ATLANTIC CITY, NJ — Maryland Sound International (MSI) supported the first Orion Music + More Festival, a two-day event staged here last June, with a variety of audio gear made by Harman. The event, featuring some two dozen bands, was headlined by Metallica and also featured Arctic Monkeys, Avenged Sevenfold, Cage the Elephant, Modest Mouse and Baroness. This year’s event is set for June 8-9, 2013 in Detroit.
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TRINITY, FL — Hope United Methodist Church, based here, hired Christian Sound Installations (CSI) to design and install an entirely new sound system for its 450-seat sanctuary that includes Ashly Audio processing and amplification and Danley Sound Labs loudspeakers, subwoofers, and stage monitors, plus gear from Sennheiser (G3 wireless), Allen & Heath (a GLD console), Aviom (PM for the drummer) and a Tascam hard drive recorder.
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MERIDIAN, MS – The state of Mississippi will honor Hartley Peavey, founder and CEO of Peavey Electronics, with a marker on the Historic Mississippi Blues Trail on Jan. 17, 2013. The marker recognizes Hartley Peavey’s contribution to Mississippi’s blues heritage and is the only marker representing a manufacturer.
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HIGH WYCOMBE, U.K. — Martin Audio named Dominic Jacobson to the new role of Europe-Middle East-Africa (EMEA) Export Account Manager to streamline the company’s continuing expansion into global markets.
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NORTHRIDGE, CA — Harman Professional named Bryan Bradley vice president, general manager of its Loudspeaker Business Unit, including all aspects of JBL Professional. Based here, Bradley reports to Harman Professional president Blake Augsburger. Prior to Harman, Bradley served as COO of Alfred Music since 2009.
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BRISTOL, U.K. — Stage Electrics, a supplier of lighting and sound equipment to the U.K.’s entertainment industry, has seen solid demand for DiGiCo digital audio consoles. The company has supplied SD8, SD9 and SD11 mixing consoles to more than 10 venues across England.
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NORTHRIDGE, CA —Harman Professional Jaime Albors senior director of global sales operations. Reporting to Scott Robbins, Harman’s Executive vice president of worldwide sales, Albors now oversees all Harman global sales office operational activities.
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DURBAN, South Africa — Prosound provided a Midas PRO1 for the recent run of Beauty and the Beast performances at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre here. Megan Levy of DarkHorse Productions had never used a PRO1 before, but quickly found her way around the console, crediting the PRO1 for being “theatre-friendly” and also for its sound quality.
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NORTHRIDGE, CA — Harman Professional named Andy Flint senior manager, Portable PA Marketing, Loudspeaker Group. In his new role, Flint will handle the Portable PA market for Harman Professional’s Loudspeaker Group and its JBL Professional products, and will lead the development of new marketing and product strategies for this segment. He will report directly to Mark Gander, head of marketing for the Loudspeaker Group and its JBL Professional brand.
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LOS ANGELES — Batman LIVE sound designer Simon Baker, in conjunction with Clair Global, chose an audio setup for the touring stage production that includes a DiGiCo SD7T at FOH with a D5 local rack and DiGiCo stage racks connected via 500-feet of fiber optic cable.
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ALLEROED, Denmark — DPA Microphones, based here, named its Spanish distributor, SeeSound, to also distribute DPA products in Portugal. Barcelona-based SeeSound was founded in 2004. The expansion of its distribution agreement with DPA Microphones to Portugal was made effective Jan. 1, 2013. Pictured here is Nacho Alberdi, CEO of SeeSound.
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LAS VEGAS, NV — As an independent sound engineer, production manager and head of Man In Motion Productions, Mark Woodcock has worked with artists ranging from Merle Haggard and Godsmack to Rob Zombie and Gavin Rossdale. On his two most recent front of house gigs, mixing for Richie Sambora’s solo tour and for long-time client Bush, he opted to go with Midas digital consoles.
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