LONDON — The 2012 Brit Awards, held for the second year running at the O2 Arena, got sound support from Britannia Row, which supplied a Midas PRO6 at FOH and also a PRO6 and PRO2 on monitors. Britannia Row’s Josh Lloyd (pictured here left) served as FOH engineer for the production, working with Brits live sound supervisor Derrick Zieba (right).
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AMSTERDAM — Martin Audio’s Dutch distributor, TM Audio have equipped major concert venues in the Amsterdam area with the company’s sound gear. A recent case in point is at Duycker, an Amsterdam rock venue and cultural center, where TM Audio provided a Martin Audio W8LCi compact line array system. Other examples in recent years include Paradiso and Melkweg nightclubs.
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ANN ARBOR, MI — “The Big House,” aka Michigan Stadium, got even bigger in 2011 when the University of Michigan completed an expansion and upgrade that included a large complement of equipment from Meyer Sound.
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ALBUQUERQUE, NM — Unwasted Weekend, the name of a teen-focused anti-drug campaign supported by MTV, refers to the benefits of steering clear of substance abuse. But Matthew Israel, the location sound mixer on the project, also didn’t want to waste any time on re-takes. Rio Rancho, NM-based Lectrosonics helped Israel make the best use of available time.
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Allen & Heath’s ZED60-10FX Mixer, to be featured at Frankfurt this year, starts with the company’s popular ZED-10FX, a compact, portable mixer well-suited for solo artists and small bands, and adds 60mm faders. Two of the four mono channels have high impedance jack inputs that can take a normal line level or a low level input from a guitar pickup, so guitars can be plugged straight into the mixer without the need for DI boxes.
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NASHVILLE and ATLANTA — Harman’s Soundcraft will continue its “Mixing With Professionals” seminar series in March with stops in Nashville (March 7) and Atlanta (March 21). Both seminars feature Kenneth H. Williams, FOH engineer and production manager for Erykah Badu, who has also worked with Estelle, Raheem DeVaughn, Corbin Bleu, LL Cool J, Stevie Wonder, John Mayer and the Goo Goo Dolls, among others.
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TEMPE, AZ – Michael ‘Woody’ Woods has been promoted to President of the Entertainment Division at Precise Corporate Staging, where he will lead the account services, operations and business development departments. Woods has a background as a musician, musical engineer and producer.
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WHITINSVILLE, MA — EAW named Steve Davis EAW Service Manager. Having worked as an EAW employee then a contract vendor through his own company, Performance Audio of New England (PANE), Davis is now in his 25th year as EAW’s primary service resource.
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KELOWNA, British Columbia — AVcom Technical Productions designed and installed a new AV system at Kelowna Christian Centre (KCC) centered on Danley Sound Labs loudspeakers. The overhaul at KCC included a complete redesign of the stage and FOH control area and completely new sound, video, and lighting system.
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LOS ANGELES — Singer/songwriter Shakeh, who has been entertaining audiences at colleges, festivals, clubs, coffeehouses and other small venues up and down the West Coast, has been using Countryman’s E6 Omni Earset Mic since 2003. She uses it in conjunction with a Sennheiser wireless system and says the mic is as indispensable as her Taylor guitar.
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WEST POINT, NY — The United States Military Academy Prep School (USMAPS) hired New York-based Pro Sound Associates to integrate new and existing audio and video components at a multi-purpose lecture hall/ auditorium for 325 students. Company owner Dominick Campana used an Ashly ne24.24M modular processor to tie the disparate pieces together.
Read More »REGGIO CALABRIA, Italy — Matteo Armelini, 32, a rigger who was working with other crew members in preparation for Laura Pausini’s concert March 5 at the PalaCalafiore here, died at the scene when staging elements fell on him from above at about 2 a.m. Two others helping secure the rig for the three-stage set received minor injuries.
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