BAKU, Azerbaijan — Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, soprano Paola Sanguinetti and the Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Orchestra performed at the Buta Palace here recently, relying on a recent installation of Outline Butterfly gear. The installation includes 20 Outline Butterfly CDH 483 Hi-Packs and eight SubTech 218s.
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WOODSTOCK, NY — Fishman supplied SA220 Solo Performance Systems for the live performances at the The Woodstock Invitational Luthier’s Showcase, held in Bearsville Theater here. Fishman also supplied the the house P.A. for the luthier’s exhibition hall.
Read More »Last month I had the best work assignment in the company, hands down. I was asked to travel (OK, traveling sucks but it got me that last Southwest roundtrip I needed to qualify for a freebie, and anyway, it gets better…) to New York to cover the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary Concerts.
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AUSTIN, TX — Austin City Limits Music Festival featured 130 bands one eight stages in three days of performances. Robert Ausmus of LD Systems (Houston, TX) and his crew relied on an Electro-Voice X-Line line array loudspeaker system to provide sound reinforcement for the Xbox 360 stage.
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INDIO, CA — After a five-year hiatus, Phish reformed earlier this year for the release of Joy and a subsequent 27-date national tour, which included headline spots at the Bonnaroo Music Festival and a four-night run at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Denver.
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Jason Mraz’s vocal-centric tunes are a musical amalgamation of influences consisting of reggae, pop, rock, folk, jazz and hip hop performed by an equally diverse band consisting of acoustic and electric guitars and keyboards, ethnic percussion and brass instruments.
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John “J.C.” Convertino reaches the peak of his workday before most of his industry peers have even woken up. By 7 a.m., he could be mixing U2 live for television, as he did last month, when the band played ABC’s Good Morning America to promote their latest record or any one of hundreds of other acts.
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From AC/DC to U2, Berlin to Yes, Janet Jackson to Tina Turner, Cher to Madonna, Barney to Walking with Dinosaurs, Bob the Builder to the Wiggles, Metallica to the Rolling Stones — production manager Jake Berry has earned a backstage pass to some of the biggest acts in the business, and to rock ‘n’ roll history itself.
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If it’s not one thing… When it came time for the annual digital console buyers’ guide we figured that there were now so many systems out there under the $50K mark that we could never fit them into print.
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As the owners of Victory Brewing Company are fond of pointing out, American beer has been the butt of many a European joke. Since starting out 12 years ago, the Downingtown, Penn.-based company has made great strides toward refuting that stereotype, with more than 15 of the company’s acclaimed brews garnering rave reviews and a reputation far beyond that of a typical microbrewery.
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With all the new amplifiers coming out these days with all the bells and whistles, it just seems like something is missing on the market. Half of the people who use these super lightweight amps with gobs of processing wind up using external processors anyway. That is why we are going to check out the new “CC” series of amplifiers from Crest Audio. These are just good rock solid amps that do just what they are supposed to, and at a very economical price point.
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When you have been doing this music thing for as long as I have — as both a musician/bandleader and sound guy — you see a whole bunch of gear and countless numbers, types and brand of loudspeakers. Which makes it kind of nice to see one of the brands that defined live sound for a long time reclaim that pedigree after some time wandering in the wilderness.
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