WALNUT CREEK, CA— Lead guitarist and principal songwriter for The Who, Pete Townshend, will be presented with the Les Paul Award at the 28th Annual Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards, to be held Friday, January 25, 2013 at the Anaheim Hilton during the 2013 NAMM Show.
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LONDON — Community noted that close to 230 of its R-Series loudspeaker systems were installed in various venues used for the London 2012 Olympics, including the Handball Arena, Basketball Arena, Water Polo Centre, Aquatic Centre, Outdoor Water Sports Centre and the Main Olympic Stadium.
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WEYMOUTH, U.K. — APR Audio and SXS Events, running separate Olympic events here, where all of the sailing events were held, used Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing systems to support their events.
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American Music and Sound named 15-year industry veteran Bryan Pistone national accounts manager. Pistone, who is based in south Florida, began his career as a regional sales manager for Freed International. He has since held positions with The Stanton Group and Numark working with brands such as Stanton Magnetics, Cerwin-Vega, KRK, Alesis, Akai, Alto Professional and Sonivox.
Read More »NEW ORLEANS — Wind and rain from Hurricane Isaac forced a wave of concert cancellations in late August and over Labor Day weekend as remnants of the storm moved inland. Although 2012 wasn’t the worst year on record for named storms from the Atlantic — thanks partly to better infrastructure, Isaac wasn’t nearly as costly as Katrina in 2005 — freakish weather has cancelled a number of events this summer.
Read More »ROWVILLE, Victoria, Australia — After the 2010 merger of Allans Music and Billy Hyde Music, Australia Music Group Holdings (AMG)-owned Allans Billy Hyde had a reported $110 million in sales and 25 percent share of market. But on Aug. 23, 2012, the merged company, which can trace its lineage back to 1850, was placed into receivership by administrators for a group of investors owed a reported $27 million. At the time, there were 25 company-owned shops and four more franchised locations, with close to 500 employees.
Read More »CONCORD, CA — D-Tools announced that Vaddio, based in Minneapolis, has joined its Manufacturer Vantage Point (MVP) program. The partnership program is geared to offer a detailed product information library to AV system integrators.
Read More »SAUGATUCK, MI — Stewart Independent Production, based here, recently expanded its rental inventory with RCF audio gear. The purchase included RCF D-Line HDL20-A Line Array, RCF TT+ Touring Series Subwoofers and RCF TT+ Touring Series Floor Monitors.
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LONDON — Adlib and Sound Image are supporting the world tour for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with L-Acoustics gear specified by FOH engineer Robert Scovill. The typical setup has L-R arrays of 14 K1 plus three KARA downfills per side, each paired with an adjacent hang of eight K1-SB subs. A center array of 12 KUDO was flown between the K1s for true LCR reinforcement, with up to 40 additional KUDO deployed as auxiliary arrays to expand horizontal coverage to the 270-degree mark and beyond.
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IOLA, KS — Tasked with a sound system upgrade for the 750-seat Bowlus Fine Arts and Cultural Center here, MSM Systems provided a Yamaha M7CL-48 digital audio console, two Yamaha P3500 amps, 10 NEXO GEO S12 line array cabinets (five per side), two NEXO RS18 Ray Subs (located in the pit), two NEXO PS8s (used for front fills), JBL SRX721M monitors and a Clearcom Intercom system. Two NEXO 4×4 NXAmps were also installed to power the system.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — Mountain Springs Church (MSC) recently upgraded the sound systems at two of its church locations here with three DiGiCo SD consoles. Tech director Keith Miller spearheaded the audio overhaul that led to the purchase of the SD9 and two SD11 consoles, working with Sight and Sound Technologies.
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RENO, NV — Moon Lighting & Sound, a full service provider of audio, video and lighting for gigs in the Reno/Lake Tahoe area of Nevada, has been using Midas’ PRO2 since last winter — in some cases, even using the digital desk slope-side at ski resorts.
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