Diy Band Stage Lighting

Stage lighting can be as simple as a set of par cans or as sophisticated as a fleet of intelligent moving heads programmed to every beat of the music.

Diy band stage lighting. The goal of this project was to help out a friend s band by making a lighting kit for their shows that didn t cost the 150 dollars that a normal light kit costs. The good news is that lighting has become more affordable and convenient whether buying your own lighting rig or hiring on a gig by gig basis. Although there are many types of bulbs the two most often used for do it yourself stage lighting rigs are incandescent par 38s and standard halogen bulbs. For bands starting out with lighting i recommend enttec s dmxis because it s both easy to use and versatile.

Compared with other consumer bulbs these offer the necessary brightness and flexibility required for small stage work. In this video i demonstrate relatively cheap and easy stage ligh. The biggest plus for a band is that dmxis is designed to run on its own either programmed to your backing tracks via a vst plugin or via the 1 4 footswitch input on the controller box. Build the bandblinder stage lights on the cheap.