Eighteen Sound to Participate in AES Brazil 2015 Conference and Trade Show

PLEASANT GARDEN, NC — Pleasant Garden Baptist Church welcomed themselves to the world of digital mixing systems by replacing their analog console, the GL2800, with Allen & Heath’s GLD-112 and Qu-32 mixers in their sanctuary and student center. Pictured here is the church’s technical director, David Marth.

BIRMINGHAM, AL – The University of Alabama at Birmingham has made a long-term investment in the self-powered Meyer Sound LYON linear sound reinforcement system. Installed in the 1,330-seat Jemison Concert Hall at the school’s Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center (ASC), LYON has been credited for providing clarity and headroom for lectures and concerts ranging from classical and jazz to pop, rock, gospel, and reggae.

EDISON, NJ – Quest Marketing, RCF USA manufacturer representative for the Southeast region of the United States, was recently presented with the Arturo Vicari Award of Excellence as Rep of the Year. Pictured here, from left, are RCF’s Tarik Solangi; Quest Marketing’s Jerry Sehi, Jim Greene and John Saviano; and RCF’s Roni Nevo and Arturo Vicari.

LAS VEGAS — The governing body of the Parnelli Awards announced that production/tour manager Chris Lamb will be the 2015 recipient of the Parnelli Lifetime Achievement Award. “I’m very honored by this award, and honored to join the list of previous winners, all of whom have in some way mentored my life,” Lamb said, “especially my retired partner, Gerry Stickells.”

INDIO, CA — Gavin McComb is FOH engineer for the solo tour for Philip Selway, best known as the drummer for Radiohead. For Selway’s performance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, which featured the IEM-equipped artist on vocals and keyboards rather than drums, McComb used an Allen & Heath’s iLive-T112 surface, an iDR48 and a ME-U with five ME-1s.

LEXINGTON, KY — DPA Microphones was front and center at the 2015 Kentucky Music Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on April 10, when  artists such as Montgomery Gentry and members of the Backstreet Boys performed. Tony Cottrill, the event’s FOH engineer and Director of Live Sound for the Blackbird Academy in Nashville (pictured here) used supercardioid d:vote 4099D Drum Mics and cardioid d:dicate 2011C Recording Microphones for the drum kit.

BALTIMORE, MD – All Time Low production manager and monitor engineer Daniel Nickleski, pictured here, is supporting the band on its latest tour in support of its album, Future Hearts. He discussed the band’s strict “no speaker cabinets on stage” rule and its reliance on Sensaphonics IEMs.