WARSAW, Poland — After nine years of residency at the Rampa Theatre (Tatr Rampa), Jezdziec Burzy’s Riders on the Storm, a Jim Morrison tribute musical, was recently updated with a Meyer Sound M’elodie™ line array loudspeaker system installed by Lomianki-based Polsound, leading to an increase in ticket sales.
Read More »ORLANDO — Community will offer free applications-based training seminars on ENTASYS Column Line-Array systems during InfoComm. The seminars are 30 minutes long and will take place at 10 a.m., 12 p.m., 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday and at 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. on Friday in Meeting Room W106.
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HELSINKI, Finland — Eppu Normaali, a rock band famous in its native Finland and beyond, has amassed a lot of gear since it was formed 33 years ago, so drummer Aku Syrjä formed Akun Tehdas as a subsidiary of the band to rent out some of its gear to others when Eppu Normaali was not on tour.
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THESSALONIKA, Greece — Dutch DJ Armin van Buuren, promoting his album Imagine (The Remixes), used a Turbosound system for a crowd of 3,500 at the Mamounia Club.
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ELKHART, IN — The Bartlett Microphones TM-125 is a supercardioid boundary mic designed for use on the theatre stage to pick up actors in drama or musicals. The TM-125 can also be used to capture the footwork of dance groups and for picking up speech in boardrooms, conferences, pulpits and altar tables.
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LIMA, Peru —Iron Maiden performed in Lima’s Estadio National Jose Diaz using RCF’s TTL33-A line array modules and TTS28-A subwoofers as the delay and front fill systems.
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MILAN, Italy — The second season of music events at the Live Club in Trezzo sull’Adda will feature performances by Elio e le Storie Tese, Caparezza, Afterhours, Piero Pelù, Joe Satriani, Buddy Guy, Asian Dub Foundation, Marillion, Alpha Blondy, The Blues Explosion and Blue Oyster Cult. The sound system is Proel Axiom.
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Evangelical Covenant Church in Grand Rapids, Mich. upgraded its sound system with a Soundcraft Si3 digital console. It was the first time the console had been sold to a house of worship. Evangelical Covenant Church, founded in 1979, serves 750 worshippers weekly.
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KEY WEST, FL — Jennifer Batten has never done anything the usual way, which explains why the guitarist/composer is supporting her latest CD, Whatever, with a one of a kind, one-woman multimedia tour.
Read More »PORT PERRY, ON, Canada — Adamson Systems Engineering has hired David Dohrmann and Ewan McDonald as tour support engineers. Dohrmann is based in Berlin, Germany and will join Adamson European Tour Support with chief technician Jochen Sommer. Ewan McDonald, from Sydney, Australia, will be joining Adamson’s Canadian headquarters support team.
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SEATTLE — The Vera Project is a Seattle music-arts center run by and for youth. By engaging participants at all levels of music production and community organizing, Vera strives to fulfill its mission to foster a participatory creative culture through popular music concerts, arts programs, experiential learning and volunteer opportunities for youth and others.
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SACRAMENTO, CA — The long-shuttered 1950s Woolworth building in downtown Sacramento has gotten new life as the Cosmopolitan entertainment hub, including the Cosmopolitan Cabaret musical theatre, a 200-seat venue with audio delivered by a compact Meyer Sound M1D line array loudspeaker system.
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