LOS ANGELES – Leon Russell's recent tour with Elton John in support of their collaborative album, The Union, included band members Jackie Wessel, bass; Chris Simmons, guitar; Brandon Holder, drums; Beau Charron, guitar and steel; and a full complement of Heil Sound microphones.
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NORFOLK, VA – Randy Vaughan, 63, a charter NSCA member and president of AE Systems for 38 years, died Dec. 23 after a long illness. In announcing Vaughan's passing, NSCA credited Vaughan for his commitment to an industry, bringing his expertise, leadership and passion to both the commercial and residential electronic systems industry.
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BUENA PARK, CA – Hosa Technology named Mayumi Martinez to the newly created position of executive vice president. Martinez' appointment is intended to prepare the company for the next generation of leadership as founding president Sho Sato transitions to retirement.
Read More »LOS ANGELES – Waves Audio announced that it would be presented with a Technical Grammy Award in February 2011 for making outstanding contributions to the recording field. Previous honorees include Apple, Sony/Philips, Shure and Yamaha.
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LEOMINSTER, MA – Wavelengths Pro Audio chose Community Professional Loudspeakers' R-Series all-weather loudspeakers for Doyle Field, the city's sporting complex, which recently hosted the annual Thanksgiving Day football game between Leominster High School and neighboring Fitchburg High.
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MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, WA – Symetrix once again stepped up to be part of the mission of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program to collect new, unwrapped toys each year to distribute as Christmas gifts to needy children in their community.
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MADRID – The 2010 MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs), hosted by Eva Longoria, was broadcast live from Caja Magica and Plaza de la Independcia in Madrid's historic Puerta de Alcalá on Nov. 7, supported by Sennheiser UK's team of Mark Saunders, Andy Lillywhite and new addition Tim Sherratt.
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NEW YORK – Clair Brothers Audio Systems, has installed a new JBL line array system in New York's Beacon Theatre. The installation marks the third audio retrofit of an MSG-owned venue by Clair Brothers, which has also installed JBL VerTec line arrays in New York's Radio City Music Hall and the Chicago Theatre.
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LONDON – With a full television crew recording his every move and "meet and greet" packages at every show, singer/songwriter/showman Peter André's big arena tour in December was not about to make life easy for the production company.
Read More »NEW YORK – For the two-hour live broadcast of the finale for NBC's The Sing-Off on Dec. 20, a competition between a cappella singing groups, Soundtronics Wireless supplied over 40 channels of handheld UHF-R Wireless systems, including 28 handheld transmitters with KSM9 mic capsules and another 14 channels with SM58 heads.
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FOOTHILL RANCH, CA – Renkus-Heinz has expanded their engineering department with two new hires. Semi Tehrani has joined the electronics hardware development team, and Mikhail Poddubny joins the department's software team.
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NEW YORK – Blues Traveler has performed more than 2,000 live shows in front of more than three million people in the last 23 years. After experimenting with different ways to preserve live shows on disc for the band's fans, FOH engineer Adam Fortin, who's been with the band since 2006, is now using a DiGiCo SD8 equipped with an RME MADIFace 56-track interface to multitrack 34 channels straight to a MacBook Pro with an Express port.
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