My Live Production Night

With A Blanco Y Negro – OCT, 31, 2025

Halloween night 2025 was supposed to be simple for me. I had set up the visuals and DMX lighting for Chef Tit’s Mexican Restaurant & Cantina like I always do: clean, reliable, ready for whoever took the stage. Never did I consider I would be part of the show! I definitely wasn’t expecting to run it. But then I met A Blanco y Negro.

They’re a Spanish rock tribute band with a killer set list – Soda Stereo, Los Enanitos Verdes, Gorillaz – plus their own original compositions. Great energy, great musicianship, but they needed something else that night: production help, and they needed it now.

And there I was, The Computer Girl. Unprepared, nervous, wondering what I had just signed myself up for.

The Day-of Scramble

Their manager, Debora, was the calm in the storm. She handed me the song list and together we started sorting out what needed to happen on the screen. I opened XSplit dropped the videos in the correct order, and built a show flow on-the-fly.

Meanwhile, I was also setting up an impromptu live light show on my tablet using Das Remote, and some scenes I already built for Chef Tito. As if I didn’t already have enough on my plate.

The night before, I had briefly talked to the band about their HDMI connectivity issues, so I’d seen the scenes they planned to use. One of them was just a static logo and QR code, something they intended to show during songs without music videos.

I couldn’t let that be their opener, not on Halloween, not for a band this good. So I made them a sleek, professional intro video that night and had it ready for them to use the night of the show. Good thing I did, because it turns out they hired professional videographers to tape the show. The band brought sparks, costumes, lasers, and high energy and with their sleek new intro, they would have something awesome for their tour video.

The Pressure Hits

The hardest part wasn’t the tech, it was the timing. Switching scenes at the right moment, matching lights to rhythm, anticipating beat drops and melody changes. My focus had to be at 100% because there is little room for error during a live production. Granted, there were some errors on both of our parts, however, we dealt with them and moved on. Keeping up with the bands flow and doing all of this live, with no rehearsal! Talk about an adrenaline rush!

My nerves were loud at first, that shaky feeling when your hands move faster than your brain, but once the music started, I felt the shift. I stopped overthinking, worrying about messing up, and I just synced.

I listened for the chorus, felt the bass lines, watched the band’s body language, and let the lights dance with the music. Suddenly, I found myself singing along under my breath while tapping cues and switching scenes. My feet began to tap along with the beat, keeping in time with the drummer.

The Moment it Clicked

Somewhere in the middle of the set, I realized: I WAS DOING IT! I was managing a real live production, for a real band, in front of a real audience. It was incredible! I have always been the one who sets up the infrastructure, the visuals, the DMX lighting, and the behind-the-scenes tech that makes a venue feel alive. But no artist had ever asked me to run their show in real time.

A Blanco y Negro trusted me with their performance. Debora trusted me with their brand. I trusted myself enough to rise to the moment.

A Night I won’t Forget

By the end of the night, the nerves were gone, What stayed was the rush, the kind that only comes from doing something you weren’t sure you could do, and doing it well. Halloween 2025 wasn’t just another gig at Chef Tito’s. It was the night I stepped out of the booth and into the show. The night I proved to myself that I could handle live production under pressure. That night, The Computer Girl became part of the band’s story.

 

View this post on Instagram

 

A post shared by The Computer Girl (@computergirlkc)