MONTREAL – Solotech, which told the industry of its plan to acquire Nashville-based Morris Light & Sound on Feb. 23, announced March 22 that the acquisition is now complete. Along with Morris, Solotech acquired its system integration division, InteRise.
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NASHVILLE – DCR Nashville named industry veteran Paul Owen (pictured here at left) as president. He joins the existing team that includes CEO and founder… Read More »Paul Owen Joins DCR Nashville as President
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CINCINNATI, OH – A new $2M outdoor performance stage at Fountain Square in downtown Cincinnati has been equipped with an L-Acoustics A Series system. ClearSound Design provided A15 Focus, A15 Wide and KS21 subs for the outdoor performance space, called the Fifth Third Center Stage, along with LA4X amplified controllers in a room below the stage.
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TAITUNG, Taiwan – Taiwanese superstar A-Mei celebrated the arrival of 2021 with a free concert for over 70,000 fans in her hometown of Taitung. The… Read More »L-Acoustics K Series Powers Massive A-Mei NYE Concert
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LOS ANGELES – After being postponed from late January to March 14 due to a regional spike in Covid-19, the 63rd Grammy Awards featured 23 performances from top artists, most of whom were heard via Shure’s Axient digital wireless system and microphones. The show still had plenty of Covid precautions and was broadcast live from multiple stages outside, with L.A.’s Staples Center serving as a backdrop.
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HUNTSVILLE, TX – Northside Baptist Church built a new facility for its 1,600 members, installing TW Audio’s new ELLA system for the sanctuary with ELLA6 speakers and VERA S32i subs. The system is powered with Powersoft’s Quattrocanali 8804 Dante + DSP amplifiers.
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LILLE, France – The historic Opéra de Lille venue, inaugurated in 1923, is using a Riedel Bolero wireless intercom system for crew communications. The setup includes 20 wireless beltpacks and seven antennas in a ring topology to allow for full coverage of the opera house.
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WEBSTER, NY – Advance Sound Company provided Ashly Audio amplification and control solutions for meeting spaces within the Stissing Mountain Junior/Senior High School, which get… Read More »Junior/Senior High School in Upstate New York Installs Ashly Gear
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LAS VEGAS – By many accounts, Las Vegas isn’t exactly a hotspot for quality rehearsal facilities. In a city renowned for big and small music… Read More »Heil Sound Microphones Enter the Sonic Rodeo
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BURLINGTON, MA – Avid will present a free live webinar on immersive sound mixing in the church environment on March 24 at 10am PT (1pm Eastern). FOH engineer Robert Scovill will chat with John Cornelius, technical director for Pittsburgh, PA-based Orchard Hill Church about a recent upgrade. The church’s new system includes an Avid VENUE | S6L system at FOH driving an L-Acoustics L-ISA immersive system, plus a second S6L to handle the church’s weekly broadcasts.
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WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office of Disaster Assistance issued its Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) preliminary application checklist on March 5. Since then, some live entertainment industry advocates have voiced concerns that many hard-hit businesses will be excluded from relief. FRONT of HOUSE has received a sample letter that readers can send to key officials in a push to ensure that SVOG eligibility doesn’t get narrowed in scope.
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NASHVILLE – Veteran tour sound pros Ken “Pooch” Van Druten and Dennie Miller will be participating in private demo sessions of Meyer Sound’s Spacemap Go at Soundcheck in Nashville from March 29-31. The sessions coincide with Nashville AES’ “Spring Training 2021” event at the same location.
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