Capital Sound Supports Foals, Dears & Wild Beasts with Martin Audio

AUSTIN, Texas  — When Capital Sound Hire sent their Business Development Manager Richard Hannan to the SXSW Festival in Austin last year to seek out new up-and-coming bands, he discovered Foals, a new band from the UK being heavily touted based on its successful debut album, Antidotes. After agreeing to provide ad hoc support to the five-piece art-rock dance band from Oxford (in the form of backline and mics), Capital has just completed the full production for a sell-out tour of the UK’s circuit venues.

FT. WORTH, Texas — As part of its ongoing efforts to revitalize Fort Worth's historic Camp Bowie Boulevard, the Camp Bowie District, Inc. recently completed its Sixth Annual Jazz By The Boulevard festival. Featuring performances by Buddy Guy, the Fort Worth Jazz Orchestra featuring Randy Brecker, Lee Ritenour, and the David Sanborn Group with Adonis Rose, this year’s festivities offered something for every musical preference and a sound reinforcement system by D.A.S. Audio.

NEW YORK — James Cowan, president of Neutrik USA, passed away on Nov. 5, 2008, due to cancer at the age of 52. Jim worked for Neutrik for 20 years, starting out as general manager, then vice president and was named president in March of 2000. He was well-known and widely liked by the pro audio industry.

MOBILE, Ala. — With over 125 live bands playing in front of up to 200,000 enthusiastic fans, BayFest is the major annual musical highlight in Alabama. Taking place in Mobile on the first weekend in October, this year’s festival had added Flex appeal with a Turbosound Flex Array system.

JBL has debuted the VerTec VT4889ADP Full Range High Directivity Line Array Element and the companion VT4880ADP Ultra Long Excursion Arrayable Subwoofer. Both models are integrated audio systems featuring field-proven JBL DrivePack technology. Co-developed with Harman Pro Group sister companies Crown International and dbx Professional, the JBL DrivePack electronics modules with integral digital signal processing are designed to couple with VerTec loudspeaker enclosures.

CLEVELAND — Hughie’s Audio Visual Services, Inc. recently provided the NEXO GEO T rig, Yamaha PM5D and T5n amps in support of The Fest 2008, Northeast Ohio's largest free Christian festival, which ushered in 27,000-plus people to Wickliffe, Ohio. Performers included Willy Cleary, North Davenport, Brooke Barrettsmith, Nevertheless, Stellar Kart, Matt Maher, Lee Roessler Band and Jeremy Camp. 

LAS VEGAS — San Diego-based Meeting Services, Inc. provided a JBL VerTec live sound reinforcement system for the recent AARP Life@50+ National Event and Expo held in Washington, D.C., the event drew more than 25,000 members to the Walter E. Washington Convention and Exhibition Center. 

SAN FRANCISCO — The Warfield has been a San Francisco institution since Al Jolson graced its vaudeville stage in the 1920s. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, it was home to concert promoter Bill Graham’s shows, including week-long residencies by the Grateful Dead, and has continued to be a Bay Area favorite. This year, Goldenvoice/AEG Live took over management of the Warfield, and embarked on a renovation that included the installation of a Meyer Sound system by Pro Media/UltraSound (PMUS).