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One Night in Lagos, Part 2

David Morgan

One Night in Lagos, Part 2

Part 1 of this anecdotal tale relating our experiences in Lagos, Nigeria (FOH, Jan. 2014, page 39) ended at the moment we discovered that the Mariah Carey production crew had become secondary players in a turf war between the Eko Hotel special events staff and an outside vendor. The conflict over which party could best provide the stage sound equipment and band gear had caused our production schedule to succumb as collateral damage. It was a struggle that the better-prepared hotel staff was most certainly going to win. The outside supplier was well intentioned but very much out of his depth — obviously under-experienced and woefully under-supplied.

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Site of the 2014 Super Bowl, the 82,500-capacity MetLife Stadium (East Rutherford, NJ) is shown here prior to its special accouterments added for the big game. Photo Courtesy Section215

The Super Bowl Exemplifies Live Music’s Long Relationship with Sports

The halftime show at the Super Bowl has been a music extravaganza in recent years, one with its own set of cycles. After Janet Jackson’s 2004 “wardrobe malfunction,” we went into a wave of classic rock acts, including McCartney, Springsteen and The Who, followed by a round of hip-pop with Madonna, Black Eyed Peas, Beyoncé, LMFAO, Nicki Minaj and Cee Lo Green. This year finds Bruno Mars the star of the halftime show, seemingly a continuation of the last two years’ trend with (only slightly) more testosterone.

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Steve La Cerra

No Excuse for Poor Sound

Whether you’re a musician, a sound engineer or a major league baseball player, everyone has a bad day once in a while. But in these twenty-teens, technology has reached the point where there’s little excuse for bad sound. I just mixed a show at a major casino stop on the East Coast. Names and locations are withheld to prevent the guilty from personal injury and humiliation.

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FOH Sound Sanctuary Feb. 2014 - Training Volunteer Techs

Training Volunteer Techs

One of the greatest things about being the head of the audio department at a large or medium sized church is that there are usually a lot of people from the congregation who want to volunteer their services in the audio department. One of the worst things about being the head of the audio department at a large or medium size church is that there are a lot of people in the congregation who want to volunteer their services in the audio department.

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Illustration by Andy Au

The Doldrums

The doldrums are upon us and the wind has gone out of the sails of our good ship audio as we drift listlessly in a sea of calm. We have powered ourselves at a breakneck pace out of the old year and into the new and, as always, our charted course delivers us directly into a dead calm where we will drift for approximately two months or so while our live sound industry moves forward at a languid pace. Although the newer seafarers might be surprised by the seasonal torpor, the more experienced salty dogs among us know the drill and prepare accordingly. Arrgh matey, that just isn’t true and you know it!

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Ampco Flashlight gets Adamson Energia rig

Ampco Flashlight Rental Becomes Adamson Energía Partner

PORT PERRY, Ontario – Adamson Systems, based here, announced that Ampco Flashlight Rental, which has offices in Utrecht, Netherlands and Lint, Belgium, has become an Energía partner with the recent purchase of 32 E15 and 16 E12 line array enclosures. Pictured here are (left to right): Ampco Flashlight CCO/COO Dennis van der Haagen; Jochen Sommer, Adamson’s director of European operations; and Ampco Flashlight technical director Kees van Koert.

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Christie Digital's Vive Audio Line Array

Christie Digital Debuts Vive Audio Line Arrays

At the 2014 I.S.E. show, Christie Digital unveiled Vive Audio, a full line of installation speakers for auditorium/theater applications. The Christie Vive Audio line array speakers combine advanced ribbon driver technology with a unique coaxial articulated line array design to provide greatly enhanced clarity, dramatically reduced distortion and ultra-fast transient response. All the standard line array models feature multiple 3.5-inch ribbon neodymium HF drivers and Kevlar cone midranges, arranged in a coaxial array with 120×30-degree (HxV) dispersion.

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