ANAHEIM, CA – Dan Spitz, co-founding member, co-producer and lead guitarist of the American thrash metal band Anthrax, and vocalist Michaela Paige, a Top 12 contestant on Season 3 of NBC’s hit reality TV show The Voice, have collaborated to form P.S., a unique blues duo with the mission of raising autism awareness around the world through a soon-to-be-released, self-titled acoustic EP.
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PRESCOTT, AZ – The 1,100-seat Yavapai College Performing Arts Center (YCPAC) has installed a Meyer Sound MINA line array loudspeaker system as part of a major renovation. Since YCPAC’s re-opening, MINA has supported productions from Peter Frampton, Magic of Motown, and the Senegal St. Joseph Gospel Choir to the Manhattan Short Film Festival.
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HOLLYWOOD, CA — The keynote speaker at AES’ 57th International Conference, set to take place at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres on Hollywood Boulevard from March 6-8, is Avid chairman, president and CEO Louis Hernandez Jr. The conference’s theme is “the future of audio entertainment technology.” Hernandez will speak March 6 at 8 a.m.
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LOS ANGELES — Focusrite Novation Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of U.K.-based Focusrite Audio Engineering Ltd., named Michael Prager, pictured here, Focusrite national sales manager. Phil Wagner, Focusrite Novation president, also named Nick De Friez sales manager and Jeremy Lumsden director of U.S. marketing for both the Focusrite and Novation brands.
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BERKELEY, CA — Bob Cowan and Adam Correia, monitor mixers for Metallica (band members pictured here) will be the next guest speakers on the Meyer Sound Mixing Workshop webinar series, hosted by veteran mixer Buford Jones. The webinar is set for Feb. 5 at 7 a.m., 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. West Coast time (3 p.m., 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. UTC).
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ANAHEIM, CA — At the annual Winter NAMM Show, Taylor Guitars hosts performances in its demo room on the second floor of the Anaheim Convention Center by an array of eclectic artists who over the years, have included, among others, Jason Mraz (pictured here). Lectrosonics has long provided an assist with its Digital Hybrid Wireless technology.
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CAD Audio is expanding its CADLive line with a number of new vocal and instrument microphones at Winter NAMM 2015, including the CADLive D32, D38, D89 and D90.
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RUTLAND, VT — Atomic Pro Audio supported John Fogerty’s latest shows with a new Adamson Energia PA system. Tim Schad, production manager working with John Fogerty since 2006, praised the system for its sound quality and also gave kudos to Atomic Pro Audio for its support.
Read More »TORONTO — Westbury National, one of Canada’s largest pro AV and event/show services companies, announced expansion plans in two key Ontario markets, Kingston and Ottawa. The company also added five team members and announced a 20,000 square-foot expansion and renovation of their existing Warden Avenue headquarters in Toronto.
Read More »LONDON — Greg Walsh, FOH engineer for Kate Bush, used DPA Microphones’ d:vote 4099, d:dicate 4011, d:screet 4060 and d:vote 4099 to capture the sound of various instruments accompanying Kate Bush’s Before the Dawn series of performances at London’s Hammersmith Apollo.
Read More »AMSTERDAM — Audinate has announced the final agenda and speaker lineup for the Dante AV Networking World at ISE 2015. This free, all-day hands-on educational event will be held Feb. 9 at the Amsterdam Holiday Inn near the RAI Convention Center.
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MELBOURNE, Australia — A Void Acoustics sound system has been installed as part of a renovation at Forester’s Beer and Music Hall. The venue offers patrons daytime background music, evening DJ sets and weekly live bands along with gourmet pizza and craft beer choices. Audio Logistics, Void Acoustics’ Australian distributor, worked with the venue’s owner, Russell Griggs, on the project, which included Void’s Air Motion speakers and Mycro X subs.
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