How do you get the job controlling lights at a club?

ketamine · Post by **ketamine** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 3:40 am

?

Want. Seems like a cool gig...

Soiree · Post by **Soiree** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 3:53 am

strap on a pair of testicles and speak to the man in charge.

ketamine · Post by **ketamine** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 4:17 am

Soiree wrote:strap on a pair of testicles and speak to the man in charge.

Right.

I mean, do you need background in it or certificates or something… like you would to be the sound guy...

mks · Post by **mks** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 4:19 am

This is a bad job to have when you are on drugs.

(or maybe it's a good one...)

Soiree · Post by **Soiree** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 4:44 am

In that line of work there is no substitute for experience.
and I do think acid would be a good choice when playing with lazers and LEDs.

Sexual_Chocolate · Post by **Sexual_Chocolate** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 4:59 am

Lighting Technician course would be a go first.

like soiree said, experience is a huge factor in that game.

Maccaveli · Post by **Maccaveli** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 6:27 am

I know a guy who does that now and then, he got to the position where he's allowed to do it because he's been working his way up from bus-boy for like 6 years

Mr Hyde · Post by **Mr Hyde** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 12:25 pm

My Dad makes software based lighting controllers that tend to be in bigger clubs like Fabric, its not an easy thing to get into because its a specific program you need to be able to use and there are loads of different programs and lighting desks out there- so its a niche skill you can only really get with experience.

mIrReN · Post by **mIrReN** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 12:36 pm

I really hate those guys.

stnuc

Mr Hyde · Post by **Mr Hyde** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 12:39 pm

mIrReN wrote:I really hate those guys.

stnuc

What's to hate about someone controlling lights?

lloydnoise · Post by **lloydnoise** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 12:55 pm

i know a light tech and he busts his balls sometimes for almost no money and has been doing so for at least 5 years, so yeh, you got to work for it

scattybeanhead · Post by **scattybeanhead** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 2:10 pm

just turn em all off. easy peasy

mIrReN · Post by **mIrReN** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 2:17 pm

Mr Hyde wrote:
mIrReN wrote:I really hate those guys.

stnuc

What's to hate about someone controlling lights?

cause they hurt my eyes ?

Mr Hyde · Post by **Mr Hyde** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 2:19 pm

mIrReN wrote:
Mr Hyde wrote:
mIrReN wrote:I really hate those guys.

stnuc

What's to hate about someone controlling lights?
cause they hurt my eyes ?

you tell me?

mIrReN · Post by **mIrReN** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 2:51 pm

yes I just told u

NickUndercover · Post by **NickUndercover** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 3:21 pm

Should be pitch black imo, easier to spot the bouncers with their maglites while sneaky smoking

__________ · Post by **__________** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 4:17 pm

ketamine wrote:do you need background in it or certificates or something… like you would to be the sound guy...

Nah you don't really need certificates in lighting to get involved. Just get yourself out there and be polite. My mate ran the lighting rig for a decent drum & bass night one time just by turning up early, being genuinely interested and polite, eager and enthusiastic towards the lighting technician. Watch, be willing to learn, and eager to help. The technician had enough shit on his plate already so he let my mate have a quick go, and then do it for the whole night once he realised he was good at it. With that little bit of experience my mate got a taste and went on to pursue lighting further. Now he's running the whole sound & light for an international theatre company. He did go to uni in order to get this far, but he got the lighting gig for the d&b night just by eating some MDMA, being friendly and then doing his 'job' enthusiastically.

Just get out there, speak to some club owners, technicians, etc. Everybody loves an eager volunteer!

ScarletCyanide · Post by **ScarletCyanide** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 8:06 pm

I do the lights etc for theatres and small clubs

I literally got there through finding a kid at school who did it and following him, being his 'assistant' when he did school productions and even doing a few of my own (We had really advanced kit for a school, Jands Vista, Vista decks, Moving heads, Parcans, Scrollers, Scanners, the works). After which I got good at it and took over from him on a few occasions, added that to my resume and using my contacts

mks · Post by **mks** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 8:13 pm

My friend and ex-housemate was personally asked by Radiohead to be their projectionist. He ended up going on tour with them across the US, Australia and Japan.

He got that gig by being really good. I was living with him when he first starting getting into projections.

Trichome · Post by **Trichome** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 8:16 pm

one of my mums mates does this for the concorde in brighton

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