WOODINVILLE, WA – Loud Technologies Inc. has appointed Matt Frazier as director of sales, APAC region for the Mackie and Ampeg brands. Frazier joins Loud after more than 20 years in the professional audio industry.
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SAN BERNARDINO, CA––Insomniac recently held its 21st Annual Nocturnal Wonderland Festival at the San Manuel Amphitheater and grounds for crowds that totaled more than 67,000 during three days of music, camping and merry-making. Featuring leading EDM artists such as Bassnectar, Deorro, Above and Beyond, Coone, Big Gigantic, Knife Party, Chromeo, 3LAU, Audien and more, the event was comprised of three stages including Wolves Den that featured a Martin Audio MLA system provided by 3G Productions of Las Vegas and Los Angeles.
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TIRANA, Albania – At the Plaza Hotel, a new 23-story five-star resort in Albania’s capital city that opened earlier this year, the amenities include 760 square meters of technically-equipped rooms for conferences and meetings including the the Queen Geraldine, which can host up to 350 people. Al Vision used RCF gear for the resort’s music distribution/vocal alarm system.
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There are certain times that mark the end of summer. After all those Labor Day picnics, it’s time to pack that Weber grill back into the garage and get the kids off to school. Heck, fall officially kicks in on September 22, so pretty soon, many of us will be enjoying the changing of the season, with trees exhibiting their amazing annual display of fall colors.
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The Korn/Rob Zombie Tour might just be the best-kept secret of the summer. “It’s selling really well,” says Zombie’s FOH engineer Mark Woodcock. “Besides the Guns N’ Roses tour, it’s the #1 rock act of the summer. The reviews have been great — both bands sound great, and the lighting and staging on both shows are spectacular. And it really is two different shows. At first, the way they look together might seem like a bizarre combination, but it totally works.”
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Sound system designers for the house of worship market face some tough challenges. By their very nature, churches — whether traditional or modern — are often not designed for the sonic needs of today’s high-SPL worship and frequently built into acoustical spaces such as storefronts or warehouses that were never intended for music appreciation. At the same time, church services typically combine a wealth of spoken word portions that require superb intelligibility with music that can range from delicate instrumentation and quiet vocal solos intended to go with quiet contemplative moments to turn-it-up-to-10 hymns that instill the soul (and the sanctuary itself) with the sounds of praise.
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