Dropped Among This Crowd

A Conversation with Ben Factor

Episode Summary

This week on the show, Umphrey's McGee lighting director Ben Factor, shares his thoughts on Winter Tour 2022. Ben talks about the back drops the band has added to their tour toolbox and his vision for this incredible new addition. He shares where he drew inspiration from when preparing, mentions the in-house projectors that he used in Detroit and Cleveland, and his future hopes for adding video into the mix. Ben also shares what moments and venues stood out most to him during the tour, we talk about Iceland, and more! Check out the show notes for a link to read Ben's blog post mentioned in this episode!

Episode Notes

This week on the show, Umphrey's McGee lighting director Ben Factor, shares his thoughts on Winter Tour 2022.

Ben talks about the back drops the band has added to their tour toolbox and his vision for this incredible new addition. He shares where he drew inspiration from when preparing, mentions the in-house projectors that he used in Detroit and Cleveland, and his future hopes for adding video into the mix.

Ben also shares what moments and venues stood out most to him during the tour, we talk about Iceland, and more!

Check out the show notes for a link to read Ben's blog post mentioned in this episode!

Episode 191: https://droppedamongthiscrowdpod.simplecast.com/episodes/winter-tour-2022-review-part-two

Episode 190: https://droppedamongthiscrowdpod.simplecast.com/episodes/winter-tour-2022-review-part-one

Where you can listen to the 2022 nugs.net highlights playlist that features all the tunes talked about in this episode: https://2nu.gs/3IKRrDD

2022 Early HOF Contenders nugs.net playlist: https://2nu.gs/3vuFo9x

Episode 109 (Conversation with Ben Factor): https://droppedamongthiscrowdpod.simplecast.com/episodes/conversation-with-ben-factor

Video of "Mantis" from Detroit 1/28/2022: https://youtu.be/dy5oebsATok

Read Ben Factor's latest blog post: https://www.namm.org/playback/industry-crossroads/umphrey%E2%80%99s-mcgee-2022-we%E2%80%99re-backdrop

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