Touring lighting guy here. As someone else mentioned, I highly recommend downloading the MA on PC software and learning that, it's the industry standard for concert lighting. http://consoletrainer.com has some good resources for beginners for most lighting consoles. u/christianjackson has a youtube channel that has a lot of content for more advanced stuff in the MA software, once he gets to that point. I would also recommend learning some other consoles such as Hog 4 and Avolites, but I would start by getting comfortable in one before trying to learn another. Lots of resources out there to learn, but you can't beat hands on experience either. I have no idea how old your son is, but if he's old enough, it would be great for him to start looking into interning or working for a local production company, venue, or school theater program to gain some real life experience even if it's just coiling cables and pushing cases. Feel free to reach out if either of you have questions or just want to know more about lighting, I'm always happy to help.
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Touring lighting guy here. As someone else mentioned, I highly recommend downloading the MA on PC software and learning that, it's the industry standard for concert lighting. http://consoletrainer.com has some good resources for beginners for most lighting consoles. u/christianjackson has a youtube channel that has a lot of content for more advanced stuff in the MA software, once he gets to that point. I would also recommend learning some other consoles such as Hog 4 and Avolites, but I would start by getting comfortable in one before trying to learn another. Lots of resources out there to learn, but you can't beat hands on experience either. I have no idea how old your son is, but if he's old enough, it would be great for him to start looking into interning or working for a local production company, venue, or school theater program to gain some real life experience even if it's just coiling cables and pushing cases. Feel free to reach out if either of you have questions or just want to know more about lighting, I'm always happy to help.
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