James L. Moody with contributing writer Paul Dexter.
3rd ed.
Boston :
Elsevier/Focal Press,
c2010.
xvii, 334 p. :
ill. (some col.) ;
28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-320) and index.
Part I. Background and organization. The birth of rock and the rise of the concert lighting field -- Tour personnel and unions -- Business -- Preproduction -- The design stage -- Cueing the music -- Road life -- Working outside the United States -- Risk assessment and safety -- Finding solutions -- Part II. Equipment designed to travel. Lighting consoles -- Portable dimming and distribution systems -- Lighting trusses -- Lifts, hoists, and roofs -- Moving luminaires -- LED units -- Digital lighting and media servers -- Conventional lighting and accessories -- Smoke and pyrotechnic effects -- Protocol, control, and ancillary enablers -- The designer's workbox -- Festivals, fairs, racetracks, amphitheatres, casinos, and local lighting equipment -- Part III. Designing with touring equipment. Master designers -- Designers perspective; art vs. business -- Artist's perspective -- Music video, film, DVDs, and long-form production -- Part IV. The after-word. Postscript: looking back.