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Texas Hill Country Restaurant Serves Live Music with Allen & Heath

Darrell Goldman Band at Crossroads.

Texas Hill Country Restaurant Serves Live Music with Allen & Heath

FREDERICKSBURG, TX – Located in the Texas hill country, just west of Austin, the Crossroads Saloon and Steakhouse offers live music Thursday through Sunday with dancing on a traditional wooden dance floor and regular appearances by local and national touring acts. To support its live music, Crossroads recently upgraded its audio system with an Allen & Heath GLD-80 Chrome Edition digital mixer with an AR2412 AudioRack and AR84 Expander.

 

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Jorge Arronte in the Xfinity East Plaza of AmericanAirlines Arena.

D.A.S. Audio Expands Presence at American Airlines Arena

MIAMI – Located along Miami’s scenic Biscayne Bay, AmericanAirlines Arena is home to the NBA’s Miami Heat basketball team while also serving as a leading venue for concerts and a variety of other attractions. The facility’s East side area serves a wide range of activities—both basketball and non-basketball related. Facility management recently decided to upgrade the sound reinforcement capabilities throughout the area. D.A.S. Audio already has a commanding presence inside the arena. Hence, the Xfinity East Plaza is now home to another D.A.S. system that incorporates products from the company’s Aero Series 2, Road, and EN54-24 Certified product catalogs.

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Salmontini

Martin Audio CDD Upgrades 5-Star London Restaurant

LONDON – Old Barn Audio (OBA) has equipped Salmontini, a five-star sushi and fish restaurant in London’s swanky Belgravia populated by A-list celebrities, with Martin Audio’s new CDD system to meet its expanded business model. Opened two years ago, Salmontini initially brought in OBA to install a background music system following a referral. But as the business developed, Managing Director Jason Bassili responded to the demands of his upmarket clientele by requesting a full-blown live music system. OBA Directors Phil Clark and Neil Kavanagh had no hesitation in which brand they would use, and the latter was soon on site specifying a potent CDD system.

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Next-proaudio gear brings the Club Awards to life.

Next ProAudio Provides for Denmark’s Club Awards Show

BALLERUP, Denmark – Danish rental company Showtech Event Group supplied the Next-proaudio sound reinforcement setup for 8,000 people attending the Club Awards at Ballerup Super Arena March 19 in Denmark. Showtech recently increased its Next-proaudio inventory two months ago, having recently purchased a large quantity of Next LA212x and Las418 cabinets from the Portuguese manufacturer.

 

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Mohit Parasher

Harman Appoints Mohit Parasher President Professional Solutions Division

STAMFORD, CT – Harman International Industries, Inc. today named Mohit Parasher as Executive Vice President and President, Professional Solutions, effective immediately. Parasher was previously Vice President and General Manager for Harman’s Consumer Audio and Professional Solutions businesses in Asia Pacific. He will be based at the headquarters for Professional Solutions in Northridge, CA.

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Marina Bay Sands has invested in 156 total Meyer Sound loudspeakers to support large-scale corporate events and concerts.

Sands Expo and Convention Centre Invests in Singapore’s First Meyer Sound Lyon, Leopard Systems

SINGAPORE – Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Asia’s leading destination for MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Events), has upgraded its inventory of AV equipment with the first Meyer Sound Lyon and Leopard linear sound reinforcement systems in Singapore. Located within the Marina Bay Sands resort, the centre has invested in 156 Meyer Sound loudspeakers to support large-scale corporate events and concerts, representing the largest investment to date in Leo Family technology by any hotel/MICE operator in the world.

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Laurie Anderson and Philip Glass perform on M&L Sound’s K2 rig at Knoxville’s Tennessee Theatre during the Big Ears Festival. Photo: Bill Foster

M&L Sound Joins L-Acoustics as Newest Certified Provider

KNOXVILLE, TN  — For more than 35 years, M&L Sound of Knoxville has provided concert sound reinforcement, rental and installation services throughout the mid-southern US. Under the direction of President David Akers since 1989, the company has now crossed another significant milestone by joining L-Acoustics’ Rental Network as the manufacturer’s latest Certified Provider (CPr).

 

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Hamilton - An American Musical.

Hamilton Brings Alcons to Broadway

NEW YORK – Having gained success with an Alcons system on the Steve Martin/Edie Brickell musical Bright Star, sound designer Nevin Steinberg opted to use Alcons again on Hamilton – An American Musical on Broadway. Based on the life of Alexander Hamilton, one of the USA’s founding fathers, Hamilton is enjoying commercial and critical success, being the hottest ticket in decades.

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Jamie Griffiin joins Shure.

Shure Names Jamie Griffin VP Operations

NILES, IL — Shure noted that Jamie Griffin has joined the company as its vice president of operations. He will be responsible for all of Shure’s global manufacturing and plants around the world. Griffin previously held senior level international positions at Lenovo, Pentamaster and Dell Computer.

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The expansion will enable Whirlwind to accommodate their power distribution Power Link division

Whirlwind Expands NY Factory to 60,000 Square Feet

ROCHESTER, NY — Whirlwind, a leading interface manufacturer for the live event, audio installations, and theater industries, announced that they are completing a 13,000-square-foot expansion of their New York factory to handle the rapid growth the 41-year-old company has been experiencing. When completed this month, the total size will be 60,000 square feet.

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Sweet Honey in the Rock. Photo: Ronnie Wright Photography.

Lectrosonics Wireless Technology Tours with Sweet Honey in the Rock

SUNDERLAND, MA  — Although Art Steele professes to a motto of marrying technology with music on the website of Sweet Honey In The Rock, the Grammy Award-nominated a cappella ensemble with whom he has worked for over three decades, his motto might also be: “Have bag, will travel.” Steele, audio mixer and technical director for the African-American female vocal group for over three decades, has put together two shoulder bags loaded with different sets of Lectrosonics Digital Hybrid Wireless equipment, picking up the appropriate one for the next show as he heads out the door to the airport.

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Daniel O'Connell's Restaurant.

Powersoft Brings New Life to Old Town Restaurant

ALEXANDRIA, VA – On historic King Street in Alexandria, Daniel O’Connell’s Restaurant draws from both Irish and American history for a memorable pub experience. Nestled in a 19th-century building in Alexandria’s Old Town district and featuring a collection of antiques and artifacts directly from Ireland, it takes its name from a 19th-century Irish parliamentarian and reformer. The restaurant is the vision of Irish-born entrepreneurs John Brennan and Billy O’Sullivan. When the duo sought to improve the sound quality for both their digital music playback and live Irish music sets, they reached out to Randy White, a Senior Buyer at Chuck Levin’s Washington Music Center, to design a system that would meet their needs. White recommended a powerful, compact and efficient system featuring Powersoft amplification.

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