EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – For more than three decades, the Meadowlands has been a part of life for New York area football fans. When plans were begun to replace the aging arena, some fans were surprised to learn that, rather than a modern domed structure, the new stadium would be built in much the same traditional open-bowl style as the old one.
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YUCAIPA, CA – Trinity Sound Company (TSC) recently upgraded the 30-year-old sound system at the Yucaipa Church with JBL VRX compact Constant Curvature line arrays. The new loudspeaker system is located in the church's square-shaped 500-seat multipurpose event room, which is used for worship, concerts, movies and general events.
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MOSCOW and HAVANA – Russia-based sound engineers used iLive systems for Havana Calling, a recent cultural exchange project between Russia and Cuba, and for recent Russian touring projects as well.
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DALLAS – Onstage Systems is once again providing concert sound reinforcement for George Strait, who is back out on the road with Reba and Lee Ann Womack for their second sweep of the U.S. this year.
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LIVERPOOL, U.K. – Adlib Audio provided sound equipment and crew for Irish alt rockers The Script on their recent U.K. tour. Adlib's Richy Nicholson provided FOH mixing duties, and is now on tour with the band in the U.S.
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SHELTON, CT – LEX Products' East Coast operation moved recently from three locations in Stamford, CT. to a single facility in Shelton, CT. The new address is: LEX Products Corporation, 15 Progress Drive, Shelton, CT 06484. Phone, fax and e-mail addresses do not change.
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LEX Products' line of pro audio and video cable assemblies has expanded with new multipair cables, mic and line cables, digital recording and speaker cables and more. The products are made with carefully-selected components, undergo extensive testing and feature Lex custom cable labeling.
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STOW, OH – Audio-Technica announced the passing of Ken Reichel, former executive vice-president and chief operating officer of Audio-Technica U.S. He died Oct. 15, 2010, at his home in Richmond, VA.
Read More »Can't remember where I got that phrase. Think some celeb or another used it once to describe the "behind the scenes" people on a film. You know, the ones without which no production would ever happen.
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As PLASA is a big show, there is no way FOH can cover everything in this limited space. Please note that products not covered here will be covered over the coming months.
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Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn issued a joint statement upon hearing the news: "We can't imagine what we did to be blessed with the likes of Randy ["Baja"] Fletcher. We hate to think about what our career might have been like without him, as so many have been won and lost on the road. The importance of a trail boss like Baja is impossible to put into words. Not a show goes by that someone doesn't talk about the quality of our crew, and it all filters down from him."
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Late June in Montreal, and the weather hasn't been cooperating for the Montreal Jazz Fest. It may be the world's largest Jazz Fest, but it's still an outdoor festival, with all the unpredictability that entails. Around 2 in the afternoon, after a morning of solid rain, the clouds parted long enough for Jess Gagnon, FOH mixer for Canadian trip-rock band Beast, to run sound check-but the plastic dome tent over FOH stayed up and the plastic tarp to cover the console stayed close at hand.
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