Le Switch at The Satellite

Photo By: Angela Holtzen

       Last Friday, August 19th,  I had the opportunity to design the lighting for one of my favorite local bands, Le Switch. This was to be their last performance together, so it needed to be special and celebratory. The set list was eighteen songs in length and ranged from their fun upbeat country numbers to their somber and gritty emotional tunes. The band has a great range in their songs which allowed for me to play around with mood and color. And, for this final performance, mood was a greater factor than usual. Even though Le Switch has many upbeat rock and roll songs, many of the cues within the songs require cross fades between lighting looks rather than purely quick 1 or 0 count cues. This allowed for there to be more range in the timing of the cues within each song requiring me to be more creative and strategic with programming on a scene setter lighting board.
     This final performance was certainly one to remember. This was my first chance to light Le Switch and unfortunately my last to light them as a whole band. I am grateful to have been part of their last performance to enhance to overall experience that friends and fans can remember for years to come.

Soon a video of this final performance shall be released online. Though Le Switch has called it quits, you can still hear their music on their website or Facebook page.

To view more photos from this show, you can visit photographer Angela Holtzen's online album.

C-Horse "Tongues" Video Shoot

Photo By: Courtney Olsen

    
          Last weekend we wrapped up shooting the latest music video for the band C-Horse. Directed by Sean Johnson and shot by Micheal Guerena, "Tongues" is a performance based video which highlights the band's fantastic style and the overall mood of the song. For this shoot, I designed the lighting and much of the scenic elements. We used a Downtown LA music rehearsal space in the industrial end of town as our location. The rehearsal space was transformed twice for two different looking setups for the chorus and verse portions of the song. Due to electrical limitations, I decided to gel the large windows to use the daylight as a significant light source. Luckily this east facing window illuminated the room throughout the entirety of the day. C-Horse was a fun band to work with, and I look forward to seeing how everyone's hard work translates to screen. 

To stay updated on the release of this video and any upcoming live performances, you can visit C-Horse's Facebook Page.

Looking Back to 2006

Trader Joe's at 3rd St. & La Brea Ave, Los Angeles

      
      Since I had completed many projects before I began this blog a few months ago, I will be taking occasional opportunities to look back on some of my career shaping highlights. This August marks the five year anniversary of my first commercial mural. I painted this mural at Trader Joe's in Los Angeles during an incredibly hot summer in 2006. The painting was a colorful montage of local city landmarks totaling nearly 480 sq ft! This mural still stands there today in it's original state, which is somewhat surprising considering the massive change this store location has gone through during this time. This Los Angeles montage remains one of my favorite works to date even though my painting and composition has developed significantly over these years.