Easterbrook and ChamSys flow with Neon Trees
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Coming out of the COVID lockdown, The Billboard Music Award winning quartet was in need of a LD to work the festival shows they had lined up. There was one overriding criteria they had in mind: whoever they brought on board had to be comfortable busking big, bold looks without a lot of repetition – or prep time. This ultimately led them, in round about fashion, to Easterbrook and his ChamSys MagicQ MQ80 console.
“My good friend Myles Mangino learned what Neon Trees was looking for, and recommended me,” said Easterbrook. “We haven’t looked back since. It’s been a blast for me, doing about a show with them a month, all of them one-offs. I have a very busy schedule outside this band, so it’s really convenient taking my MQ80 as carry-on and doing my pre-programming on the plane, in a hotel room, or bar.
“The cloning and morphing with this console are a breeze,” continued Easterbrook. “Plus, being able to reorganise the in-built Visualiser and update makes from wherever I find myself makes things go smoother. Given that the house rigs we come across are so different, I really appreciate ChamSys’ Fixture Library as well as their support team – great stress busters. hen there are the Executor Buttons and the networking capabilities. All of this makes my life easier, so I can concentrate on busking the kinds of shows I like.”
“I love tasty dynamic looks for my shows, and they have a place in the set, but this band and their music require bold and fun looks. I try to get the crowd amped anyway I can. I also want to show Tyler (lead singer Tyler Glenn) the crowd, so he can feed off their energy, and vice versa.”
