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The Black Crowes Put On Warpaint with Shure

The Black Crowes Put On Warpaint with Shure

NILES, IL — Currently touring in support of Warpaint, their latest release on the independent Silver Arrow label, The Black Crowes have shown hands-down that they are still, as the UK's Melody Maker once called them, "the most rock 'n' roll rock 'n' roll band in the world."

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Movement 08 Celebrates Energy of Electronic Music with ISP Technologies

DETROIT – Detroit's Electronic Music Festival has become one of the most highly anticipated annual events for electronic music fans in Detroit and across the globe. And Movement 08 at Detroit's Hart Plaza is no exception. Between the excitement of the Festival and the number of artists who want to participate, Paxahau, producers of Movement 08 – Detroit’s Electronic Music Festival, announces the addition of a fifth stage. Paxahau approached ISP Technologies, LLC regarding outfitting the 5th stage with some of their top end pro audio gear. 

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Avril Lavigne Best Damn Tour Far From Complicated with L-ACOUSTICS

ORLANDO, Fla. – Avril Lavigne has morphed, over the course of a career that is less than a decade young from a self-professed skater punk to a newly married pop princess with her own fashion line. But one thing that has remained constant is FOH Engineer Jim Yakabuski who has been running Lavigne’s sound since midway through her first tour in 2003. For Lavigne’s latest North American trek, Yakabuski and Orlando-based sound reinforcement provider LMG Inc. have chosen to return to an L-ACOUSTICS V-DOSC and dV-DOSC loudspeaker system – this time supplementing the rig with the manufacturer’s KUDO enclosures and new LA8 amplified controllers. 

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Cable Cube

Cable Cube is a multi-conductor speaker cable accessory that breaks-out, combines and functions as a hi-tech adaptor for Neutrik Speakon style speaker cables. The Cable Cube is equipped with fly clip track that allows you fasten them to trusses and other types of rigging. It functions bi-directionally for use as splitters and combiners. Cable Cube products provide the user with a multi-conductor output connection for small temporary amp racks.

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Fits & Starts Productions Introduces HOW-TO Sound Technology Seminars for Worship

Tinton Falls, N.J. – Fits & Starts Productions, LLC, producer of the HOW-TO Sound Workshops, has introduced atwo new seminars to its national tour lineup: 1) Recording for Worship and 2) Advanced Mixing for Worship. The new workshops add to the growing stable of the nationally recognized HOW-TO Sound Workshops, which tour to houses of worship, pro audio organizations and universities each year, covering some 60,000 miles in the tour process. The tours are sponsored by some of the audio industry's best-known manufacturers.

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Clair Brothers/Showco Purchases Midas XL8 Systems

LITITZ, Pa. – Clair Brothers Showco has purchased and taken delivery of two Midas XL8 Live Performance Systems. The Midas flagship joins Clair Brothers’ extensive XL4 and Heritage 3000 rental inventory, which continue to be used daily on major touring productions, both across America and throughout the world.

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Experience Church a DIY Success with McCauley Sound

PUYALLUP, Wash. – Experience Church recently overhauled their main sanctuary with a total McCauley solution built on the IN.LINE installation line array technology. Senior Pastor Dennis Cummins and Media Music Pastor Dave Richards researched their decision extensively, visiting worship technology conferences and participating in several demos from a range of manufacturers before making the decision to work with McCauley Sound. 

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Prog Rockers Unite in Baja with NEXO

Baja California, MEXICO – Prog rockers of the world unite each year in Baja California for the BAJA PROG festival.  For the second year running, NEXO systems were provided for the main stage, pleasing the many international sound engineers attending the event.

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Yamaha Tenori-on Displayed for Audiences during Björk Tour

LONDON – Björk’s current world tour uses some of the most cutting edge on-stage technology out there. Björk’s band includes Damian Taylor whose rig resembles the bridge of the Starship Enterprise and includes a Yamaha Tenori-on, which is displayed on large plasma screens to the wide-eyed crowds during the track “Who Is It?.” “Björk felt it would be cool to feature the gear,” says Damian, “ to make it part of the stage set rather than using abstract pre-recorded visuals and projections.”

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