Future Sonics, a pioneer of in-ear monitoring — or perhaps I should say the pioneer in the field — has introduced its latest earpieces for in-ear monitoring. The Spectrum Series model G10 have incorporated a host of new changes for upgraded performance.
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While working a James Taylor concert/video shoot for Austin City Limits last month, I received a message about an upcoming project in Los Angeles. Chris Adamson, my old friend and frequently my production manager over these last 20+ years, had recommended me for an excellent FOH position. If hired, I would be mixing two special one-off shows at the beautifully restored Orpheum Theatre in downtown Los Angeles. I let Chris know that I was available and very much interested in being on the team.
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Insurance is a game of chance — a gambler’s game similar to Wall Street trading and big casino betting that, much like trading or gambling, is also a for-profit profession. Therefore, it would be a judicious move on the part of anyone entering the insurance field to ensure that the odds are stacked in favor of the house. One way that insurance companies try to protect themselves is through “risk management.” To quote Ricardo Antunes and Vincent Gonzalez: “Risk management’s objective is to assure uncertainty does not deflect the endeavor from the business goals.” The goal in this instance is to make a profit while offering a customer piece of mind against a perceived threat in one undertaking or another.
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LAS VEGAS — Halloween came early to the 15th Annual Parnelli Awards on Saturday, Oct. 24. Audio Innovator honoree Pat Quilter dressed as Mountain Man with an Egyptian head piece; Visionary honoree David Cunningham came to the stage with two beautiful women and proceeded to change wigs and transform himself into a rock/drag star; and finally there was Chris Lamb, in his trademark cowboy getup.
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Sound Companies
Summit Group Event Services, Stage Pro
Venue/Location
Bandimere Speedway
Morrison, CO
In between mixing FOH for (and tour managing) Blue Öyster Cult, our ace correspondent Steve La Cerra comes up with some highly utile — and always entertaining — writings on audio basics in his “Theory & Practice” column, found on page 57. A couple weeks ago, we chatted about a topic for this month’s entry and decided that something about gain structure and dynamic range would be appropriate. After all, these are two fundamentals that play an essential role in achieving good sound, yet sometime cause confusion when mixing (pardon the pun) reality with theoretical abstracts.
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Drum roll, please…. Ta Dah! This year we’re celebrating the 15th annual Parnelli Awards. This is a fact I am very proud of, and I am sure Parnelli Awards co-founder, Patrick Stansfield, is looking down at us from his production office in the sky, smiling as well. It seems just yesterday the Parnelli Awards were a gleam in our collective eyes. But now, 15 years later and with 37 of the top production people in our field honored, we have hit a milestone year.
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