is the third edition of Focal Presses's acclaimed guide to the importance of good lighting in concert settings. James Moody is an experienced theatre technician, and Paul Dexter has done lighting for some of the biggest acts in Rock such as Ozzy Osbourne and Motley Crue. Good lighting enhances the music, makes the experience more memorable and more likely to return for another show. "Concert Lighting" is an absolute must for anyone in charge of the finer technical details of a concert.

I found alot of useful information. Especially in the business aspects of Concert Lighting. General History of concert lighting is very indepth. As for the art and techniques in the book, I found the book to be very basic. I'm not a lighting Designer. The only experience I have. Is hands on experience. This business is very secretive. This book has alot of the answers.

This book would be better titled Technical Details of Rock Concert Lighting. It had a lot of technical details on the hardware, but not much on the actual art of concert lighting (only one chapter: Chapter 6). I suspect that the hardware would come with their own manuals, but maybe they don't and you need a book like this. Also, the pictures are interesting but they don't seem to be all that elucidating of the key concepts -- too much detail without organizing themes, in my humble opinion. I was hoping to gain insight into classical symphony concert lighting as an art form, but there is very little of that. For me, it was like getting a book titled Painting, and finding out that it spent one chapter on the art of painting and the rest of the pages on the brush types, paint types, canvas types, easel structure, the organic chemistry of paints, the material response of canvas, the evaporation dynamics of paints, etc. If you are a rock concert visual director and need technical reviews to supplement your hardware manuals, then this might be useful. If you want to know about the lighting for the NY Philharmonic, or the art of lighting, then this is not the book for you. If the author retitled the book to "Technical Details of Rock Concert Lighting," then I would probably give it 4 stars. I'm glad I just borrowed a copy instead of buying it. It seems like the author put in a lot time into it. I hope that the next edition will have a better title and more useful figures.

Book came promptly after purchase and in better quality than I was expecting. No markings or damage to item at all, nearly pristine condition.