Chris Botti
Soundco
Intellasound Productions
Venue
John and Alice Butler Hall, University of Dubuque
Dubuque, IA
Show Report: Live Sound Surprises from NAB 2017
Clearly, the annual National Association of Broadcasters convention, held April 22-27, 2017 in Las Vegas, is not a sound reinforcement show. There wasn’t a line array or power amplifier in sight anywhere among the 1,806 exhibitors spanning more than a million square feet of exhibit space. But there was a whole lot of technology on display, under NAB’s M.E.T. (Media. Entertainment. Technology.) theme, and a certain proportion of that — especially in terms of consoles and wireless gear — were aimed specifically at the live audio user. Given that premise, we waded through the masses of 103,443 or so registered attendees and uncovered some real gems for sound reinforcement pros.
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Not as Easy as it Looks
As anyone who has produced a large (or even small) concert event can tell you, there are lots of details to be taken care of. Fortunately, on the audio/lighting/video/staging side, many such technical minutiae can be taken care of with a few phone calls to the right vendors who will handle such details professionally. In fact, if you are looking for a few suggestions, more than 4,500 companies and resources offering expertise in every facet of event production can be found using the Event Production Directory (epdweb.com), a searchable database that is available in print and as a free app.
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Neil Diamond’s 50th Anniversary Tour
Stanley Miller Recounts his 49 Years with Neil
A lot has changed in 50 years of touring for Neil Diamond, save for one: his fierce loyalty to his band and crew. At the top of that list is Stanley Miller, who has been on the road with him for 49 of those 50 years. There’s no one saying that he or she has been with one artist working audio for as long, and it’s hard to image anyone topping Miller’s longevity with a single artist.
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Game of Thrones
Not exactly your “typical” tour, the Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience wrapped up last month, with the show’s composer Ramin Djawadi bringing the music of the wildly popular HBO series Game of Thrones off the screen and onto an in-the-round, 360-degree live immersive stage concert experience featuring 807 linear feet of jumbotrons and 3-D designs that rise from the stage floor. Oh, and sound — lots of sound.
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Sports Facility Projects
Audio installations and upgrades within sports facilities typically present severe challenges to integrators and system designers. Perhaps the most formidable of these is the sheer scale of multiple coverage areas. The latter often entails working with enormous, cavernous open-air spaces while also delivering an acceptable listening experience to everyone occupying the seats, whether fans are courtside or in the upper “nosebleed” seats of an arena or — in a stadium project — on the grandstand, bleachers, end-zones or beneath a second or third deck.
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A House United
Audio Upgrade at South Carolina’s House of Representatives Chamber Gets Bipartisan Support
The South Carolina House of Representatives consists of 124 part-time citizen legislators elected every two years to represent the state’s 124 separate single-member districts. Operating from the House of Representatives Chamber, officials recently oversaw a massive restructuring of the Chamber’s AV facilities, which in addition to legislative sessions, is also used occasionally for a wide range of special events.
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