Foreword to the First Edition

Jim Moody is the ideal person to write about concert business and lighting. Not only is he one of the entrepreneurs in this new lighting industry, but he also writes with great clarity, organization, and readable simplicity

His specialized knowledge of lighting for the concert field embraces both the technical and the artistic, as well as pragmatic organizational know-how. With a solid background in theatre lighting, degrees from Southern Illinois University and UCLA, he moved into concert lighting. He has been a leading advocate for fusion of the innovations and techniques of concert lighting into other production forms.

He was honored in 1980 with the first Lighting Designer of the Year Award presented by Performance magazine, the leading publication on concert touring. The award was based on a readers' poll of concert industry contemporaries. Jim has also received awards in television as well as theatre.

Those who are specialists in other lighting design areas—drama, musicals, opera, dance, television, amusement parks, landscape, and architectural lighting— and educators in these fields will profit from reading this volume carefully. These days, almost all working lighting designers cross over into all areas of design use in light.

Jim Moody is in a unique position to contribute to our knowledge by sharing his experience and insight into concert lighting. We are fortunate that he has done so in this volume.

Lee Watson
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana