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LSDLASER
 Jim McDaniel 
101 W. Benedict Ave. Suite 104
San Bernardino, CA. 92410
West Coast 951-440-6420
Fax # 909-888-2511
jim@lsdlaser.com
Company Profile
LSDLASER was founded by owner Jim McDaniel in 1993. Laserlight Shows & Devices (LSDLASER) was created for the purpose of producing excellence in laser entertainment. Our excellence is derived from creative innovation and experience. It is our goal to produce the most innovative and cost effective laser shows and products.  “Excellence In Laser Entertainment”
 
We provide a wide range of services to a diverse clientele from the modest of events, to large scale productions. 
 
Jim McDaniel,
Owner, LSDLASER
 
Current Events
Laser Show Performance
LSDLASER to perform at CLUB VIBE Casino Morongo, Cabazon California.

I will be providing lasers to the dance crowd again at the Most incredible 3-story club ever constructed.
Club Vibe is plush to the rim with style and luxury. They offer private booths and VIP service.
The lasers are a perfect match to the already awesome lighting and multi-screen video projection display.
DJ HEKTIK spinns and the house fills up shoulder to shoulder.
An Awesome time to be had; an awesome sight to see.
2ea. 1W Green DPSS MIcro-REMS and 1ea. 450mw DPSS full color (all solid state)
Control=Pangolin Pro -  LD2000/QM2000net - Live PRO 4.10 
All Live control of the lasers!

November 10th 2007
Teaching a Class on Medical DYE lasers

On Nov 16-18, I will be teaching a class on DYE lasers for "The Laser Institute" 
and will be repairing their Sclero Plus Dye Laser which is used in instruction at the school.
Laser Show Performance
LSDLASER to perform at CLUB VIBE in the Casion Morongo at Cabazon, California.

I will again be providing lasers to the dance crowd again at the Most incredible 3-story club ever constructed.
Club Vibe is plush to the rim with style and luxury. They offer private booths and VIP service.
The lasers are a perfect match to the already awesome lighting and multi-screen video projection display.
DJ HEKTIK spinns an the house fills up shoulder to shoulder.
An Awesome time to be had; an awesome sight to see.
2ea. 1W Green DPSS MIcro-REMS and 1ea. 450mw DPSS full color (all solid state)
Control=Pangolin Pro -  LD2000/QM2000net - Live PRO 4.10 
All Live control of the lasers!

November 23th 2007

www.lsdlaser.com

  Client list

(Details and references available upon request.)

 

Tours and Concerts

RUSH

METALLICA

KISS

MOODY BLUES

Queensryche

Gladys Night

Huey Louis and the News

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Pearl Jam

Nirvana

Los Huracanes Del Norte

Bijian

Nusrat Fati Ail Khan

Symphony Under The Stars

Crystal Method

 

Movies, Television and Video

Touchstone Television – “Brutally Normal”

Walt Disney Pictures – “Nothing To Lose”

ABC Television – “Cracker”

Quantum Television – “Time Works”

Momental Productions – “Hollywood Night”

3 Ring Circus

Lab 903

Merv Griffin Productions

UPN Network

USA Pictures – “Pitch Black” premier party

“The Frequency of Lasers” – Electronics Educational Video

 

Casinos and Resorts

The RIO

MGM GRAND

LUXOR

CZARS PALACE

IMPERIAL PALACE

San Manuel Casino

Bicycle Club Casino

 

 

 

 

 

MOODY BLUES “Live at the Hollywood Bowl” - ROCK ON TOURS INC.

WALT DISNEY PICTURES-TOUCHSTONE PICTURES “NOTHING TO LOSE”

DISNEY/TOUCHSTONE TELEVISION “Brutally Normal”

ABC TELEVISION “CRACKER

Music Group “TLC” Music Video – LaserMedia

                                                            “POWERS OF HOUSTON” – LaserMedia

                                                                       QUANTUM TELEVISION, 3 RING CIRCUS, LAB 903

MT PRODUCTIONS, STATER BROS. MARKETS

SYMPHONY UNDER THE STARS- Y.L.S. PRODUCTIONS

“First Night” San Luis Obispo”

WILD WATERS ADVENTURES PARK  4TH OF JULY 1996

CITY CLUB INAUGURAL BALL

CLUB SHAKERZ, CLUB MONTAGE (SAN DIEGO)

SECTOR SEVEN, PLANET GENIUS

LASER PRODUCTIONS NETWORK -GLADYS NIGHT CONCERT

MERV GRFFIN PRODUCTIONS - UPN PARTY 1996

RUBIDOUX HIGH SCHOOL, CANYON SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL

COVINA ASSEMBLY OF GOD

WORLD EVOLUTION -FUTURE WORLD 1996

SPECIAL PLACE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM

CALIFORNIA STATE SCIENCE FAIR-1994

SAN BERNARDINO COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPT.

