FORT WORTH, TX – While officially retired from touring, George Strait keeps answering the call from his many fans for an encore. A case in point: two back-to-back shows at the new Dickies Arena in late November, which were mixed on a DiGiCo SD12 96 desk manned by Strait sound man George Olson.
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ANAHEIM, CA – The Pro Production sessions are returning to the Winter NAMM show for a third consecutive year. This series of casual conversations, set for Jan. 16-18, 2020 at the NAMM U Education Center within the Anaheim Hilton hotel, will once again serve as a gold mine of industry insights at no extra charge to NAMM attendees. Panelists are willing to freely share what they’ve learned as a way of giving back and mentoring the next generation of live entertainment professionals.
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ANAHEIM, CA – The upcoming AES Academy 2020 at the NAMM Show, taking place Jan. 16-19 in Anaheim, CA, gives visitors the chance to join… Read More »AES Academy 2020 Announces Professional Audio Presenters and Topics
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Tour and production managers David ‘5-1’ Norman and Gabi Parra have teamed up to form a new tour consulting firm, Tour Forensics. Norman and Parra, who are based in Atlanta and New York, bring a wealth of experience in tour direction, logistics, tour accounting, budgets, show settlements, staffing, vendor allocation, routing, travel coordination, hospitality, charter jet bookings, and executing domestic and international work visas and immigration paperwork for top artists.
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KETCHUM, ID – The 462-capacity Argyros Performing Arts Center is using a Meyer Sound Constellation acoustic system along with direct reinforcement based around LINA line arrays for performances that range from the Sun Valley Music Festival Orchestra to Branford Marsalis, Robert Cray and the chanting of Tibetan monks.
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NEW YORK – Questex, with holdings that include the International Hotel Investment Forum (IHIF), Nightclub & Bar and the SIBEC Sports & Health Industry event, announced Dec. 3 that it is acquiring the Live Experience assets including Live Design (LDI), Club Industry and World Tea Expo. Along with the LDI Show, the Live Experience assets also include the rights to the XLive brands including the XLive Esports Summit and the WFX Network.
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SCHENECTADY, NY – Union College turned to Charles Zarriello, owner of Com Tech, and Rich Trombitas of Cardone, Solomon & Associates, to upgrade the sound system at the Frank L. Messa Rink, home of the school’s men’s and women’s hockey teams. The solution included EM Acoustics MSE-159, EMS-121X and a HALO C subwoofer components.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – Rokbox Entertainment recently purchased a Martin Audio Wavefront Precision Mini (WPM) system and SX118 subs for a variety of high school… Read More »Rokbox Deploys Newly-Purchased Martin Audio WPM at Student Conference
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LAS VEGAS – VUE Audiotechnik’s Las Vegas rental partner, H.A.S. Productions, provided al-8, al-4 and hs-221 demo rigs along with a pair of h-208s for the company’s audio demo at the LDI Show this year. The demos, staged outside last year, moved indoors for the 2019, which proved fortuitous due to inclement weather.
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LOS ANGELES – Audio Geer provided Allen & Heath dLive S5000 and C1500 control surfaces and DM48 and CDM32 MixRack systems to support the main Liberty Stage at this year’s Echo Park Rising festival in Los Angeles. AOP Entertainment managed production for the mid-August event.
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SMITHVILLE, TN – Scott Oliver, president of Centerline Audio Visual, detailed an audio upgrade at First Baptist Church of Smithville, TN that included a pair… Read More »Centerline Audio Visual Provides “Hi-Fi” System at First Baptist Church of Smithville, TN with Danley Installation
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LOS FRESNOS, TX – Texas-based rental company First Born Productions provided two SSL L500 Plus consoles for the U.S. leg of the ’90s LATAM Pop Tour. Audio engineer Oscar Tovar used SSL features to overcome a variety of challenges while helming the mix for the tour’s seven bands, including OV7, JNS, The Sacados, Calo, Kabah, Mercurio and Magneto.
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