During MBLV17, attendees crowded around the CHAUVET® DJ stage to see live performances from celebrities such as Rob Base and Cupid. The stage featured the new TRUSST® Goal Post Kit with the MotionDrape LED and five COLORband PiX-M mounted to it. To create colorful aerial effects, six Intimidator Beam LED 350 moving heads were mounted atop six TRUSST® totems warmed with […]
With little time to recuperate from The NAMM Show 2013, the Chauvet team packed their bags and traveled to Las Vegas for MBLV17. To best showcase the latest in LED technology and portable gear, the team built a 20-by-30 foot booth using nearly 150 pieces of TRUSST®. Attendees got hands on with newly released gear […]
CHAUVET® DJ introduced nearly 30 new products designed for mobile entertainers at The NAMM Show 2013. The 60-by-30 foot Chauvet booth was contstructed using nearly 300 pieces of TRUSST® — the versatile, easy-to-use trussing system backed by Chauvet. Showstoppers included four new Freedom wireless DMX wash lights, the battery-operated EZ series, BEAMbar, Intimidator Spot Duo and Intimidator […]
Bill Lyons, aka DJ Bill Lyons, lives in Bangor, Maine and DJs at wedding receptions, clubs, holiday parties and school dances from Bar harbor to Millinocket. Read on and get to know more about your fellow DJ. 1. How did you get started as a DJ? Back in 1980, we hosted a school dance to […]
Chauvet recently traveled to Orlando for the Kempke’s Music Florida 2013 music conference held at the Wyndham Orlando Resort. Jeremy Pace, southeast territory manager for CHAUVET® DJ, and Corey Silverman, president of Kor media & lighting, showcased both CHAUVET® DJ and CHAUVET® Professional gear to more than 300 church executives from all over the nation. […]
High Voltage Stage Lighting is a stage lighting company based out of Columbus, Ohio and operated by Chad McCarty and Jesse Martin. Back in 2005, McCarty started running lights for a band called Bad Johnny. In July of 2009 he branched out on his own and teamed up with Martin to create High Voltage Stage […]
To create a festive atmosphere during a New Year’s Eve bash held at the Hyatt Regency in Denver, Gene Jone, aka DVDJ G-Funk of Dance Trax Productions, set two Intimidator Spot LED 350 moving heads atop two, 7-foot truss towers. More than 500 people attended the event and rung in the New Year as he […]
Alex Lopez, aka Deejay Galaga, and Manny Del Val, aka DJ Bombillo, are collectively known as AM Music and Entertainment Group in Miami. Originally from Miami, Deejay Galaga mixes open format music, but his favorite is club/dance music. He is a graduate of the DJ Scratch Academy, founded by Jam Master J, and has DJ’d at […]
Sign up for the CHAUVET® DJ VIP Rewards program and start earning points towards free CHAUVET® DJ gear. The new customer loyalty program allows you to receive free gear in three simple steps: buy select CHAUVET® DJ gear, register your products for points, then redeem your earned points for select CHAUVET® DJ gear. Tune in to the videos below […]
Daniel Wendt, owner of Smoov Music Sound & Lighting Services, lives in Delafield, Wisconsin and has 10 years of experience in the industry. His main niche is weddings, but he also provides services to school dances, corporate events and birthday parties. In search of 100% wireless fixtures, he decided to add Freedom Par and Freedom […]
DJ Luna Houston shared this stunning photo with us on Twitter. “Patterns in the sky,” or “figuras en el cielo,” is one of the special effects he offers his wedding and quinceañera clients in Houston, Texas. To achieve this look during an event at La Tranquila Ranch in Tomball, Texas, he used the D-Fi wireless DMX system to control 6 […]
DJ MiRz lives in Miami, Fla. and caters to Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties. The Miami native specializes in Zouk, Compas, Hip Hop, Rhythm and Blues, Dance, Rap, Reggae, Latin and Caribbean music and has almost 10 years of experience. Read on and get to know more about him. 1. How did you get […]
Ryan Leno of Verde Productions incorporated two MegaStrobe FX12 strobe lights into his setup. He created a review of the fixture on YouTube and shared it with us on Facebook. Tune in for his thoughts on the high-power LED strobe light that features six sections of control and see why he added not one, but […]
Jeff Brown won a MiN Laser by registering his CHAUVET® DJ gear with the CHAUVET® DJ VIP Rewards program. We discovered he has 27 years of experience in the DJ industry and is the owner of All About You Entertainment in Savannah, Georgia — needless to say we decided to feature him in a DJ Profile. […]
-written by Brett Allen A few years ago, my band was featured in an article titled, “7 Things That Separate a Good Band from a Great One.” Granted, it sounds like something out of Cosmopolitan magazine, but it ran in a music magazine based in Chicago. Surprisingly, none of the seven problems had to do […]
Chauvet ventured to Las Vegas for LDI 2012. All four Chauvet brands featured their own booth showcasing new and soon-to-be released products. During the show, CHAUVET® DJ introduced new gear designed for mobile performers and club installations. To best showcase the new line, the CHAUVET® DJ booth was built using TRUSST® — a trussing system built […]
Bill Lyons is a DJ in the Bangor, Maine area who recently added two CHAUVET® DJ Intimidator Spot LED 150 moving heads to his setup. He owns his own business, DJ Bill Lyons, and caters to the area from Bar Harbor all the way up to Millinocket. He specializes in weddings, but holiday parties, school […]
by Allan Reiss, CHAUVET® DJ product manager Pixel-mapping effects add eye candy to setups and enhance stagnant LED lighting displays. To some mobile entertainers, pixel mapping seems like an out-of-reach effect. However, there are fixtures — like the PiXPar series — on the market that are specifically designed for pixel mapping. Or if you’re creative, […]
by John Dominguez, CHAUVET® Assistant Service Manager ShowXpress is a DMX software that allows you to control DMX fixtures from your laptop or smartphone . The software offers a more flexible and versatile option to the regular rack-mounted controller by bringing you to the modern realm of computer control. Let’s face it, people are […]
CHAUVET® DJ introduced TRUSST® and showcased new products to the UK mobile market during BPM 2012. Additionally, CHAUVET® DJ sponsored the arena which featured big-name DJs, including DMC Champion DJ Shiftee, spinning under the hottest, soon-to-be-released gear that was programmed and controlled using ShowXpress. MegaStrobe FX12 added eye-candy with six individually controllable sections as MiniSphere 3.1 filled the TRUSST®-built booth […]