Forgive the blurred photo. I was having far too much fun to truly focus the lens! I attended a Luke Bryan/Jason Aldean concert with a cousin of mine who first introduced me to country music. While we were pumped up for the concert way before it started, I noticed that the light show programmed for each song truly set the moods for the set. For example, when Luke was playing piano and one of his softer ballads, the designer used a cool blue color to calm the audience (as much as they were able to). Yet, when he started with his upbeat songs, the colors changed to pinks, oranges, and reds to awaken the eyes and get us, for lack of a better word for this feeling, fired up for what was coming next. The designer also blacked out the stage after every song so that each song had it's own story to tell. I thought this was a great idea when it comes to country music because each story is specific - a vignette of an experience and then it ends. All in all, every part of the concert blew me away!
Very nice observation, especially about the blackout - story telling is most of what we do and luckily we have a lot of tools at our disposal
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