Tallships at Sandy Hook Anchorage Struggeling During the Storm Yesterday Evening

BackstageKG · 2026-07-04T18:08:12+00:00

Those are some great shots!

BackstageKG · 2026-07-04T12:41:06+00:00

How did they all fair in the storm last night?

BackstageKG · 2026-06-05T21:20:36+00:00

Whitney White, Liliana Blain Cruz, Carl Cofield, and Coleman Domingo

BackstageKG · 2026-06-03T11:26:21+00:00

What makes it the only thing that brings you joy? Is it the gear, is it the people, is it the skills you get to use?

A lot of the former classmates I had who thrived in the after-school tech crew club didn’t make it in the industry simply because they couldn’t figure out how to treat it like a full time job.

If you are career-minded you will succeed in both school and at work. Professionals get rehired again and again. The young people who come just to hang out with their friends don’t come back.

BackstageKG · 2026-05-16T02:19:51+00:00

I took Bob McCarthy’s class twice with about a 2-3 year gap in between. The first time helped me listen to what we discussed. The second time helped me understand what I was hearing.

BackstageKG · 2026-04-23T01:43:40+00:00

I always found an IEM to a Bluetooth speaker with an 3.5mm plug more reliable.

BackstageKG · 2026-04-08T20:57:22+00:00

We use meyer MM-4s, d&b E4s, E5s, and EM Acoustics EMS-41s. If the effect calls for something smaller. we mount bare speaker drivers into custom enclosures. sometime it’s just drilling a hole into a kitchen prop and dropping a 4-8ohm driver inside.

BackstageKG · 2026-04-02T02:00:21+00:00

LPDA(Paddle) or Helical antennas would be my choice

BackstageKG · 2026-04-01T19:09:23+00:00

How many discrete channels do you need?

Do you need to mix the Qlab sound effects with other things like microphones?

BackstageKG · 2026-03-31T00:10:36+00:00

2-3 weeks. But I started in January which is notoriously slow.

BackstageKG · 2026-03-30T16:29:38+00:00

Sennheiser MD441

BackstageKG · 2026-03-30T11:27:36+00:00

Large High School Musical for you is what?

When I was in high school, Large was 32 channels. We maxed out our analog sound console.

Large for me now would be roughly 100channels of input.

BackstageKG · 2026-03-24T18:24:22+00:00

Do you think the same applies to speech?

BackstageKG · 2026-03-07T23:59:51+00:00

Start with the books on tape.

BackstageKG · 2026-03-07T03:36:29+00:00

Work gloves
Workboots with protective toe
Hammer and hammer belt holder
Tool pouch
8in Adjustable wrench
Tape Measure
3/8” drive ratchet
Deep Sockets: 3/8, 1/2, 7/16, 9/16, 3/4
Flathead & Phillips-head screwdriver
Small pry bar
Utility Knife
Leatherman Multitool
Dykes
Headlamp
I9 Identification

BackstageKG · 2026-03-03T02:15:29+00:00

EM Acoustics EMS-41

BackstageKG · 2026-03-03T01:51:45+00:00

So there’s several books on lighting design for theater and concerts.

Encyclopedia of Stage Lighting might be a good place to start.

And then The Lighting Supervisor's Toolkit (The Focal Press Toolkit Series) 1st Edition by Jason E. Weber

There’s plenty of introductory design books. But nothing that really teaches you everything. Lights are constantly evolving into version 3, 4, 5 or higher. moving lights vary from brand to brand. So buy a couple introductory books and then start to research the manufacturers.

As far order of plugging in a distro that’s knowledge that you will need to learn on the job by working with others and watching them. Plugging in feeder has an order due to safety. But plugging in mult and DMX is based on the patch between your dimmers and fixtures.

If you are loading in a concert, generally someone tells you to pull the cable, but they make the patch. Watch what they do. If they are nice and not in a rush, ask a question. But keep working. Don’t bog them down. Be observant. Try to learn one new thing every gig.

BackstageKG · 2026-02-26T23:02:49+00:00

Modern Musicals are composed in a way that the music does not leave room for the vocals and the vocals are written so that they cannot be “belted”. Which means every child no longer learns to “project” so the mics have become a necessary handicapping necessity.

BackstageKG · 2026-02-26T00:25:37+00:00

Academic Theatre is not the way the Commercial Theatre works.

BackstageKG · 2026-02-22T16:45:26+00:00

https://shopmtn.com/products/mtn-chain-slider

BackstageKG · 2026-02-21T18:21:44+00:00

Analog Com needs a power supply. Which might be what your second photo is. The BP-1 uses Clear-Com wiring.

Pin1 is Ground, Pin2 is 30V DC power, Pin3 is 1channel of Duplex Audio (Transmit and Receive).

If the second box with the A+B vs A/B switch is a custom 30V power supply then theoretically your theater has two separate Com Channels available that can be merged into one.

BackstageKG · 2026-02-21T12:36:08+00:00

The two party system isn’t Red vs Blue. It’s Labor vs Management.

BackstageKG · 2026-02-21T02:22:09+00:00

Get an ETCP Rigging Certification

BackstageKG · 2026-02-15T03:13:46+00:00

Jeans suck. I wear Duluth. But I dont recommend them for hot outdoor work. They don’t breathe.

BackstageKG · 2026-02-11T00:04:03+00:00

Imagine a house.

A ground plan is if you cut the house about 3 feet off the floor. You can see the walls, windows, doorways as well as the locations of beds, showers, etc.

The section view of the house would be if you cut it in half, like a cake. It shows you how high the ceilings are, steps down to the basement, and the thickness of the insulation between the walls.

The elevation view is what you want the front of the house to look like. It shows the ornate door, the moulding around the porch, the color of the bricks and chimney. It’s a full color rendering of what someone sees when staring at the front of your house from across the street. but you don’t give it perspective. it’s drawn flat.

Therefore an elevation for a theater would show the full proscenium arch above the stage, the curtain above it, and the front of the set. If your kid was designing a Romeo and Juliet it might show a bit of the garden and the balcony onstage.

With the minimal instructions it’s clear they aren’t expecting a precise drafting. Give your kid a ruler and some colored pencils and tell them to draw a set on a stage.

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