BURNSVILLE, MN – Bosch Security Systems, Inc., Communications Systems Division announced that Phillip Scobee has joined Electro-Voice as product manager, Electro-Voice Concert Sound. Scobee, known for his work with such artists as Kenny Chesney and Sugarland, brings his experience as an end-user to his new position, where he will be responsible for both new and existing Electro-Voice concert product lines.
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D.A.S. Audio introduced the Convert 15A multi-function arrayable loudspeaker system, pictured here, and the Convert 12A curved source array unit at ProLight + Sound 2011.
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LONDON – With 80 candles on your cake, you're entitled to a lot of wishes. How about having Sharon Stone and Kevin Spacey host a charity concert at Royal Albert Hall featuring musical guests Bryan Ferry, Shirley Bassey, Katherine Jenkins, the Scorpions, Paul Anka, The London Symphony Orchestra, Maestro Valery, Gergiev Bolshoi and Mariinsky Soloists, the Igor Krutoi Turetsky Choir, Andrey Gavrilov, among others?
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DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania – Aqua Sounds supported two major events in Tanzania's largest city with Proel Axiom gear. The events included festivities surrounding the East Africa Football Cup and a major corporate event sponsored by mobile telephone company Bharti Airtel.
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GAINESVILLE, GA – Danley Sound Labs named Chad Edwardson to its engineering and system design staff. He will assist clients with product selection and application details and will work with the Danley R&D team on new product development.
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BOSTON – To commemorate 150 years since its charter was signed, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) staged its Next Century Convocation at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. The event organizers called upon Northeast Media (Woburn, MA), which used a Harman JBL VerTec line array system for audio support.
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MEMPHIS, TN – Dave Woolworth of Oxford, MS-based Oxford Acoustics used the Iconyx IC Live digitally steerable array from Renkus-Heinz to meet the sound design goals the auditorium at White Station High School, which has a low ceiling and parallel walls and serves 2,300 students.
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LONDON – Adlib supplied sound equipment and crew for the recent U.K. leg of The Script's Science & Faith world tour.
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Harman founder and chairman emeritus, Sidney Harman, died April 12 of complications from acute myeloid leukemia. Harman, whose activities spanned the worlds of professional audio, government (he served as the U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce in 1977 and 1978), education and publishing (he became the publisher of Newsweek in Aug. 2010), is also remembered for his philanthropy.
Read More »It is highly likely that you are an audio geek who gets some sort of an emotional high from being involved in sound reinforcement. If you are getting paid to do this, you are entitled to be called a "pro." I know for sure that a large percentage of "pros" in this trade are struggling to reach a reasonable living standard. Sorry to say, but your skill set as an avid, hardworking audio geek might have very little to do with financial success. The question many ask is: How does one create an opportunity to move into a higher financial level, whether as an engineer or sound service company?
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Firehouse Productions supported the 26th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, held at the Waldorf Astoria March 14, providing Crown I-Tech HD Amplifiers and JBL VerTec line array loudspeakers. Audio-Technica microphones were prominently featured for the 14th year. Inductees included Alice Cooper, Neil Diamond, Dr. John, Tom Waits and Darlene Love. Leon Russell, pictured here, received the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Award for Musical Excellence.
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Anderson Audio and East Shore Sound Team Up For a Night of Motown In the East Room
It's not just another gig. It's the White House. There, sitting in the front row, just a few feet from the slightly-elevated stage in the East Room, is the President of the United States, the First Lady and the Vice-President and his wife. Other dignitaries are scattered throughout the crowd of about 220. Enormous paintings of George and Martha Washington hang on the walls behind the stage. Ornate chandeliers are further reminders of the room's rich history and opulence.
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