Tutorial: Giving a Microlight Glove Rave Light Show Part 4 - Practical Suggestions and Giving Light Shows - Lightzombies
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Part 4 – Getting People to ask you for lightshows and practical suggestions
So we’ve learned some basic techniques, specific techniques, digits, liquid, and we’ve practiced a bunch. What now?
Well, when you think you’re ready try to build a routine. Set up a series of moves that you’ll do, and find ways to flow from one move to another. Practice a set of moves that lasts a minute or two. This will help you flow between moves.
Now it’s time to hit the shows and see how people react. After you learn a new trick, or create a new move, it’s always a good idea to hit a show and see how people react. Some of your moves will be duds. You will think they are awesome, and people won’t. Don’t give up on the move completely; it could be a good move to use to transition from one technique to another.
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Getting People to Ask You for Light Shows
There are a few key things to getting people to ask you to give them a light show.
1. Display your lights. If people don't see them, they won't ask (pretty obvious, huh?).
2. Don't be on the packed dance floor. Space = your friend.
3. Don't walk around, let the people find you. If you're walking around like you need to be somewhere, people aren't as likely to stop you and ask for a show.
Park towards the outside of the crowd, where there is more space. You want to be in a decently open space, playing with your lights. Use liquid, and just dance with the music. If you've got a decently cool glove set many people walking by will ask you for a light show.
The Lightshow!
This is the moment you've been practicing for. It's time to give your lightshow! Have the people sit down. You want to be above them, it gives you a larger appearance, and gives you a 'controlling' effect. You are controlling their experience, so step up! If you're tired, you can kneel to this level, but it's usually better to be above the person.
Tips -
1. Vary your speed: Many people just move as quick as they can (to the beat) throughout the whole light show. This is one variable that is very easy to change and can have a profound effect on the light show. Try varying between moving through different portions of a move once every 1/2 note, once every quarter note, or even once a bar (that's 2 bass kicks, 1 bass kick, or 4 bass kicks). If you transition between these 3 speeds well, you can create a really cool effect.
2. Don't stay at the same distance: This is another easy variable to change that many people don't. Change your distance from the viewer. Back up a bit, get really close for a bit, go behind their head and pull the lights into view and back away from them in a cool way.
3. Keep the lights you want to emphasize pointed towards the person.
Multiple person light shows
Every once and a while you'll get a guy and his girlfriend who want a light show at the same time. No problem! Back up a bit more than you would in your normal light show. This will let them both see the effects you are trying to emphasize, without missing one of them. Every once and a while, zoom in on one person. Make sure you aren't focusing on once person, usually they will like to watch the other person trip out for a short time, but they don't want to be forgotten! Some moves can be applied to both of them. If you're good at doing a finger wave with each individual hand you can do some cool tricks to each of them. It requires skill, but people will appreciate it.
This concludes my tutorials on giving a glove light show. Thanks for reading!
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Thanks for the input Radioactive. I agree completely.
i read this at school and i thought that it eas very interesting
it wounlda been a big help when i started giving lightshow :P
anyways great way of explaining things :D
Yeah i gave light shows are my calling. i just went to my first rave not to long ago and for the 1st hour i danced. Then my friend gave me 2 Inova lights. I asked him what do i do with these. He said what ever you want. And i started giving out light shows. People didnt believe this was my first rave. To be honest my 2nd rave is in a few days, I dont even want to dance i just want to find people to give lightshows to.
Just please don't be arrogant. Keep in mind that people in certain mind states will think just about anybody is amazing.
Great guide here. I'll be saving it in favorites and reviewing it more. Just built and ordered my first glove set, so I cant wait.
Just like Spiderman above, one of my friends handed me some glowsticks at my first rave. I just started dancing, moving my arms around, and someone came up to me and said "wow man, your really good at liquid". lol, even though I had no idea what that was. Ever since I have been used to giving shows with LED's handheld.
BUT.... this is so much more intense with the dexterity it requires. I've been practicing without gloves (till they get here, and I feel like a complete newb all over again. lol....your right Pr0... don't get arrogant about your skills, cause gloving is a whole nother beast of a skill to learn.
I'm currently waiting for my first ever glove set to arrive, so im looking at as much tutorials as possable, and i must say that these articles are even better than the video tutorials i've been watching. thanks, your really good at explaining things.
nice i just got a set of drops 2s they are awesome. i think another thing is to have confidence because if you are confident in your lightshows your viewers are going to be to! they're rolling... they just love the lights even if you mess up so just go easy and try to find a good flow
Great tutorial, like pretty most other people here im ordering my first glove set, hence why im looking up glove light tutorials, GO FIGURE!
but anywhore, this post helped a lot. the only things i was learning before this was tryna figuree out what people on youtube were doin. but no need, this slowed stuff down.
i worked with glowsticks to started, then i made an orbital, did some work w flowlights, but i think gloves are the best way to go. theyre undoubtably the hardest thing to get real good at though.
in my opinion though i like liquidemotions more than ZL, though, just in case anybody wanted a good site to at least compare or have a wider selection.
PEACE!
just went to electric zoo and was completely mesmerized by light shows, i can get simple things down like the figure 8 and i wanna see if i can get good with other movements..
i can tell its gonna be a lot more work than what i thought when i was getting them, but your articles definitely helped a lot..
keeping it under favorites for sure
pretty lights is the shit
Awesome tutorial
I started teaching myself over the summer and bought a cheap pair, since then i've moved up to a decent pair so i figured id learn some real technique and moves not just my own improvised stuff, and i found this really helpful
i was really frustrated because i couldn't do finger rolls, and realized after watching this blog that ive been doing them wrong
so it's been really useful
thanks for the awesome work dude
Also, have you used the new Dropz 3 microlights? how do you feel about them?
Good to know I helped. :D
Unfortunately I don't buy from LE so I can't comment on the drops 3, but I love my micromaxes (which are the drops 3 equivalents).
This helped so much. I can't wait to hit my next rave and do shows for the first time. Pr0 it's way cool how you put so much effort into this just to help people out! You rock man keep it up. I'd like to steal more of your techniques so keep putting them up! (x
Radioactive Man 2 years ago
About the sometimes, I too often get like 6 people who want the show at once. The record was 10, but I made them get in a line and I went down the line, doing one person at a time. haha. I think that 3 should be the limit, because light shows ( for me ) are an intimitate experience between you and the viewer. You are trying to get into their mind and they also try to connect with yours.