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Dan Michie turns to Chauvet for Falling In Reverse

On Falling In Reverse’s recent “Live From The Unknown” tour, LD Dan Michie used Chauvet Professional’s Rogue R1 BeamWash fixtures to light the Las Vegas based metalcore quartet.

“Typically I’ll stick to three main colors per song, but I’m not strict about it”, says Michie. “Some songs I’ll listen to and see different colors in my head for the verses than I do for the choruses. One of my favorite looks is to run a rainbow effect on the washes or any kind of RGB/CMY fixture and cut through that with white spots or beams. Falling In Reverse is also a fun band and I felt that the rainbow look fit some of their songs really well.”

The song “Zombified” had the center of the stage bathed in bright red, with intense yellows flanking it on either side. “When I think of zombies the first color that pops in my head is red, for blood and guts and general zombie violence”, says Michie. “I wanted this song to feel dark and mostly have the band silhouetted, like creepy zombies coming out from the shadows. Then I used yellow to make the red pop.”

Supplied by Squeek Lights, the Rogue R1 BeamWash RGBW moving hybrid fixtures were hung three apiece from six upstage towers. An additional four Rogue R1 BeamWashes were arranged along the downstage risers, two on each side. The eighteen units on the towers were used to cover the stage in the bold colors, while the units on the risers highlighted the artists on stage, particularly the drummer and the drum kit. “I like to light up band members when they’re playing solos or doing something that makes them stand out”, says Michie. “The lighting shifts the focus of attention to them. I’m also a massive fan of silhouetted looks.”

(Photos: Sean Varga)

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