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knowing Trent, (I sang backups for him on one show in 1999 on MTV music awards... 6 days rehearsal for one song) he probably IS the lighting director. He is the most technically hands on artist I have ever encountered. Teddy -- PS. -- http://teddyjam.com new live recordings -- http://myspace.com/teddykjam friend me On Sep 6, 2008, at 6:37 AM, Rick Walker wrote: > I know this is a bit off-topic, but > I just saw a truly amazing show tonight: > > Nine Inch Nails at the Oakland Coliseum. > > I have to say that this show had the best, most modern, > glitchy and inpiring light shows I've ever witnessed. > > I'm actually more turned on by the Lighting Director as I am > by the crack band that Trent Reznor had assembled on this, > the 2nd to last show of his long current tour. > > > The guy did the whole show with thousands and thousands of > small LED lights. The design was just brilliant and frequently > it was interactive with the band. > > There was a huge LED array behind the band and then there was > a secondary LED array on a huge see through curtain that went > all the way across the stage so that you could see the band > THROUGH the light show. > > In one segment, the drummer came out and , by touching, > large white squares on a gigantic see-through curtain, the lights > turned > red and he programmed a drum maching in real time for the piece that > was playing. > > I wish I could describe more of it, but I felt like I was watching > the future > of large scale concert presentation (especially, visually). > > .....and Reznor (who was in fine voice) didn't even introduce the > L.D. at the end of the > night in his introductions. Shame on him (unless the guy didn't > want to be introduced) > > The guy is a genius.