Nikko Payne

ILDA-certified LSO, producer, and photographer specializing in timecoded laser and lighting design

I'm an ILDA certified LSO who specializes in busked and/or time-coded laser light shows, light and stage design, and music production. I have strong drive to create and collaborate with client and artist alike to achieve the vision that they either know, or don't know they want yet. I'm also actively learning Optical Realignment and Galvanometer Tuning for fun, and have what amounts to something just short of an addiction to lasers and what they can do.

Despite being 31, I'm somewhat new to the professional side of live events production, with only roughly two years under my belt, most of which are spent specializing in busking beam shows and time coding electronic music of all genres and heavy metal/rock shows, as well as custom stage and lighting design. I am meticulous in my attention to detail and design. Every project, laser, artist, client, laser that needs maintenance and safety moment get the utmost care.

Outside of lasers and lights; I release electronic music under the name TAMA-LOA. It's what most people know me by. I've been creating music for the better part of 20+ years, having started in classical music playing the flute, learned guitar to play classic rock, shifted into punk and ska, climbed through hiphop and rap where I learned to sample and make drum beats, headbanged through heavy metal, and eventually landed in electronic music production at the beginning of the pandemic. I'm also a content creator and photographer in my free time, with a firm belief it is important to document the good times, and the bad times. I'm eager to expand my experiences, and create incredible moments.

Current Educational Goals I'm Working Towards:
– grandMA3 Training
– Dante Certification Level's 1 – 3

QUOTE I LIVE BY:
“Maybe that’s enlightenment enough: to know that there is no final resting place of the mind; no moment of smug clarity. Perhaps wisdom…is realizing how small I am, and unwise, and how far I have yet to go. ”
 – Anthony Bourdain.