lundi 8 avril 2019

How A Live Event Production Company Works

By Sarah Reed


When it comes to producing concerts and other events, there are different ways in which to do so. In most cases, a live event production company takes care of most of the work. As such, this article provides information on the tools and techniques used to produce such an event.

Whether producing a theatrical show, large concert, live band, ballet, modern dance or operatic performance, there are a lot that goes into creating a successful event. For example, most events require costuming and make-up communications, sound, packaging, transport, special effects, staging and other work. Whether self promoting an event or hiring a production company, a lot of work goes into promoting and producing a successful event.

Live music and theater have a long history of sound and visual presentations. While video is more recent than sound, both are often required in live productions. Both technologies began with the first talking film, though sound has been around much longer than video presentations shown during concerts and laser light shows.

Sound reinforcement has also been around for quite some time. While sound amplification is the distribution of sound, amplification provides the high and low volumes associated with a professional audio system. A great example of one of the first sound amplification systems is that of a bull horn which first debuted at the Chicago World Fair in 1933.

Bill Graham assisted the historic Fillmore in San Francisco, California when a sound system was needed which could be changed out quickly. During that time, Bill Graham also founded FM productions, one of the first producers of concerts of live performances in the area. The production company became very popular with musicians involved in the Bay Area music scene, including the Grateful Dead.

Bands in the area became embroiled in a major debate over sound systems in 1976 with regards to whether horns or speaker arrays were a better option. Eventually, most bands began bringing sound systems along with musical equipment to avoid such debates in the future. One of the most impressive of these band created systems was that of the Wall created by Mickey Hart and Bill Graham.

Live production companies in business today have a lot more going for them than individual promoters of the past. For, most have specific policies and procedures which individuals setting up and taking down events must follow on a regular basis. In addition, the concept of artists providing sound equipment as well as musical instruments and other elements is now a standard practice when it comes to artists and bands of all sizes.

Bill Graham was a concert promoter from the 1960s until 1991 at which time a helicopter crash took the promoter's life. As a child, the promoter escaped the Nazi invasion in Germany when being sent to France. After which, the young boy became a foster child living in Bronx, New York.

Bill attended high school and college in New York and obtained a degree in business. Then, in the early 1960s, Graham relocated to the Bay Area of California and started a career promoting and producing live events. The first group to hire Bill Graham was a group of politically inspired comics, The San Francisco Mime Troupe in the early 1960s, a group that is still active and performing on a regular basis.




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