{"id":556,"date":"2013-03-20T14:13:10","date_gmt":"2013-03-20T18:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mountainproductions.com\/blog\/?p=556"},"modified":"2017-01-26T17:16:10","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T17:16:10","slug":"ultra-music-festival-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/20\/ultra-music-festival-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"[EVENT RECAP] Ultra Music Festival 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The electronic dance music scene is more popular than ever these days. The pulsating bass driven beats are often complimented live with impressive visual productions, including hundreds to thousands of lights, special effects and more. The staging for such events has become enormous in every way imaginable. One festival in particular is always pushing the limits on its artistic production. It has become one of North America&#8217;s largest electronic dance festivals, and it turns Miami into a head banging, body moving, &#8220;lose-your-voice&#8221; mania. It is the <strong>Ultra Music Festival<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Mountain Productions has been working with UMF for the past 4 years, and each year is more extravagant, intricate, and impressive than the previous. Take a look at the evolution of the UMF staging from 2010-2013:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_558\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-558\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-558\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/ultrafest_2010_5-590x288.jpg\" alt=\"2013 - Scaffold Staging\" width=\"590\" height=\"288\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-558\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2010 &#8211; Scaffold Staging<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_559\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-559\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-559 \" src=\"http:\/\/mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/ultrafest_2011_60-590x330.jpg\" alt=\"2011 - Mountain Truss System\" width=\"590\" height=\"330\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-559\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2011 &#8211; Mountain Truss System<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_560\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-560\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-560 \" src=\"http:\/\/mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_0094-590x393.jpg\" alt=\"2012 - Mountain Truss Staging\" width=\"590\" height=\"393\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-560\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2012 &#8211; Mountain Truss System<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_562\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-562\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-562 \" src=\"http:\/\/mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/panorama-590x394.jpg\" alt=\"2013 - Mountain Truss System\" width=\"590\" height=\"394\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-562\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2013 &#8211; Mountain Truss System<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mountain Productions was busy over the past month setting up this year&#8217;s event, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.10151376010868785.1073741826.97618743784&amp;type=1\" target=\"_blank\">more pictures of the variety of structures constructed can be found here in our 2013 UMF Facebook album<\/a>. Some of the structures and equipment included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"line-height: 16px;\">\u2022 Main Stage (seen above) featuring <a href=\"http:\/\/mountainproductions.com\/staging\/stagingsystems\/mtntruss.php\" target=\"_blank\">Mountain&#8217;s Mountain Truss system<\/a>\u00a0\/ 100 ft tall from the deck to the top of the logo \/ Logo alone was <em>55 ft tall and 25,000 lbs<\/em>!<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u2022 Bayfront Stage<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u2022 Radio Stage<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u2022 Eco Village Stage<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mountainproductions.com\/rigging.php\" target=\"_blank\">Rigging<\/a> at the Klipsch Amphitheater<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u2022 VIP Platforms<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u2022 Multiple <a href=\"http:\/\/mountainproductions.com\/staging\/support\/foh.php\" target=\"_blank\">FOH<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u2022 Entranceway<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mountainproductions.com\/staging\/barricade\/crowd.php\" target=\"_blank\">Crowd Control Barricade<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mountainproductions.com\/staging\/barricade\/fencing.php\" target=\"_blank\">Perimeter Fencing<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mountainproductions.com\/staging\/softgoods.php\" target=\"_blank\">Custom softgoods<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mountainproductions.com\/staging\/groundcover.php\" target=\"_blank\">Terratrak groundcover<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mountainproductions.com\/staging\/support\/stairs.php\" target=\"_blank\">Custom stairways\/ramps<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The first weekend for the festival was this past Friday to Sunday, and UMF will pick back up this upcoming weekend (March 22nd &#8211; 24th).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jXOgYxUf6Ts\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to check out video footage of Hardwell performing at UMF<\/a> (video from Youtube, compliments of UMF.TV). The main stage is an enormous sight to see, and even more impressive in action. Some pictures of the show in action below:<\/p>\n\n            <style type='text\/css'>\n                #gallery-1 {\n                    margin: auto;\n                }\n                #gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n                    float: left;\n                    margin-top: 10px;\n                    text-align: center;\n                    width: 33%;\n                }\n                #gallery-1 img {\n                    border: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n                }\n                #gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n                    margin-left: 0;\n                }\n                \n                \n                \n                \/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n            <\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-556 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n                <dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n                    <a title=\"umf1\" href='https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/umf1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/umf1-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n                <\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n                <dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n                    <a title=\"umf2\" href='https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/umf2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/umf2-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n                <\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n                <dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n                    <a title=\"umf3\" href='https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/umf3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/umf3-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n                <\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n                <dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n                    <a title=\"umf5\" href='https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/umf5\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/umf5-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n                <\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n                <dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n                    <a title=\"umf4\" href='https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/umf4\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/umf4-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n                <\/dt><\/dl>\n                <br style='clear: both' \/><\/div>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Be sure to check back with us for more event updates, recaps and images.<br \/>\nVisit our links below and stay in touch with us!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mountainproductionsinc\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MtnPrds\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/mountainproductions.com\" target=\"_blank\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/mountainproductions.com\/contact.php\" target=\"_blank\">Receive Our Newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:0px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"%5BEVENT%20RECAP%5D%20Ultra%20Music%20Festival%202013\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The electronic dance music scene is more popular than ever these days. 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