Currently, his full design is stacked full of Clay Paky Mythos and Ayrton Magic BladeTM Rs and he is a firm follower of MA Lighting control using a grandMA2 Light as the main board, onPC Command Wing as back up and MA NPU for DMX distribution.
"From a control perspective, I moved to an MA setup a few months before taking on James Bay," opens Tully. "Everything works seamlessly together. For the festival events on this tour, it is almost a given that there will be a grandMA2 FoH. On those days, we even leave our control in the truck and I just walk up with a USB pen. We have a festival rig that includes 20 of the MagicBlades that are rigged in a 40ft wide line to make a wall of light and I also work with the festival rig to compliment what we put on the floor. The MA system means that any tweaks to the programming are quick and simple - and effective."
It's the Clay Paky Mythos that form the foundation for Tully's full production rig which is essentially five trusses running up to downstage with side hangs that carry three more Mythos per side. "We do anything from venues of about 2,000 in capacity to small arenas so flexibility has to be built into my design. The Mythos is a great fixture: it's fast, it's bright, it's quiet and the range of beam and zoom make it the perfect versatile hybrid tool.
"The Ayrton MagicBladeTM Rs are rigged from the floor to form a wall upstage; as a designer they are just really exciting to use; I'm still finding new looks with them even after being on tour for more than a year."
(Jim Evans)
