{mosimage}WESTMINSTER MA – Dave Rat, president of Rat Sound Systems, is the keynote speaker at this year's Sound Forums Network Expo, which will be held at the Wachusett Village Inn here May 16-17, and followed by a two-day class focusing on Rational Acoustics' Smaart v.7 on May 18-19. Rat's attendance is being sponsored by longtime industry leader Mark Herman's new online media company, Big Buzz Network.
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LUTON, U.K. – Cadac Holdings Ltd named Vincenzo Borrelli to the newly-created position of sales development manager. Borrelli has previously worked for companies including Harman, Mackie, Sound Technology and, most recently, Stage Electrics.
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NASHVILLE, TN – The Nashville Rescue Mission's division for homeless men has been providing food, shelter, medical care and counseling since 1954 – requiring, in return, attendance at worship services. Those services, which include music, are held nightly in a 400-seat chapel, 364 times a year.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia – An American Rhapsody, a concert performed at the Hotel Indonesia Kempinski by the 40-piece Jakarta Concert Orchestra and Batavia Madrigal Singers led by conductor Avip Priatna, relied on Innovason Eclipse digital mixing console on monitors supplied by rental company Megaswara with support from Innovason's Indonesian distributor, LaMesa, and engineer Ahmad Rapii.
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OLD LYME, CT – Sennheiser named Peter Claussen president of its Installed Sound division, effective Aug. 1. Claussen, 47, joins Sennheiser from the IT company Höft & Wessel AG, where he served as deputy chairman of the management board. He will assume responsibilities previously handled by Dr. Heinrich Esser, and will also serve as a member of Sennheiser's executive management board.
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AUSTIN, TX – Neon Trees was a featured act at SXSW this year and has been appearing on tour with My Chemical Romance and also a number of one-off fly dates. To meet the band's mixing needs, stage manager/monitor engineer Mike Bangs and FOH engineer Neal Duffy are using a pair of Allen & Heath iLive T112 consoles.
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