Recent content by kendal69

Break open a GREEN glowstick and drip it on whatever you want to glow. Simple and cheap.

Here's what I did. I drew a city skyline with Illustrator and sentthat to a CNC machine operator who set his machine to cut out each window ( CLEAN) then I used white velon to cover the widown from behnd the hit it with LED lighting

Fill a table with "lab glass" beakers, test tubes, jars etc. Fill them with colored water backlit with led lighting. Then fill the jars with dry ice so it bubbles and smokes. You can have a larger bucket that has more dry ice than others and pours out large volumes of "smoke"

Forget the mirror ball, the world BEST dico light is the Martin RUSH WIZARD. I purchased 4 of these and every time they go out the cusromers rave about them. They give you the same "mirror ball" pattern but it's DMX has colors, patterns etc. What I do is set them up near the statge put them...

I am one of the first people to bring LED lights into the U.S.A. from China. I was told by all the "pro's"when I first brought in the 1 watt led that these lights would never last and these "led things were never going to make it" . I explained to these "pro's" that you can throw away you gels...

I made a disto box that drops between the power source ( genertor or house power) that has multiple outlets. (6) 60 amp 3ph, (6) 20 amp 3ph (6) 50 and single ph (3) cam out. With this set up I can handle individual spide box's or "lunch box style disto 60 amp 3ph ea." convention stringers, and...

This is simple - Change your title to "LIGHTING FACILITATOR" ," LIGHTING COORDINATOR" ,"LIGHTING MASTER" , "HEAD LIGHTING GURU", etc etc. He gets his title, and you get your title on a separate line. The general public does not know what a LD is anyway. Problem Solved.

Calm down, it's used to power ONE new style fixture to old-style stage pin, nothing can go wrong, no one will die, nothing will explode. I guarantee people all over the country are using bad cracked overused and word extension cords and no one is crying about that. I've seen a lot worse. At...

Handle it like a balloon drop at new years. ANET with a fishing line weaved in and out through two pieces. Fill the net with sponge, foam, baking flour. Timing needs to be perfect. One the shot someone pulls the fishing line and it opens up the net and downfalls the rubble.

Always have an outside CERTIFIED rigging inspector and make sure they have proper liability insurance 1-5 million dollars. Remember the actors that were killed / injured at Cirque because of a rigging issue. Rigging is a serious and complicated issue, dealing with a lot of math and physical...

Make a prop that shoots baking flour and uses an LED light as the flashy and the "bang" comes from CO2

Flexible Translucent PE Plastic Sheet, or look up sheets of fiberglass both very cheap and can be cut with a box cutter.http://www.eplastics.com/Plastic/5-oz-Translucent-White-48-x-50ft-Roll

Try SPRING LOADED or RETRACTABLE casters. They will disappear and the set will rest firmly on stage till needed to move set.

That was going to be my idea, get a permanent lift motor installed if the building can handle the weight. You can get a custom sling made just for this piano, strap it up and lify away.

Rather than tell you what you CAN'T do with the 10K I'll actually attempt to actually answer your question. Get a Martin M2Go board, $3,500. Spend the rest on CHAUVET Slim Par Pro lights and a few CHAUVET ellipsoidals. There you have it a new system for 10K that will handle all your needs...