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full-blown programming suite and work
on the show freely as I would from any of
the high-end programming suites you find
around the world. I got some funny looks at
airport security checkpoints, but man was it
worth it! Being a modern lighting designer,
I think this mobility is key – expensive, but
absolutely integral.
PL&P: How did you enjoy the overall ex-
perience, particularly collaborating with
the band, management, and the rest of
the tour staff?
MH: I really enjoyed the amount of trust this
band and management put into me. It gave
me the confidence to really go for it. With
that trust came my bringing this project to
Martin Kelley at Christie Lites – something
that means a great deal to me as I know and
love the service they provide as a contractor
and a customer. More so than anything, Jon
Dunleavy was always there to take my calls
and steer me in the right direction when
answers weren’t so clear. I have dubbed him
my knight in shining armour on this project
and I really don’t know how I would have
done it without him. The guy really has your
back. I can see more clearly than ever why
he has been with this act for over 10 years
and why every band should have their own
Jon Dunleavy.
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Crew List
Lighting Designer & Operator: Michael “Herk”
Herkimer
Production & Tour Manager: Jon Dunleavy
LX1/Dimmer Tech/Video Wall Tech: Arnold Pereira
Sales Rep: Martin Kelley, Christie Lites
Stage Manager: Mike Frey
Content Director/Team: Stephen Steeleman,
Brigantine Films
Gear List
Control
• MA Lighting grandMA 2 Lite (3.2.2.2)
• MA Lighting MA2 onPC + Fader Ext.
• 2 x Triangle Media Servers
Floor Fixtures
• 20 x Martin MAC Quantum Profiles
• 32 x Martin MAC Quantum Washes
• 2 x Martin Atomic 3000 Strobes
• 16 x Four-Light Square Blinders
• 3 x Chroma-Q Color Force 12 IIs
• 18 x Imposa Pro Tour 6 mm LED Panels
(for two16-ft. x 8-ft. LED Walls)
Roof Package
• 19 x Martin MAC Viper Performances
• 18 x Martin MAC Quantum Washes
• 18 x Clay Paky Sharpys
• 18 x Martin Atomic 3000 Stobes w/ Atomic
Colour Scrollers
• 16 x Four-Light Square Blinders
MH: I think the sheer speed of the design,
planning, and programming of this tour
taught me more than anything. Jon Dun-
leavy and I weren’t even off the Billy Talent
tour when we starting gearing up for this
project, and we started the RISE promo tour
and then left for the South American leg al-
most immediately. This meant I had to find a
new way to approach work from the road as
we were gearing up for our full production
runs during all of this.
Designing, drafting, plotting, and
programming had to be done on the go for
the most part. I began carrying four laptops.
Crazy, yes, but let me explain…
A Razorblade Pro Laptop with a GT1080x
was the crux of the operation, allowing me
to pre-viz and render at a blazing speed.
This project would have fallen apart on me
without this unit. A very pricy laptop, but my
god, it has been a game changer for me.
Then a Bootcamped MacBook Pro for
Resolume to run on before I had the Triangle
servers onsite.
An old Acer to run MA2 onPC on the go.
I wrote all macros and cuelists on airplanes
and in runner vans during the promo run.
Finally, a MacBook Air for email, search-
ing through content libraries, song playback,
and other basics during the programming
period.
I had two Pelican 1600 [cases] for my
computers and my MA2 onPC Command
and Fader wings. Once I was situated in
hotels on days off, I was able to set up a
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