EDINA, MN — Industry veteran Tommy Kim (pictured at left) has been named director of business development for Asia by Movek Corp LLC, makers of the myMix personal monitoring system. Kim will spearhead the development of the myMix brand across a region that Movek founder, Mathias von Heydekampf, described as “a perfect market for us; there is so much potential.”
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LONDON — Edwin Shirley, a co-founder of Edwin Shirley Trucking (EST Trucking) and the driving force for a variety of other businesses supporting stage and screen performers with staging, trucking, crew buses, freight forwarding, rehearsal space and film production — died April 16 after a battle with cancer. He was 64.
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FRANKFURT, Germany — Line 6, JBL, DPA, Behringer and PreSonus were among the gear brands in the winner’s circle at the 2013 MIPA awards presented at Musikmesse here April 11. Here’s a quick recap of the categories and sub-categories along with the nominated and winning products most relevant for live sound technicians.
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LOS ANGELES — Michele Hessman-Ross, wife of Stuart Ross, died April 17 after a long battle with cancer. Stuart Ross, with Red Light Management, is a founding member of the Event Safety Alliance (ESA). He noted that Michele and he were at Michele’s sister’s house in Stow, OH when she died. Michele and Stuart are pictured here at their wedding, on March 29.
Read More »NEW YORK — Need the full text for ANSI E1.1 – 2012, which describes the construction and use of wire rope ladders? How about ANSI E1.8-2012, which covers classification, manufacture and structural testing details for loudspeaker enclosures intended for overhead suspension? You can go to the ANSI store at http://webstore.ansi.org, search and find the documents, and download them in PDF format for a fee — $15 for the wire rope info; $40 for the loudspeaker enclosure info. Or you can click on over to http://www.tsp.plasa.org/tsp/documents/published_docs.php and get the same info for free, courtesy of a new alliance between PLASA and ProSight Insurance.
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Gator Cases has expanded its line of waterproof injection molded utility cases with a new custom fit model for the Mackie DL1608 mixing console. The case combines serious protection with a sleek and lightweight shell.
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MOSCOW — Allen & Heath’s Russian distributor, MixArt, provided a new GLD digital mixing system to manage FOH and monitors at the V.L. Durov Animal Theatre, which has been entertaining animal lovers of all ages since it was founded in 1912 by renowned clown and animal trainer Vladimir Leonidovich Durov. The revamped sound system also includes QSC speakers.
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HOUSTON — Jason Martin, head of Jason Martin Audio, supported the 2013 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo with Lectrosonics’ Venue receiver mainframes outfitted with VRT receiver modules. The primary system involved eight wireless channels using a combination of six Lectrosonics HH handheld transmitters and two SMQV Super-Miniature beltpack transmitters, augmented by a combination of Lectrosonics SNA600 adjustable dipole antennas and some helical units.
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LANCASTER, PA — For a March tour stop at the American Music Venue here, country artist Gary Allan performed in support of his latest CD, Set You Free. Bauder Audio provided a NEXO GEO S12 line array for the date with support from Tom Hogle, Bauder systems engineer and Sean Gary, A2 for Gary Allan. Jason Spence specified a Yamaha PM5000 console for the entire Gary Allan tour, furnished by Sound Image of Nashville.
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CAMPBELL, CA — St. Lucy Parish, based here, hired Zamar Media Solutions to replace a decades-old sound reinforcement system. The new system includes a pair of Symetrix SymNet Radius 12×8 DSP, which network together using the Dante protocol to provide customized, open-architecture programming.
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NEW YORK — Clair Brothers Audio Systems installed a comprehensive sound reinforcement system within The Theater at Madison Square Garden, a 2,000-to-5,600 capacity venue within the larger MSG complex that gets used for concerts, stage shows, meetings and graduation ceremonies. The sound system centers on Harman’s JBL VTX line arrays powered by Crown Audio I-Tech HD amplifiers.
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HILLSDALE, MI — Hillsdale College, based here, opened a 76,000-square-foot athletic facility in February, the Margot V. Biermann Athletic Center. AVTek, based in Battle Creek, MI, specified and installed the facility’s sound system, which includes D.A.S. Audio’s Aero Series 2, Artec and Arco gear.
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