NASHVILLE, TN – Sennheiser, Guitar Center and Audio Masters, and the Nashville chapter of the AES and its Nashville Engineer Relief Fund (NERF) are among those offering support the members of Nashville's professional audio community and others affected by the 100-year flood that inundated parts of Music City earlier this month.
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MOUNT KILIMANJARO, Africa – The world record for "The Highest Altitude Rock Gig/Electrical Musical Performance on Land" was set earlier this year at 19,341 feet above sea level, when Sound Driver, a five-piece indie band supported by a group of volunteers carrying gear, trekked up to Africa's highest point before performing amid the threat of sleet, rain, altitude sickness and oxygen deprivation.
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DALLAS, TX – Onstage Systems is one of the latest touring production companies to use L-Acoustics' K Standard platform. The company recently purchased 16 LA-RAK touring racks, each loaded with three LA8 amplified controllers. All 16 racks recently went out tour with George Strait.
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WILMINGTON, DE – St. Elizabeth Roman Catholic Parish celebrated its first mass on June 1, 1908. After more than a century, the original parish has been joined by the main church, a rectory, a convent and a K-12 school. The stone church features 50-foot ceilings and marble tracery. As with many older sanctuaries, it was designed more for the organ and choir than for intelligibility of the spoken word.
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MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay – Three soundcos joined forces to support Guns N' Roses' stop at Centenario Stadium here recently on the band's Chinese Democracy tour. Close to 30,000 fans heard the band with the help of a large quantity of Aero Series 2 and Aero loudspeaker models from D.A.S. Audio.
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OTTAWA, Canada – After a thorough investigation of the layout and worship services at Community Pentecostal Church, Audio Plus Sound Solutions Inc. upgraded the church's audio system with JBL loudspeakers, chosen for their ability to deliver solid clarity and strong acoustic gain.
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COLUMBUS, OH – Live! Technologies announced the addition of Tom Howell to its Systems Integration sales team. Howell joins Live! from Walsh Sound, Mansfield, Ohio, with 40 years experience.
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TORONTO – Adamson announced a Canadian distribution agreement with Montreal-based Theatrixx. Adamson also named All Music Corp. its new exclusive distributor for all of Latin America, with the exception of Mexico, Colombia and Brazil, and named CV Music as its exclusive distributor for Colombia.
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BURNSVILLE, MN – Bosch Security Systems, Inc. named Sean Shallenberger director of sales, communications – South. Based in Arlington, Texas, Shallenberger will be responsible for sales and distribution of Bosch (Public Address and Conferencing), Electro-Voice, RTS and Telex pro audio products in the southern U.S. He will report to Daniel Nix, vice president, sales – South, and will manage the independent sales reps, regional account managers and inside sales reps for the region.
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BATON ROUGE, LA – Premier Sound Services provided the sound reinforcement system for a recent Lionel Richie concert as part of the Our Lady of the Lake Foundation's 25th anniversary benefit gala. The system featured a variety of audio products from Harman Professional, including a Soundcraft Vi6 digital console at the FOH position.
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GREYTOWN, South Africa – For the third year running, Gearhouse South Africa supplied full technical production for the annual Mighty Man Conference, including audio. Gearhouse was again working for The Shalom Trust and in collaboration with its technical coordinator, Nik Fairclough of Northwind Recording, who also mixed the FOH sound.
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PORT MACQUARIE, Australia – Glasshouse, a $50 million arts center that opened in mid-2009, includes a 600-seat performing arts theater, a 600-square-meter art gallery, a studio theater, conference facilities and an community workshop.
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