NEW YORK — As a fitting cap to Crown International’s 60th anniversary year, the DC 300 amplifier first introduced 40 years ago in 1967, was inducted into the TECnology Hall Of Fame. Gerald Stanley, Crown International’s senior VP of R&D and the original designer of the DC 300, was on hand to accept the award.
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OXFORD, ENGLAND — To promote their second album Our Earthly Pleasures, Tyneside-based indie rockers Maximo Park have been touring throughout 2007, with dates in the U.S., Canada, Australia and Japan. For the U.K. and European dates, Britannia Row supplied a Turbosound Aspect rig, with the band’s FOH engineer Trevor Gilligan mixing on a 56-channel DiGiCo D5 console.
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA — Hosted by Neil Young, the annual Bridge School Benefit concerts are unique in one important respect: no backline amplifiers are allowed on stage. As in previous years, organizers of this ultimate unplugged concert series held at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, Calif., turned to Hayward-based Sound On Stage for an L-ACOUSTICS loudspeaker system to reinforce the acoustic sets of an eclectic lineup of artists including Metallica, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tom Waits fronting the Kronos Quartet, John Mayer and, of course, Neil Young.
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TORONTO, ONTARIO — The Modern is a new nightclub located on Alexander Street in Vancouver’s thriving Gastown. Modern Club’s new owners decided that in addition to a complete architectural overhaul, a new sound system was in order as the Modern prides itself in making music a top priority, selecting top local DJ’s to partner with Canadian and international DJ talent.
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The SB28 is designed as the successor to its SB218 subwoofer. The four-ohm SB28 contains two front-loaded, 18-inch direct radiating transducers integrated into a bass-reflex tuned enclosure capable of operating down to 25 Hz.
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REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN – For the past 26 years, the annual broadcast of the Canadian Country Music Awards has recognized and celebrated the best in Canadian country music. For this year’s event held at the Brandt Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan, Toronto-based P.A. Plus Productions chose to recognize another performer, the Soundcraft Vi6 digital live sound console, which was deployed as the monitor desk for the entire show.
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MAYSVILLE, GA – Maysville Baptist Church in Maysville, Ga, had the very best of problems. Tremendous growth had pushed their small downtown church to its limits. Unable to expand at their downtown location, the church purchased a 50-acre tract on the outskirts of Maysville and began a nearly two-year project to design and build an elegant, 500-seat worship center with state-of-the-art sound reinforcement and video projection systems.
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LONDON — ADLIB Audio supplied their new Digidesign D-Show Venue live mixing console and new VerTec subs for multiple-award winning Denver-based piano rockers The Fray, along with full audio production and crew for the band's recent UK Tour.
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ORLANDO, FL — The 2007 Parnelli Awards gala honored the best and brightest of the live event industry Friday, Nov. 16, at the Peabody Hotel in Orlando, Fla. The hundreds in attendance constituted a Who’s Who of players in the live event industry, and they all rose to their feet in honor of Lifetime Achievement award winner Gerry Stickells and Audio Innovator award winner Bob Heil. Even the stars paid their respect, with members of Velvet Revolver, Queen and Jimi Hendrix’s band offering their kudos via video. All the Parnelli winners — as voted on by readers of PLSN and FOH — were celebrated in the awards ceremony that honors the best of our business.
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Poor man’s power distribution is pretty much using the existing install venue power distribution, either because you do not have the moderate money to own a distro, the experience to use a dedicated portable power distribution unit (PPDU) or the venue does not easily accommodate the attachment of a PPDU. But have no fear, there are ways to maximize the existing available sub-circuits without calling in the electricians.
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This Soundco’s Secret Weapon? Touring-grade Service from a Regional Company
Steve Poulton, president of Audio Excellence in Albuquerque, N.M., recalls his first gig under the new company moniker. “It was out at the Journal Pavilion, which is a 15,000-seat venue just out of town, for radio personality Jim Rome,” he says. “We didn’t have enough equipment to do the show, but I convinced the promoter that we could definitely handle the show and take care of it.”
Poulton traveled from Albuquerque to Colorado Springs, Colo., to rent a JBL line array from Audio Analysts, got out to the venue and then set up the system. “I was flying by the seat of my pants, [but] I was convinced that we would do whatever we needed to do and had the know-how and wisdom to figure out how to do [it],” he reports. “I definitely jumped in at the deep end on a lot of big shows in the early days. My philosophy was always to act as if we were providing touring-level service in a regional area. We always acted as if we were big, and I think it facilitated us getting there rather quickly.”
Carlson Provides Clear Sound for Seattle’s Massive, Multigenre Bumbershoot Festival
Could Bumbershoot be the most eclectic music festival on the planet? It’s definitely got a serious claim. Where else can you hear hip-hop, post-modern jazz and Mongolian throat singing, with blues, gospel, folk and gypsy punk on the side, all on the same ticket? And we’re not talking generic genre bands: Bumbershoot organizers find and book trendsetters and scene-stealers. This year’s bill included the Wu-Tang Clan, Fergie, John Legend, Sam Yahel with Joshua Redman Jr. and Brian Blade, and Yungchen Lhamo. Plus Robbie Laws, the Holmes Brothers, Bert Jansch and Gogol Bordello. (If you don’t have a scorecard or the festival program handy, or don’t know the names, refer to the list of musical styles above for clues.)