Written by: Nook Schoenfeld
So I’m rapping on the phone with my buddy Scott Plummer. He owns the finest little mom and pop lighting company down in Tucson, Arizona called Total Lighting Support. One of my acts is coming to his local casino, as they do every year, and it gives us a chance to catch up. Of course the main reason I’m calling is to advance my gig and make sure he has all my lighting plots and I have his. But somewhere along the way he stops me and asks a question.
“Hey I just want to know something. Is it my gig to find out who you are and what you require, lighting-wise, when you come to my town? Or are you the one who’s supposed to call me?” Scott asks, in all sincerity. I reply that by all means it is MY gig as the traveling representative with the act, to make sure that I can simulate the light fixtures, truss structures, hang points, smoke, backdrops etc. that I require for my scenery. I also advance the video with each place. Scott’s simple reply made me sad. “Well, I wish you would let all these other LD’s know this, cause I’m really tired of having to hunt down these people and do their gig.”
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