The Bridge Anniversary Concert goes Rogue
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Taking on an anniversary concert for his hometown friends and jam band legends The Bridge, however, required him to wear a different more subtle lighting design hat. He donned it very well too, creating some pure live band looks with help from Chauvet Professional Rogue fixtures.
“Coming off a lot of electronic dance music shows I was very excited to light up a full band of musicians,” said Kovelman. “I wanted to go for as clean of a setup as possible, with straight lines of fixtures – something very simple, but also super sophisticated, yet still with its share of crazy looks.”
Kovelman was also intent on keeping his design as unobtrusive as possible, given the nature of the concert. “This was The Bridge's 15-year anniversary of playing this specific show in Baltimore,” he said. “The audience was filled with family -- and fans that have become almost like family. I felt obligated to give the most elegant show possible, keeping the band members as highlighted as possible, and only giving a dominant light spectacle when the music called for it.”
To create this supportive look, Kovelman positioned four Rogue R2 Wash fixtures on cases that he arranged across the upstage deck. The RGBW fixtures provided him with a broad and vivid palette for backwashing the six-piece band. “Among the things that always impresses about Rogue fixtures in general is their color mixing,” he said. “I was able to change the mood on stage without being intrusive by shifting from colour to colour. The zoom range of the Rogues is also very fantastic, which made it easy to change looks.”
Kovelman’s rig also included six Intimidator Spot LED 350 fixtures from Chauvet DJ. Flown on upstage truss, the 75-watt high-output movers provided him with plenty of punch for the band’s intense riffs, and their seven rotating gobos gave him a variety of interesting looks.
(Jim Evans)
