LAS VEGAS — The Parnelli Board of Advisors tallied last month’s nominations from FRONT of HOUSE readers and the final voting has begun, with an online ballot at parnelliawards.com/vote. Until the final witching hour — Oct. 31, at noon PST — FOH readers will be able to cast their votes for 2013’s top designers, production rental companies and products in the realms of sound, lighting, staging and video.
Read More »NEW YORK — Carnegie Hall’s Oct. 2 opening night gala featuring violinist Joshua Bell and the Philadelphia Orchestra was canceled due to a stagehand strike. At issue: a disagreement between the venue and IATSE Local 1 on whether an educational wing at Carnegie Hall, to be opened next year, would be employing the union’s workers.
Read More »MONTREAL — ADJ named SF Marketing, based here, as its distributor for ADJ Lighting, American Audio and Global Truss America/DuraTruss products in Canada. SF Marketing covers all 13 of Canada’s provinces and territories, serving end-users in the pro audio, DJ and MI retail markets along with rental and staging companies and commercial integrators.
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NEW YORK – Duran Audio BV, based in The Netherlands, has added Keith Caggiano to the company’s Product Support Group. Caggiano, who comes to Duran Audio after a successful career as a Broadway sound designer, already has a detailed knowledge of the company’s products.
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LAKE FOREST, IL—When TC Furlong started his company as the sole proprietor back in 1973 after graduating high school, he and best friend Tom Danley (as in Danley Labs) developed the Steamer loudspeaker, which is still in use today.
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EDISON, NJ — The new Sigma Series of loudspeakers from dB Technologies represents the latest technology in the summation of sound with a system approach. Musicians and DJs who provide their own backline are looking for high performance, reliable, high SPL, portable systems that set up quickly and can be easily tweaked without a lot of fuss. The Sigma Series provides just that.
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NORTHRIDGE, CA – Classic rock band Journey recently completed a series of concerts with Harman’s JBL VTX line arrays, powered by Crown I-Tech HD 12000 amplifiers. The VTX system was deployed for five performances, including two with Rascal Flatts (with a system provided by Sound Image) and other dates in Lake Tahoe, Aspen and San Francisco.
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ATLANTA, GA — When Tony award-winner John Shivers, along with David Patridge were personally selected by Barry Manilow and theater veteran Bruce Sussman to create the sound design for the legendary singer’s highly anticipated new musical, Harmony – A New Musical, they turned to Masque Sound, a leading theatrical sound reinforcement, installation and design company, to provide a custom audio equipment package.
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NEW YORK, NY — Located in New York’s West Village, film postproduction facility Goldcrest Post has recently launched Mix Theatre Q, its newest mixing room that marks a key component of the company’s growth plans. With the goal to attract new clients to Goldcrest Post, Mix Theatre Q has installed a Dolby-certified Meyer Sound cinema monitoring system.
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SOUTH WINDSOR, CT — Jane’s Addiction FOH engineer Jamie Rephann picked two new Telefunken microphones for the triumphant national tour of the band that launched the perennial alternative Lollapalooza rock festival. He chose the new M82 and the M81-SH mics for drummer Stephen Perkins’ drum kit.
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ZWAAG, NETHERLANDS — Since the start of the 2013 season, the State Theatre in Salzburg, Austria, operates with a sound system from Dutch manufacturer Alcons Audio. The new acquisition was made because the existing sound system was not able meet the increased demands on the in-house sound system.
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NORTHRIDGE, CA – Drawing approximately 600,000 fans over seven days, Rock in Rio was once again a rousing success, taking place at the City of Rock, a specially built venue on the site where the Olympic Village will be located for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Gabisom Audio Equipment, a longtime Harman JBL customer, deployed JBL VTX line arrays powered by Crown I-Tech HD amplifiers for this year’s festival, marking the first time it has used VTX and I-Tech HD at the Rock in Rio festival.
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