SES Redesigns Zac Brown Band Touring Rig with Versatile Claypaky Scenius Unicos posted: 15/03/2019
Claypaky Scenius Unicos for Zac Brown.
Worldwide - Special Event Services (SES), headquartered in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, has sent a large complement of Claypaky Scenius Unico, Claypaky Mythos 2 and Claypaky Sharpy fixtures on tour with American country group Zac Brown Band. ACT Lighting Inc. is the exclusive North American distributor of Claypaky..
Zac Brown Band has commenced the second leg of its Down the Rabbit Hole Live tour, the group's fifth headlining concert tour, in support of its fifth studio album, Welcome Home. Down the Rabbit Hole Live launched last summer; the new 15-date leg kicked off March 1 in Tulsa, Oklahoma and wraps in Peoria on April 27. Zac Brown Band won't be idle for long - the just announced Owl Tour begins in Indianapolis at the end of May and will play 36 dates in North America through October.
Claypaky Scenius Unicos for Zac Brown.
SES is the lighting vendor for the band; its sister company Special Event Transportation (SET) serves as the trucking company.
We've worked with Zac Brown Band for the last 10 years, including the first leg of Down the Rabbit Hole,' says Jeff Cranfill, Co-founder and Vice President of SES. The design team has redesigned the rig for 2019 with Down the Rabbit Hole' merging into the Owl Tour.'
Bruce Rodgers is the Production Designer for Zac Brown Band, Chris Cockrill the Lighting Designer and Diego Pernia the Creative Director. Rodgers's new set for the tour features Moving LED walls and trusses that create a variety of scenic changes throughout the show, Cranfill explains.
Claypaky Scenius Unicos for Zac Brown.
SES has added 53 Claypaky Scenius Unico fixtures to the new rig. Chris [Cockrill] asked me for some options; he wanted to move away from the standard spots we've used for the past few years, says Cranfill. We had already done a number of tours with Unicos: Ed Sheeran's current tour (partnered with LCR from the UK), the 2018 Rod Stewart tour, the 2018 Niall Horan tour and the current Luke Combs tour. We had also done some TV ministry events where I was the lighting designer and needed a framing spot that was TV-friendly, and I fell in love with the light. I told Chris that I felt the Unico was the best choice for the tour, and he agreed. So Unico is now the spot for the rig.
Claypaky Scenius Unicos for Zac Brown.
SES invested heavily Unicos, and Cranfill has been very impressed by the fixture. It's a big, bright light that performs incredibly well: the optics, beam and color mixing are so smooth and manageable. With one light I can do everything from very saturated beamy rock 'n roll looks to lighting people with a camera-friendly, softer light. I love the animation wheel with the asymmetrical patterns, and when you combine it with gobos you still net a good amount of output. I really benefit from the framing shutters and diffusion filters as well. The diffusion is very smooth with great output and the framing shutters are very accurate and easy to adjust. Unico is great choice as an all-around fixture for our needs.
Claypaky Scenius Unicos for Zac Brown.
SES also added 36 Claypaky Mythos 2 and 16 Sharpy fixtures to the Zac Brown rig for beam effects and dynamic looks.
Claypaky Scenius Unicos for Zac Brown.
Francesco Romagnoli, Claypaky Area Manager for North and Latin America, added, SES are huge supporters of ours and we're proud that the team is using our fixtures for this amazing tour!
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SES Redesigns Zac Brown Band Touring Rig with Versatile Claypaky Scenius Unicos posted: 15/03/2019 
