Aflounder4u
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Hello All.
My name is Scott Wasserberg and I often go by Scooter professionally, I am in the process of completing research for a history text that I am writing and that is slated for release at a future USITT conference. The brief description of the book is:
The book is comprised of 5 sections; history of the leko, history of the moving light, history of modern electronic load dimming, history of the modern memory console, and history of DMX-512. Each section is further broken down into chapters with each section consisting of the same 3 parts; the history of each sections topic up to the point of market entry, the presentation of the initial invention of each sections item, and the people(s) or company(s) that took the invention to a new level.
The book is not designed nor intended to be a how to but rather a "this is your life". There are a number texts and many articles talking about the people behind many of these inventions or articles that take us through the invention and briefly discuss the before. My intention is to bring everything together and present a true history text.
In my efforts to complete the research I am combing over existing interviews with key figures in the development of Consoles, Fixtures, and Dimming but am in need of conducting my own "follow-up" interviews and am turning to this forum for help in bridging the divide in other words making introductions.
Below is a short list of persons I wish to talk with. Reflecting on the book concept above, if you see your name or someone you know that had a role in R&D I am excited to talk with you or them. I am going to be attending USITT 2020, currently still taking place, and would enjoy 30 minutes of time with anyone on the list or otherwise.
Steve Terry
David Cunningham
Tom Littrell
Gordon Pearlman
Bill Florac
Ann Valentino (Mistakenly left off BUT not forgotten)
Thank you in advance and my deepest apologize if I have asked to speak with someone who may no longer be with us, it is difficult to confirm some details.
My name is Scott Wasserberg and I often go by Scooter professionally, I am in the process of completing research for a history text that I am writing and that is slated for release at a future USITT conference. The brief description of the book is:
The book is comprised of 5 sections; history of the leko, history of the moving light, history of modern electronic load dimming, history of the modern memory console, and history of DMX-512. Each section is further broken down into chapters with each section consisting of the same 3 parts; the history of each sections topic up to the point of market entry, the presentation of the initial invention of each sections item, and the people(s) or company(s) that took the invention to a new level.
The book is not designed nor intended to be a how to but rather a "this is your life". There are a number texts and many articles talking about the people behind many of these inventions or articles that take us through the invention and briefly discuss the before. My intention is to bring everything together and present a true history text.
In my efforts to complete the research I am combing over existing interviews with key figures in the development of Consoles, Fixtures, and Dimming but am in need of conducting my own "follow-up" interviews and am turning to this forum for help in bridging the divide in other words making introductions.
Below is a short list of persons I wish to talk with. Reflecting on the book concept above, if you see your name or someone you know that had a role in R&D I am excited to talk with you or them. I am going to be attending USITT 2020, currently still taking place, and would enjoy 30 minutes of time with anyone on the list or otherwise.
Steve Terry
David Cunningham
Tom Littrell
Gordon Pearlman
Bill Florac
Ann Valentino (Mistakenly left off BUT not forgotten)
Thank you in advance and my deepest apologize if I have asked to speak with someone who may no longer be with us, it is difficult to confirm some details.
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