PALM SPRINGS CONVENTION CENTER, AMWAY CORPORATION

BIJIAN IN CONCERT-THE GREEK THEATRE

MOMENTAL PRODUCTIONS-KNOTTS BERRY FARM

HOLLYWOOD NIGHTS 5, 10, 14 AND 15

AT THE GROVE PRODUCTIONS

BICYCLE CLUB CASINO-BILLIARDS TOURNAMENT

CPU 101-CIRCA 1994 , PLANTASIA 95

                                     B3/CANDY PRODUCTIONS  “JUJBEATS” I & II, “How Sweet it is.” 1, 2, 3

                                               “NOCTURNAL WONDERLAND” 98, “NARNIA “ 97 & 98

PHARAOHS LOST KINGDOM, DEL TACO

KING FISH ENTERTAINMENT, KEVIN LION PRODUCTIONS

DJ LYNWOOD- DEEP END, CLUB METRO - JANAL’S ENTERTAINMENT

ESP ENTERTAINMENT (NEW YORK), XYZ LASER CO. (NEW YORK)

DIANA SHORE WEEKEND 1996 (PALM SPRINGS),

ANJO PRODUCTIONS (ARIZONA)

PYRADYNE SYSTEMS COMPANY, UFO PRODUCTIONS

ASSOCIATED POWER COMPANY, MIRAGE LASER PRODUCTIONS,

 FULL SPECTRUM LIGHTING AND LASER

TELEMETRY SYSTEMS, LIME LITE LASER

YANKEE DOODLE NIGHT CLUB, EMPIRE LIGHTING, SONFEST “98”

HELLS ANGELS 50TH ANIVERSARY PARTY

DON’S AUTO IN FONTANA, MOSS BROS. DODGE, PARIS DODGE,

TENT SALES MANAGMENT, KAM ADVERTIZING

                                                        THE NATIONAL ORANGE SHOW “97” & “98”

SAN MANUEL INDIAN BINGO AND CASINO

MAIN STREET SAN BERNARDINO,

J & M ENTERTAINMENT,

LASER ODYSEEY

Artistic Laser Productions,

Full Spectrum,

VISION ENTERTAINMENT,

Hot Import Nights 1 & 2,
Jim McDaniel - "How I got into the laser biz."
Jim McDaniel -
My first exposure to the laser was in a third grade educational film about space, and the laser shown was a ruby. The whole laser concept blew my mind, rubies and red beams of light were cool. Then came the movie "Star Wars", the Light saber, the Death star, the laser blasters, holographic projections, very cool stuff for this kid. My passion for lasers became stronger the more I saw them.

My first encounter with a laser projection system occurred when I was 17 years old.  A traveling laser show  was appearing at the National Orange Show annual fair in San Bernardino, California.  This was in 1985, and I worked as a cook in a concession stand for "Dee's Food Concessions"  serving food  for special events at the National Orange Show Grounds. I developed the skill required for hamburgers, corndogs, hotdogs, popcorn, and sandwiches.  

It  all began as an inspiration with some leftover hot dogs. After the night shift one night, I collected my food stand's leftovers, and  approached the laser show tent and asked the laser dudes: "Do you guy's want some hot dogs?"  They looked at me with surprise and said "Dude you rule" , and I was in. I got to play with their laser system, and do my own shows. After my experimenting over and over, they pulled all the covers off the laser projection system so I could see the actual optical effects in action. I saw lots of multi-color lasers shooting through beam splitters and bouncing off mirrors. It was totally cool!
I learned alot about Lasers that night, and my inspiration had only just begun to evolve. There was something about laser light that up-lifted me, somehow energized me. I then decided I wanted to do my own laser shows someday. I knew I needed to do a lot more than burgers. This began a dream that grew up and took flight. I wanted my own laser, to do my own laser shows and build my own laser effects. So I had to save all the money I could, and save I did.

I bought my first laser at  age 17  in 1985. When the shipment came I couldn't wait to open the box and turn it on. After looking at it in every detail I plugged it in. wow. It really worked, and a real beam of ruby red laser light was emitted. The thing cost several hundred dollars then, and my friends thought I was crazy. They all seemed to say, "How much money for a little red dot? You're crazy dude!"  But I loved it, how cool, how amazing!

