The group's ability to create a genuine emotional connection with its audiences, along with its widely-known support of environmental and charitable causes - from Farm Aid to Hurricane Katrina relief - have undoubtedly played a big role in attracting this loyal fan following. One of the 'newcomers' to the 2010 tour is the Design Wash LED Pro, a compact energy-efficient high-power RGBW moving head colour wash from Elation Professional.
DMB lighting designer Fenton Williams and programmer Aaron Stinebrink are using 16 Design Wash LED Pros, supplied by Theatrical Media Services (Omaha, NE), as colour-changing truss toners.
"The Design Wash LED Pro has been a great addition to our tour lighting package," commented Stinebrink. "Their speed, durability, size and price make them an ideal fixture for large and small touring applications. When we were looking for a small compact LED wash fixture, Theatrical Media Services pointed us in the direction of the Design Wash LED Pro, which turned out to be the perfect fit for our touring needs."
With its efficient LED lamps, the Design Wash LED Pro is also a very 'green' fixture, drawing a relatively small amount of energy and boasting a long lamp life of 50,000 hours, thereby producing less waste for landfills. Such earth-friendliness fits with DMB's environmental consciousness - and a big reason why the band was among the earliest to add LED products to its rig.
(Jim Evans)
