ST. LOUIS — Ironman Sound Industries delivered sound, lighting and backline for the annual Rock 'n CholesteRoll show at Jefferson Barracks Park. This year's historical retrospective of great Midwestern rock ‘n’ roll featured Kansas, The Michael Stanley Band, Pat and Danny Liston (of local legend Mama's Pride) and Klose'nuf.
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CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. — Ransdell Chapel, the heart of Campbellsville University in Kentucky, has installed an iLive-144 at the FOH position. A 900-seat facility, the Ransdell Chapel provides the Christ-centered educational focus for the University and is used for various types of events, including student orientation, bi-weekly student body worship sessions, annual Pastor’s conference, worship arts conference, theatrical performances, symphonies and full band concerts.
Read More »ITALY — The year is 1963, and Tony Bennett’s “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” wins a Grammy for Record of the Year. “Lawrence of Arabia” wins Best Picture at the Academy Awards and the Los Angeles Dodgers sweep the New York Yankees in the World Series. In the small town of Recanati, Italy, two friends named Bruno Baldoni and Vinicio Tanoni decide to build a workspace to produce guitar amplifiers for the booming music market. Recanati is in the Marches area of Italy and is considered a unique place where poetry and music has always accompanied its history.
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ENGLAND — These days, archiving nightly shows on tour is standard fare, with many A-list bands spending upwards of $50,000 at the drop of a hat to build a touring recording rig. But as Jim Ebdon found on the current world tour with Maroon 5, he was able to turn his DiGiCo D5 and Apple Mac PowerBook into a flexible mobile workstation with RME’s HDSPe MADIface 128-Channel 192 kHz MADI PCI ExpressCard.
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LAS VEGAS – The 8th Annual Parnelli Awards brought together the legends and up-and-coming talent of the live event industry to honor the companies and people nominated for their outstanding work this year. Held at the Rio All Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, the show featured state-of-the-art audio, lighting and video, master of ceremonies Alice Cooper, and keeping with the Vegas theme, showgirls decked out in flashy costumes to greet the attendees. The night paid tribute to audio innovators Roy and Gene Clair, founders of the Clair Bros. (now known as CLAIR) of Lititz, Pa., one of the most successful sound companies in the world; and Dennis Sheehan, longtime tour manager for U2 who has worked with the likes of Led Zeppelin, Lou Reed, Patti Smith and many others.
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AKG Acoustics has released the wireless WMS 4500 microphone system, which offers improved audio capabilities to handle multiple users and multi-channel applications simultaneously. Like its predecessor, the WMS 4000, the WMS 4500 offers an array of available components for operational adaptability and has been modified forflexibility with accompanying wireless applications.
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NEW YORK — Janet Jackson’s ‘Rock Witchu’ tour features over three-dozen songs showcased throughout the course of the 2.5-hour evening — replete with singers, dancers and a live band against a spectacular video backdrop. Front and center at the audio helm of ‘Rock Witchu’ is long-time live sound wrangler, Jon Lemon on a DiGiCo D5.
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NORTHRIDGE, Calif. — With the United States presidential race heading into the home stretch, audio rental systems provider On Stage Audio has supplied JBL loudspeakers for use in all three presidential debates and the vice presidential debate.
Read More »TAYLOR, Mich. — In support of the Death Magnetic album released earlier this year, Metallica, the grand masters of metal, will be rocking arenas across North America in an in-the-round production with bone-rattling yet clear and smooth sound reinforcement. Longtime collaborator Thunder Audio of Taylor, Mich. is once again tapped to provide audio support on this tour, with a system of close to 200 self-powered loudspeakers from Meyer Sound.
SYDNEY — During their recent seven-stop Australian tour, the two-piece Brit band Goldfrapp stopped at the famous Sydney Opera House for a side show. In the grand setting of the Sydney Opera House, Goldfrapp emerged as a six-piece band dressed entirely in white, and were fittingly accompanied by a 14-piece string section including two harps, on a stage set consisting of bunting and a maypole. Sydney’s own Norwest productions provided the PA system for the stop, as well as for Parklife Sydney and Parklife Brisbane Festivals.
Read More »INDIA — Showcasing Soundcraft’s growing influence in the India pro audio market, SOUND.COM coordinated efforts with Reliance Big Music for a 10-day concert series that relied on a Harman audio system featuring a Soundcraft Vi6 digital mixing console.
Watch the Video from the 2008 Parnelli Awards honoring Alice Cooper, the guest host of the night.
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