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The Zombies lit with Chauvet

Last year, David Beebe became one of the first house LDs to add Chauvet Professional’s Maverick Force S Spot to his rig when he took shipment of six of the then-new 350 W movers from JRLX at the club The Birchmere, where he’s been looking after the lighting since 2004.

Beebe explained the move by saying he was expecting the new fixtures to add “another dimension” to his lightshows, allowing him to incorporate new looks to reflect the diverse mix of artists that take to The Birchmere’s stage.

This April, he designed the lightshow for St. Albans, UK-based rock band The Zombies. “I wanted some psychedelic looks which I got mainly using the video wall and some color scrolling”, says Beebe. “The rest was straight rock and roll or ballad looks. I like to do darker looks with a lot of overhead lighting and many of the bands seem to like that as well. Keeps the light out of their eyes. I used the mirror ball on one song and lot of swirly stuff on the video wall.”

Beebe had two of his six Maverick Force S Spots fixtures on the downstage corners, while spreading the other four evenly across the upstage deck. In addition to framing the stage, these were focused on the mirror ball at times.

“I liked fanning the Forces in a straight out look for slow ballads”, he says. “Then for other more aggressive numbers I went for a thin beam laser-type look. Changing up the zoom, gobos, and colors kept the show varied. Also, I often spun my lights slightly for atmosphere. Another thing that was important in this show was the Forces’ zoom, for highlighting solos.”

Six Maverick MK1 Spot fixtures, flown on midstage truss, were used for ballyhoo specials, solos, and audience lighting. “Audience lighting was a big part of this show”, says Beebe.

(Photos: Chauvet Professional)

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