Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Backstage at Cirque de Soleil with Derek Jones



Top left to right, John La Grou (founder Millennia Media), Derek Jones (bassist, KA, Cirque de Soleil), Patrick O'Connor (manager, Blue Coast Records),
Front, Cookie Marenco (founder, Blue Coast Records).

During CES, Derek invited us to a performance of KA. The show is visually stunning and magical as you watch floating stages move sideways over 12 stories of open air. Derek gave us an incredible tour behind the scenes and detailed the mechanics of how it was done. We met monitor engineer, Mike Atwood, who showed us how he tracks 230 individual wireless monitors.

KA is playing at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas.
Derek can be heard on hundreds of recordings, having been on many OTR sessions and touring with Nickel Creek and Jerry Douglass. He's recorded with Blue Coast artists Rob Ickes and Tony Furtado.

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