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LD Eric Marchwinski used lighting to set the mood during Trey Songz’ more intimate songs.
Marchwinski based his color choices on how the artist described the feeling of each song.
logo would be very effective. The ‘Triple
Ps,’ as we call them, appear throughout
the set on all of the songs off of the new
album, Passion, Pain & Pleasure.”
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To provide more continuity in the
show, Marchwinski used word association
with feelings and emotions that the
artist wanted to convey and chose the
colors accordingly. “I found it much easier
to take the artist’s descriptions, which
are based in emotions, and translate that
to color, rather than try to get the artist
to think like a designer, or more cuebased.”
After discussing it with the artist, he
picked a color palette for each record,
but kept the continuity by tying adjacent
songs together with at least one color in
common.
“Although it’s somewhat subconscious,”
he said, “I think it’s a very effective
way to avoid ‘Color ADD.’ I value the
extremely strong association between
color and emotion. I’m sure you could
write for days on that topic alone.
“The cyc, the tubes and the rig provided
many layers on which to paint with
the intricate color palette,” he continued.
“Some songs have a simple one color
palette, including the spotlight, and other
have up to a four-color scheme. The
layers allow me to place color with purpose
and not just throw it up onto any
old fixture. Designing with purpose is
one of the biggest things I have been
working on over the course of beginning
my career. It’s a great concept taught to
me by the one and only Scott Pinkney.”
The tour kicked off with a week of
studio rehearsals in Atlanta, then three
full days of production rehearsals in Mobile,
AL at the first venue.
“The tour has been phenomenal in
every aspect,” Marchwinski enthused.
“Our crew is fantastic, the band, the
management...the whole team has really
banded together to make this a really
significant experience for everyone as
Trey’s first headlining tour. I have learned
leaps and bounds grown so much as a
designer and a tech through being a
working LD on this tour! Every show has
been completely sold out to the very last
seat, and we couldn’t ask for anything
more.
“To be the lighting designer for a sold
out R&B tour has been a mind-blowing
experience throughout every step of
the process. I must again thank Nathan
Almeida and Bob Morrissey from East
Coast Lighting and Production Services
for calling me and providing me with
this opportunity and Steve Foster for being
out here and working towards this
dream with me for the past six years.”
Trey Songz 2010 Passion Pain & Pleasure Tour
Lighting: East Coast Lighting and Production Services (ECLPS)
Audio: Eighth Day Audio
Staging: All Access Staging & Productions
Backline: Bergsten Music
Soft Goods/Kabuki: Rent What?
Radios: Road Radios
Trucking: Stage Call
Buses: Coach Quarters
Crew
Production Manager/FOH Engineer: Bryon “Hot Dog” Tate
Production Coordinator: Becky Mendoza
Lighting Designer: Eric Marchwinski
Crew Chief: Nathan Almeida
Lighting Technician: Steven Foster
Monitor Engineer: Marlon John
Audio System Engineer: Chris Berry
Audio Technician: Derek Prescod
Backline Technician: Joe Mora
A Party Band Bus Driver: Kenny Forges
Production Bus Driver: Gary Ramella
Stage Call Driver Audio: Tommy Oplinger
Stage Call Driver Lighting: Curtis Doster
Tour Promoter: Jeff Sharp, AEG Live
Tour Promoter Rep: Eddie Powell Jr., AEG Live
Tour Accountant: Andrea Divine, AEG Live
Team Songz Management: Kevin Liles, JoJo Brim, KWL Enterprises;
Chris Celestine, TS Productions
Gear
1 Flying Pig Systems Wholehog III
2 Flying Pig Systems Hog PC USB playback fader wings
1 Flying Pig Systems DP 2000 DMX processor
2 Flying Pig Systems Hog iPCs
1 Flying Pig Systems Superwidget
1 Flying Pig Systems Hog PC USB programming wing
8 Martin MAC 2000 Profiles with custom gobos
12 Martin MAC 700 Wash fixtures
16 Martin MAC 250 Entours
6 Martin MAC 250 Wash fixtures
16 Martin Atomic 3000 strobes
31 Martin Stagebar 54 S LED fixtures
12 Philips Color Kinetics Color Blast 12s
4 Philips Color Kinetics Color Blaze 48s
1 Doug Fleenor A/B switch
4 Doug Fleenor Opto-Isolators
1 Applied Electronics 36ch 2.4K dimmer rack
2 Motion Labs 24-way 208V power distros
12 CM 1-Ton chain hoists
48’ James Thomas Engineering 20.5” box truss
11 Total Fabrications 93”x30” pre rig truss
2 Reel EFX DF-50 hazer w/ fan
30 ETC Source Four MFL PARs
6 ETC Source Four 19° Lekos
2 ETC Source Four 50° Lekos
1 30x60 white muslin cyc
2 30x30 15oz Encore black velour
1 Sew What? 30x60 kabuki w/ diaper
24 Rent What? 110V kabuki solenoids
2 24’ aluminum tubes for solenoids
6 SnapLocs outrigging braces
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