NASHVILLE — During the “Essential Promoter’s Survival Guide,” a panel discussion held during the Feb. 19-21 Pollstar Live conference here, members of the Event Safety Alliance (ESA) discussed the continued need for a safety-first mindset within the live event production industry.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Audio industry veteran Joey Wolpert has been named CEO of SCCS and will oversee sales and marketing of SCCS’s four core brands: Studiomaster Pro Audio, Carlsbro guitar amps and accessories, CD electronic drum kits and keyboard and percussion amplifiers and Staar stage lighting and stands. SCCS is part of the global Soundking group of companies. Wolpert’s previous positions include VP of sales and marketing for AKG’s automotive group and president of Elepani Productions (Hawaii).
LOS ANGELES — Audio mixer Larry Reed specified Shure microphones and wireless gear for Grammy-related events honoring Carole King and the Beatles. Pictured here is Carole King, who was honored at the annual MusiCares “Person of the Year” concert.
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SALT LAKE CITY — Harman recently named Jay Woolley, pictured left, director of marketing communications for its Amplifier and Signal Processing business units. He will lead the company’s marketing communications efforts for Harman’s Crown Audio, BSS Audio, dbx, Lexicon, and DigiTech brands. Harman also promoted Noel Larson to director of marketing for its Signal Processing business unit, including the company’s BSS Audio, dbx, Lexicon and DigiTech brands.
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LIVONIA, MI — Thunder Audio recently took delivery of its first K2 system along with other new L-Acoustics components. The gear package includes 36 K2 and six KARA variable curvature WST line source elements, eight K1-SB and 18 SB28 subs, six ARCS II constant curvature enclosures and 10 LA-RAK touring racks — each housing three LA8 amplified controllers.
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ESCONDIDO, CA — Sound Image named Jesse Adamson director of business development. Adamson’s career began in the late 1990s building recording studios before joining Canadian loudspeaker manufacturer, Adamson Systems Engineering, where he held roles as director of marketing and sales and vice president over the past 13 years.
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BACKNANG, Germany — d&b audiotechnik announced that its new department for market research, based here, will be leed by Henning Kaltheuner. Kaltheuner, who joined the company in Dec. 2013, is an industry veteran whose experience includes 10 years at Padco, an audio rental company based on Cologne.
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NEW YORK — Studio Instrumental Rentals (SIR) noted the company’s continuation of its relationship with Jimmy Fallon and his house band, The Roots as the late night host shifts from NBC’s Late Night slot to the Tonight Show on NBC. The company provided backline support for each of the artists during the opening week of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, including Lady Gaga, Tim McGraw and Justin Timberlake. The opening week of the show drew an average of 8.490 million viewers per night, making it the most-watched week of Tonight shows in 20 years..
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NASHVILLE — Lady Antebellum plans on visiting nearly 80 cities in North America by the time their Take Me Downtown tour, which launched Jan. 10 in Peoria, IL, visits York, PA Sept. 6. FOH engineer Brett “Scoop” Blanden reports that the Digital 9000 system has been performing flawlessly so far.
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LAS VEGAS — For the second year in a row, Delicate Productions supported Maroon Five with a Martin Audio MLA system for two celebratory New Year’s Eve shows at the Mandalay Bay Event Center. The setup included 11 MLA speakes, one MLD (for downfill) and 12 MLA Compact enclosures per side, with 12 MLX subwoofers, and also six W8LMD and four WT2s for side fills.
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MILAN — FaitalPRO named Andrew Richardson to manage OEM sales and area sales in the U.K. and India. In recent years, Richardson, an audio industry veteran, has been managing the distribution and sales of audio components, and he had already been very familiar with the products Faital makes and sells before joining the company.
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DUBLIN — Singer songwriter David Gray used DPA Microphones’ new d:facto Vocal Microphone for his recent Sounding Out tour of Ireland. FOH engineer Graham Pattison added DPA’s d:facto into the musician’s arsenal of gear.
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