LIVERPOOL, U.K. – Adlib Audio provided sound equipment and crew for Irish alt rockers The Script on their recent U.K. tour. Adlib's Richy Nicholson provided FOH mixing duties, and is now on tour with the band in the U.S.
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SHELTON, CT – LEX Products' East Coast operation moved recently from three locations in Stamford, CT. to a single facility in Shelton, CT. The new address is: LEX Products Corporation, 15 Progress Drive, Shelton, CT 06484. Phone, fax and e-mail addresses do not change.
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LEX Products' line of pro audio and video cable assemblies has expanded with new multipair cables, mic and line cables, digital recording and speaker cables and more. The products are made with carefully-selected components, undergo extensive testing and feature Lex custom cable labeling.
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STOW, OH – Audio-Technica announced the passing of Ken Reichel, former executive vice-president and chief operating officer of Audio-Technica U.S. He died Oct. 15, 2010, at his home in Richmond, VA.
Read More »Can't remember where I got that phrase. Think some celeb or another used it once to describe the "behind the scenes" people on a film. You know, the ones without which no production would ever happen.
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As PLASA is a big show, there is no way FOH can cover everything in this limited space. Please note that products not covered here will be covered over the coming months.
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Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn issued a joint statement upon hearing the news: "We can't imagine what we did to be blessed with the likes of Randy ["Baja"] Fletcher. We hate to think about what our career might have been like without him, as so many have been won and lost on the road. The importance of a trail boss like Baja is impossible to put into words. Not a show goes by that someone doesn't talk about the quality of our crew, and it all filters down from him."
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Late June in Montreal, and the weather hasn't been cooperating for the Montreal Jazz Fest. It may be the world's largest Jazz Fest, but it's still an outdoor festival, with all the unpredictability that entails. Around 2 in the afternoon, after a morning of solid rain, the clouds parted long enough for Jess Gagnon, FOH mixer for Canadian trip-rock band Beast, to run sound check-but the plastic dome tent over FOH stayed up and the plastic tarp to cover the console stayed close at hand.
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Had you asked me six months ago who Justin Bieber was, I couldn't have given you an honest answer. Seriously, I had zero knowledge of this 16-year-old Canadian phenom.
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Some background for those who have not been following this closely. The "airwaves" are a public resource, and use of that resource is governed by the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC issues licenses for individuals and companies seeking to broadcast – everything from TV and radio stations to cell phone companies.
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The idea of having sound directly delivered to our clients' ears and having each person control their own levels without affecting others on stage is brilliant. Through my company, Onyx Sound, we have provided IEMs for a number of years to our clients and have liked them for the most part. As a result of these good experiences, we purchased Sennheiser EW300 IEM G2s and EW300 IEM G3 systems.
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Working with a mid-sized sound company (HAS Productions) in Las Vegas, I get to wear a lot of different hats. On any given gig in any given week, I could be a system tech, an audio babysitter making sure the band's guy does not blow anything up, or mixing anything from a B-level national to a local band.
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