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January 22, 2019 in Uncategorized
It’s time for the back to school music video about (sort of) light. So here’s The Doors on a set made of Doors(!) singing Light My Fire. Is that Andy Kaufman in the background?
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School starts this week at NYSID and next week at Parsons, so here’s the back to school video of a song that features light. A strange video from Mumford & Sons, the beautifully photographed Lover Of The Light.
January 16, 2017 in Uncategorized
Teaching five classes last semester, along with my professional practice, was a bit too much. I hope to be back to regular postings soon. In the meantime, here’s this semester’s song about light.
It’s back to school time again, so as usual a little fun before the serious semester. I think I’ve outdone myself this time. Here’s Meat Loaf emoting like there’s no tomorrow with “Paradise by the Dashboard Light”
My classes at Pratt resume tomorrow so it’s time for another video of a song about light. This is John Fogerty singing CCR’s “As Long As I Can See The Light” and the lighting on this one is actually pretty good. Have Fun!
August 25, 2015 in Uncategorized
Tomorrow is my first day of class at Pratt, so here we go again. I know that this shouldn’t become a thing, and I’m really trying but I can’t help myself! Here’s another video of a song related to light and featuring frightening hairstyles. This time it’s Styx singing Lights in 1980. (And no, I can’t explain Tommy Shaw’s sailor costume so don’t ask.)
January 23, 2015 in Uncategorized
The spring semester starts this week for my Pratt students and next week for my Parsons students. The beginning of the semester is always a little hectic and stressful. Here’s a bit of fun to take the edge off. Not many forms of energy have their own song. Here’s “Electricity” by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (aka OMD). It’s so painfully dated that it’s funny.
The prediction is for a cold and snowy day in Brooklyn as my students and I return to Pratt after the winter break. This semester will be the final pass through the PowerPoint slides that will be available to instructors on Wiley’s web site. It will also be, by my count, the 20th spring teaching this material.
At this point I assume that the only people reading this blog are my students (it’s only been active for about six hours!) so let me repeat what I say at the beginning of every semester – This is for you. I know that a lighting design can have a profound impact on the way users view, experience, and interact with a space. The goal of the semester is to help you to know it, too, and to give you the vocabulary, an understanding of the tools, and a structure (actually several structures) to frame your lighting design goals. If there’s something I can do to help you with those goals, talk to me.