WAILUKU TOWN, HI – Opened in 1928, the sound system for the 375-seat IAO Theater, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was long overdue for an upgrade. It was recently refurbished by the theater's staff with a Yamaha integrated audio system purchased through Wind Over the Earth, Boulder, Colo.
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TORONTO – Canadian musician and record producer Daniel Lanois used 100 Meyer Sound loudspeakers as part of the fifth annual Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, Toronto's all-night celebration of contemporary art in Nathan Phillips Square.
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LOS ANGELES – Pro Sound CA installed L-Acoustics loudspeakers and amplifiers for Universal Studios Hollywood's new attraction, King Kong 360 3-D, Created by Peter Jackson. KIVA loudspeakers are used to help transport visitors to Skull Island, where the giant ape battles dinosaurs.
Read More »LAS VEGAS – LDI is coming to Las Vegas on Oct. 22-24, but logistic issues have led to the postponement of ET Live, according to a letter issued to the industry.
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OLD LYME, CT – Sennheiser added True Systems, a U.S.-based manufacturer of microphone preamplifiers, to its family of distributed brands. TRUE Systems' five microphone preamplifiers will be marketed through Sennheiser's existing professional audio, systems integration and musical instrument channels.
Read More »WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA – Blue Microphones named two new independent sales representatives to represent its line of products: Eric Boyer of Audio Agent (Washington, Oregon, Northern California) and Thomas Mitchell of Flipside Sales (Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming).
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SMYRNA, TN – For those who do not know, Mike "Moses" Beck (pictured here with some of last year's donations) has been doing a toy drive for a while now, first gathering toys to support the Marine's Toys for Tots drive, and now, for the third year, running it as the Roadie Christmas Toy Drive.
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WILLICH, Germany – The Music Group named David Foote chief technology officer for the group's audio and music brands, which include Behringer, Bugera, Midas and Klark Teknik. Foote brings with him over 18 years of executive level IT and IS operational experience as an entrepreneur, CTO, and CEO.
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LAKEWOOD, NJ – Neutrik USA promoted Thomas (Tom) Chudyk to national sales manager. The new role will becomes effective Oct. 1. Neutrik also announced plans to moves to a new location in Charlotte, N.C. at the beginning of 2011.
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OLD LYME, CT – Sennheiser supported the educational mission of ProjectExplorer.org, which seeks to provide a global cultural experience through film and multimedia materials aimed at fostering the next generation, providing ew 100-ENG G3 mic and transmitter sets.
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SYDNEY – Australian surf/roots artist Xavier Rudd is currently in the middle of his Koonyum Sun world tour, which spans the U.K., North America, Australia and Europe. Concert Sound Clair and Clair Brothers are handling the European and U.S. legs of the tour, respectively.
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GRAND JUNCTION, CO – Festival production specialist StagePro successfully conquered high elevation, harsh winds and zero humidity with a complete JBL VerTec line array solution for this year's Rock Jam and Country Jam festivals, staged in Grand Junction, Colorado.
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