NOOSA HEADS, Australia – The J Noosa event space and its J Theatre, with a 338-seat main floor and its 64-seat mezzanine section, is using… Read More »Australian Event Center Theater Gets a Clair Brothers Upgrade
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ANAHEIM, CA – Mark Spring, who was presented with the 2020 Parnelli Lifetime Achievement Award, was interviewed recently for NAMM’s Oral History program. To see… Read More »Video of the Week: Parnelli Lifetime Achievement Winner Mark Spring Interviewed for NAMM’s Oral History Series
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NASHVILLE – In the overnight hours March 2-3, a powerful storm with heavy rains and a tornado ripped through central Tennessee, killing at least 22, with 150 more requiring hospitalization. The storm left a swath of destruction in Germantown, East Nashville and the John C. Tune Airport in West Nashville. The Basement East, a 400-capacity music venue on Woodland Street in East Nashville, was one of the buildings demolished by the storm. The club’s staff was able to take shelter and no one was hurt.
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MIAMI BEACH, FL – idesign, a design / build AV integration firm headquartered in Miami, was contracted to provide a new sound reinforcement system at the Greystone Hotel, a landmark in Miami’s Art Deco South Beach neighborhood. Michael Meacham, idesign’s owner, worked with DAS Audio’s John Fiorito to design and deploy DAS loudspeakers from the WR, Artec, Action, and Quantum series.
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NEW YORK – The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’s house band, The Roots, as well as Fallon himself and guest artists, get mixed through DiGiCo desks. The Roots’ FOH engineer, Artless Poole, Jr., who also mixes The Roots on their live gigs and has supported the band for 20 years, is pictured here. The show makes use of three DiGiCo SD7 consoles paired with five SD-Racks.
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ATHENS, GREECE — The weeklong Summer Nostos Festival (SNFest) is an international multifaceted arts, sports and education festival held every June, that is free for… Read More »Clair Brothers Powers the Summer Nostos Festival — Greece’s Biggest Cultural Celebration
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ROCHESTER, NY – Whirlwind Audio president and founder Michael Laiacona will be inducted into the Rochester Music Hall of Fame on April 26, 2020 along with acoustic duet The Dady Brothers, jazz vocalist Nancy Kelly, multi-platinum recording engineer Mick Guzauski and drummer Roy McCurdy.
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LOS ANGELES — Verse, the high-end supper club recently opened by Grammy Award-winning mix engineer Manny Marroquin, Michelin-star chef Paul Shoemaker and hospitality veteran Rob… Read More »Verse, the “Greatest Sounding Restaurant in the U.S.,” Acquires an SSL Live L300
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FARGO, ND – In a bid to further support acts and events including Hairball, the Minneapolis-based celebration of arena rock that tours regionally and nationally,… Read More »Purple Hat Productions Adds EV and Dynacord Gear to Inventory
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TAHOE CITY, CA — Dedicated to growing the musicians of tomorrow, Northern California’s Lake Tahoe Music Festival [a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation] has been integral to… Read More »Lake Tahoe Music Festival to Cease; AB-5 Law Cited as Cause
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NEW YORK – Howard Kaufman, a 23-year veteran with Lectrosonics who served as Northeastern technical sales rep, died Feb. 27. He was 68. Before Lectrosonics, Howard’s career work included 22 years as an engineer in various positions at the U.N. Headquarters, as well as 15 years at Full House Productions, a media production company in New York City.
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STANFORD, CA – Audio West (Los Angeles) provided two Soundscape systems for Stanford University’s 710-seat Dinkelspiel Auditorium, a.k.a. “The Dink.” Alive Media Audio Visual (Sacramento) installed the systems. Audio consultant Kevin Sweetser commented on the venue’s audio upgrade, which uses one set of speakers for both the room acoustics and sound reinforcement.
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