ST. CHARLES, IL — Blast 13, a youth group weekend retreat held in late January by Willow Creek Community Church at the Pheasant Run Convention Center here, drew close to 1,400. Chicago-based TC Furlong supported the event with gear including a Yamaha CL5 digital audio console and two Rio3224-D input/output racks at FOH and a CL1 for monitor mixing along with two ProPlex Gigabit switches for network redundancy.
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CHESTER, PA — Community Professional Loudspeakers named Timothy Dorwart CEO. Dorwart brings over 30 years of sales, manufacturing and management experience in the pro audio and music industries. In his new role, Dorwart will be responsible for with overseeing the company’s overall business and sales strategies.
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NEW YORK —The Phantom of the Opera, which celebrated 25 years on the Great White Way on Jan. 26, also became the first Broadway production to complete 10,000 performances Feb. 11. Masque Sound joined the festivities as the production’s legacy audio equipment rental provider.
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ANAHEIM, CA – At Winter NAMM, the Anaheim Convention Center’s new 100,000-square-foot Grand Plaza featured a Stageline SL320 loaded with Harman gear for acts including Tower of Power, The Living Legends Jam and CTA, among others. Along with a full complement of AKG microphones, the Crown VRack-powered setup included Soundcraft Vi6 and Vi1 consoles, JBL VTX V25 line arrays and S28 subwoofers, VerTec VT4886 and STX812M for frontfill and stage monitors and STX835 speakers and STX818S subwoofers for side fill. MSI and VER provided the gear.
Read More »CHICAGO — After initially postponing four shows Feb. 12, Lady Gaga and Live Nation announced Feb. 13 that, due to the artist’s need for hip surgery, 21 of the shows that had been scheduled as part of her Born This Way Ball tour through March would have to be cancelled. Eighth Day Sound had been supporting the tour with a d&b audiotechnik J Series PA and DiGiCo SD7 consoles for control.
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LONDON — The Arts Club, a members-only venue that dates back to 1863, installed Allen & Heath iLive on the recommendation of visiting sound engineer Dave McDonald. Resident house tech Jonathan Lewis had not been familiar with the digital mixing system, but has been won over by it. It’s used along with L-Acoustics speakers at FOH and monitors and Sennheiser IEMs within the small venue.
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SAN ANTONIO, TX — San Antonio Sound & Light designed and installed a new sound system for an amphitheater at Fort Sam Houston near San Antonio, TX. The installation at the army post’s outdoor venue, Freedom Park’s Returning Home Heroes Amphitheater, includes 112IM and 118Sub-W speakers from One Systems. The newly constructed amphitheater serves injured military personnel, their families, and invited guests for a gamut of events from live music, video playback, speeches, and BBQs.
Read More »PORT PERRY, Canada — Adamson Systems, based here, announced several recent staff changes. Ewan McDonald, who is returning to Australia, has been named business development manager for the Asia Pacific market. Matt Gunn, who joined Adamson last fall, is working on demos and other sales activities in North America. James Oliver has joined Adamsons’ marketing department. Miha Plohl, based in Slovenia, will support Adamson Europe GmbH as technical sales liaison in Eastern Europe.
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LONDON — Sound engineer John Delf, who had been using a Soundcraft Vi1 console for U.K. girl group Stooshe on the club circuit, opted for a different console — Soundcraft’s larger Vi6 — for Plan B (a.k.a. Ben Drew), who was embarking on an arena tour.
Read More »GUILDFORD, U.K. — The tour manager and one of the 10 singers for Fisherman’s Friends, a male vocal group, died from injuries caused by a falling steel loading dock door at the G Live venue here. Tour manager Paul McMullen, 44, died at the scene of the freakish accident, which occurred during the mid-day load-in for a performance Feb. 9. The show was cancelled. Singer Trevor Grills, 54, was also pinned by the heavy steel door. He was rushed to the hospital but succumbed to his injuries Feb. 11.
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LOS ANGELES —Brian Setzer and his 18-piece orchestra recently completed their ninth annual Christmas Rocks! holiday extravaganza. FOH engineer James “Jimbo” Neal mixed BSO FOH on a Yamaha CL5 with two Rio3224-Ds, and Eric Scott used a second CL5 for the monitor mix along with a second pair Rio3224-Ds. Sound Image, Escondido, CA, provided the gear.
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SAALBACH HINTERGLEMM, Austria — Musik Lenz GmbH, K-array’s Austrian distributor, installed K-array audio gear in the the Wiesergut Boutique Hotel including KT20CWma and KZ10 components.
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