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PETER HENDRICKSON
Tour Tech East ( 2015 ) Ltd . Dartmouth , NS
Started Out : In 1975 when a friend , guitar player Bruce Nelson , landed a gig with a local rock bad called Titan .
“ He convinced the band to hire me to do lighting . In those days , we had to build the lighting because we didn ’ t have access to equipment like you do today . So my first lighting rig was basically made of sheet metal stove pipe and par bulbs with a homemade relay switch panel .”
Favourite Gear : “ I ’ m an old par guy that also loves a good , crisp-focus profile fixture . Like most LDs and designers these days , I am so impressed with where we are going with LED products . In my day , the only LED we had was the power indicator light on the console .”
AL PAQUETTE
Freelance LD Toronto , ON
Started Out : Playing guitar in bands as a teen in Kingston , ON , before jumping onboard with friends starting a sound and lighting company . Credits include work as LD for Blue Rodeo , Roger Hodgson , and Headstones .
“ I always had a great interest in the light shows of the concerts I attended and thought I ’ d give it a go . I
LOOKING BACK …
Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo Fall 2009
Each and every year since 1979 , Halifax has played host to tens of thousands of visiting performers , military personnel , and members of the general public for the Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo . Inspired by traditional military tattoos , the event , held at the Halifax Metro Centre , welcomes entertainers from international militaries , police forces , fire departments , and the like to put on a spectacle . The sheer grandeur of the show ’ s visuals makes for an interesting paradigm from a lighting standpoint . The show is lit so effectively and tastefully that you could literally engulf yourself in the performance and not even realize how the huge system suspended above your head was enhancing it . worked hard doing all types of shows from corporate events to raves , bar mitzvahs , you name it , but my main goal was lighting live music and one band led to another . I like to say that I just changed my instrument from guitar to lighting , and that ’ s how I have always tried to approach it – as another instrument in the band .”
Favourite Gear : “ One of the first moving lights I ever worked with was the HES Trackspot . I loved the colours and gobos and have fond memories of the shows I did with it . Also the old Leprecon dimmer boards were great . My favourite fixtures today are the Martin MAC Viper and Aura as well as the Robe Spiider . Control was another issue back then . I went from the Martin 3032 computer to the NSI MLC16 to the Avolites Pearl to the Wholehog . Each of these consoles was a marked improvement over the last but it wasn ’ t until the MA Lighting grandMA that I finally thought , ‘ This is how lighting control should be .’”
CHRISTOPHER PEGG
Director of Business Development – Lighting & Multimedia , Westbury National Toronto , ON
Started Out : As a university student working a live music club .
“ One day , a friend of mine who was in local bands came in and said he had everything together for his show , but was missing someone to do lighting . I ’ d always paid attention to the lighting in the club , and Gary Topp , who was the booker / promoter of the club and used to operate the lighting for a lot of the bands , had a great , subtle feel for shading people and creating colour scenes . He made me pay attention to the lighting and made me want to do it , so when my friend said he needed someone for lighting , I immediately said I ’ d do it .”
Favourite Gear : “ I like things that are pixel-based and digital , so new gear includes Pixel Tubes and Ayrton ’ s Magicpanel FX . I also still like the DL Series from High