ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL — Gand Concert Sound reported that July 2015 was a banner month for the company and its NEXO gear rentals. Along with setting a high mark for business during the month, the company noted that it had 450 NEXO cabinets out supporting various festivals on a single day in mid-July.
Read More »BUENA PARK, CA — TourReady, an online service that helps concert touring freelancers find work, today announced an alliance with justabunchofroadies.org in which TourReady will donate a portion of subscription revenue to the non-profit.
Read More »FLORENCE, Italy — K-array named new distributors and representatives recently in Canada, Cuba, Mexico and Ecuador. Lou Mannarino, President of K-array America, which was established Aug. 1, noted that Daniel Huard is now K-array’s sales rep in Canada. The Italy-based company also named new reps for Cuba (Beta Music SA), Ecuador (Sonomatrix) and Mexico (Gonher).
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NEWBURY PARK, CA — American Music & Sound announced the appointment of Ken Blecher as National Sales Manager for dBTechnologies, the Bologna, Italy-based manufacturer of active speaker and digital amplifier technologies. Blecher’s role is to increase sales within the United States by providing essential marketing strategies and product training to dealers and representatives.
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MONTREAL — Solotech provided L-Acoustics K1 and K2 compontents for the Osheaga and Heavy Montréal Festivals, staged on consecutive weekends at Parc Jean-Drapeau July 31-Aug. 2 and Aug. 7-9. The events drew a total audience of close to 200,000.
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LAS VEGAS — OSA International, Inc. of Chicago, Las Vegas and Nashville recently purchased additional MLA enclosures to increase what is already the nation’s largest inventory of Martin Audio’s award-winning loudspeaker line.
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BATON ROUGE, LA — Terrance Bold, LSU’s assistant director of facilities and grounds, has been upgrading various athletic facilities with Danley and Ashly systems. Upgrades have taken place so far in the university’s its softball field, indoor track, swimming facility, and indoor and outdoor tennis facilities; LSU’s gymnastics facility will be next.
Read More »BEAVERTON, OR — Biamp Systems, a leading provider of innovative, networked media systems, today announced that after 28 years in the industry, AV industry veteran Read Wineland is retiring. With his retirement, Michael Frank moves into the role of Eastern North America sales development director.
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BERKELEY, CA — Meyer Sound is strengthening its Berkeley, Calif. in-house marketing team with the addition of two new hires: Amy Huson (on left), as Director of Marketing, Business and Programs; and Jane Eagleson as Public Relations Manager (at right). Huson will take responsibility for a variety of key marketing areas including international trade shows, lead generation, channel support efforts, vertical market strategies and website initiatives. Eagleson will work with pro audio trade media, support mainstream media outreach and drive content development.
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DUBLIN, IRELAND — Dublin’s Bord Gáis Energy Theatre hosted the legendary Crosby, Stills & Nash as part of their 2015 European tour. Accompanied by their backing band, the trio performed songs from their extensive catalog, as well as new material from each member.
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RASTATT, GERMANY — In a special event marking the 300th anniversary of the city of Karlsruhe in Germany, organists in the twinned cities of Halle an der Saale (Germany), Nancy (France), Nottingham (England) and Timisoara (Romania) played live with four organists in Karlsruhe itself. Performing “Organum,” a contemporary organ work composed by Wolfgang Mitterer, the live video feeds of the organists playing were set to a complex sound and image installation, with the help of two Lawo video processor units and a Lawo mc²36 audio mixing console.
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LAS VEGAS — And the winners are…Well, the votes are in — voting from readers of FRONT of HOUSE and PLSN magazines wrapped up on Sept. 30. But you’ll just have to wait until the night of the show – Oct. 24 – before all the 2015 Parnelli Awards winners are announced. For now, we can divulge the names of three of the 2015 Parnelli Awards recipients: Chris Lamb, David Cunningham and Pat Quilter, who are being honored, respectively, with Parnelli Lifetime Achievement, Visionary and Audio Innovator awards.
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