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Re: OT NINE INCH NAILS in Concert tonight in Oakland: ASTONISHINGLIGHT SHOW



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

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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.