LOS ANGELES – Waves Live has named Ken "Pooch" Van Druten product specialist. Most recently on tour with Linkin Park, Van Druten brings with him decades of experience as a live sound engineer. A graduate of Boston's Berklee College of Music, he has worked with Beastie Boys, Jay-Z, Kid Rock, Eminem, Whitney Houston and many more.
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HANOVER, Germany – With a lifespan of up to 25 years, scorpions have more sting and staying power than most other insects. The hard rock and heavy metal band that shares their name is at least as durable: it first rose to fame in the mid-1970s, and was first formed in 1965. Set to tour once more in 2010 to support their forthcoming album, Get Your Sting and Blackout, the band will once again rely on Sennheiser gear.
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VENDOME, France – The Minotaure performance arts complex recently adopted a new Outline sound reinforcement system, including 12 Mini-COM.P.A.S.S. speakers and two SubTech 218 SP subwoofers, controlled by an Outline Genius 26 unit.
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ATLANTA – The private Lovett School, established in 1926, has some 1,400 students in grades K-12, and recently raised $55 million in funding for a new middle school. A 500-seat multi-purpose room, part of that project, is designed to serve as an assembly space and indoor rec area, and was equipped with Danley loudspeakers.
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ANAHEIM, CA – If you haven't been to the NAMM Show in a while, there are plenty of reasons for production professionals to go this year. FOH is providing three educational opportunities to registered attendees at no additional charge.
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CHESTER, PA – Community Professional Loudspeakers announced its first annual online video contest, inviting users to create a short (2 to 4 minute) video talking about the company's products and how they were used.
Read More »SANTA BARBARA, CA – Australia-based Sound and Music, parent company of the SM Pro Audio and Violet Audio brands of music and audio equipment for the recording, live, and installed sound markets, announced the opening of a U.S. office.
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PHILADELPHIA – The Michael J. Hagan Arena at Saint Joseph's University, previously known as the Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse, underwent significant renovations to increase its size and capacity, including 1,000 more seats. It now seats 4,200 and has been equipped with a new audio system including Community Professional Loudspeakers.
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MONTREAL, Canada – Over a four-month period in mid-2009, Showworks Inc. supported performances for a long list of artists, including KISS, Buckcherry, Stone Temple Pilots, Counting Crows, Papa Roach, Our Lady Peace, Tim McGraw, Booker T and a cross-Canada tour for Bachmann Cummings (formerly The Guess Who) using a variety of EAW gear.
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NEW YORK – The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, televised on CBS after a previous taping at the Sixty-Ninth Regiment Armory, got audio support from Firehouse Productions, and the crew used more than 100 Sennheiser headsets for the production. Canada's Solotech also supported the performance of the show's musical guests, the Black Eyed Peas, with Sennheiser wireless mics and PM systems.
Read More »VIENNA, Austria – In recognition of more than 60 years of contributions to the art and science of music recording and performance, AKG announced that it had been recently named to receive a technical Grammy award from the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS). The award will be presented in Los Angeles during Grammy Week later this month.
Read More »NILES, IL – Shure is supporting legislation recently introduced by Representative Bobby Rush (D-IL) that proposes to protect 13 different classes of wireless microphone users from interference that could result from the operation of new devices that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved for frequencies (known as the "white spaces") currently occupied by wireless microphone users.
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