Some time went by, and by playing around I got rather cool effects with the laser using household optical elements. I used crystals, mirrors, glasses, pop tart wrappers, speakers, and a dancing flower that I took apart. I would invite my friends over to my house for laser shows. We would hang out for hours messing around with the laser.

Then it fell off a shelf, dropped about 6 feet to the floor, and it just stopped working. It was broken dude. No more laser. But as luck would have it, Jim, the Owner of the local electronics store, "Mac's Electronics"  said, "Ya should call MWK!"  I said MWK who? He said they're in Corona and they sell laser stuff. I called as soon as I got home. They said "bring it on down and we'll look at it."

I rushed down as soon as I could because I couldn’t wait to see what they might have there. The drive took about 30 minuets with good traffic and I found them with no problem. As I walked into MWK industries I found my self in another world, the world of lasers. The first room I entered was the front office. I met Martin Hasa first as he was the office manager and handled the calls and technical support as well as processing sales and doing the photography for the catalog. I discussed my broken tube with Martin and he assured me that they had a replacement. I was amazed I had found such a place and couldn’t wait to see more.  Martin introduced me to Mike Kenny, the owner of MWK Industries, whose office was next to Martin's office.  Mike welcomed me, and we entered the shop to find my replacement tube.  It was a mess there, a big mess. The place was 1200 sq. ft. and the back shop had large shelves filled with boxed of lasers and interesting electronics. There were things from NASA to Lawrence Livermore Labs, military surplus, and industrial lasers. We were stepping over lasers and things I could not even recognize. The place was over flowing with technology of all sorts relating to lasers. He had boxes of replacement laser HeNe tubes, so we picked one that matched mine and tested it. I also met two additional people working in the back shop, Mitch Hartman and Wayne Hover, who helped me with the testing, to find the best laser tube with the highest power. I thought that the place was a mess but by far the coolest place to work I had ever seen.

I had to have more exposure to this environment. I knew I would be coming back soon. I discussed with Mitch and Wayne that I was attending school for electronics and would like to learn this stuff. That I had always had a passion for lasers although I didn’t understand enough about them. They asked me how I had come to get this laser that I had broken. I told them the story of the burger stand work and they laughed. Mitch said “dude hit up Mike for a job, we could use an extra hand once and a while. No Big WOOF!”  So , we approached Mike with the Idea. I said “Hi Mike, I would like to work here. I will volunteer my time to get to know this stuff. Besides you need help just cleaning this place up. It’s a wreck.” He laughed and said that I should come in Saturday at 10:00 am.

That is how it started. I worked there, for free, and  little by little everything was clean and organized as could be at the end of 6 months. One afternoon I got a call from Mike Kenny. He asked if I could come to work the next week, and he added that he would even pay me for my work from then on. He mentioned that I had done such a good job working and cleaning that I was almost the only one there who could find things. I laughed and accepted immediately. I
 
worked with Mike, Martin, Wayne and Mitch for several years. In a short time, Mikes business began to grow and grow, and we had many great moments in that shop. We were quite the team. We worked our butts off and we had a lot of fun playing practical jokes on each other. I learned so much then that I still use today. I graduated from ITT, but I learned from MWK: Mike, Martin, Wayne, and Mitch, Thanks again, you guys.

MWK grew even more and the shop moved in to 5500 sq.ft. we added several new staff members. It had been a great experience, but my own Laser show days were soon to be on their way.


Next update,

The creation of LSDLASER

The who's and How's.........


Mirage Productions, Scott Ritt and Ben Ritt. – They are true leaders and masterminds of common logic as well as pioneers in extreme technology and invention. They helped me with my first laser show work and imy ntroduction to the laser entertainment business. They were one of the first sources of my own business inspiration.

Laser Projections Co.- The laser show company that I managed for Mike Kenny.

Laser Innovations – Eric King, Ron Merker, Cesar Chavez.-

PPS,- Carl and Jim Hanagan,

The Crew
Davie Herring (Kid Funk)
Thomas Macisas (Fish)
Ronnie Galindo
Bob Hassler
Marty Asque
Eric H.
John Gould
Mike Gilbert

The Laser Show Biz

The Gear Story - 
 
The First gig! - The California Science Fair Show

The BEST gigs - When it gets good, it gets really good!

The worst gigs - Mis-adventures and Nighmare shows!

Shows -
Thank you for visiting our Web site. LSDLASER Business has been providing quality service in the Sothern California area for over 20 years. We specialize in Laser entertainment equipment, systems, and services. Count on LSDLASER for your Laser needs.
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