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BURBANK, CA – FOH engineer Jimbo Neal relies on an assortment of Royer Labs microphones to capture Brian Setzer's guitar – as well as the bass and drums – whether Setzer is fronting an 18-piece orchestra or the three-piece rockabilly band, the Stray Cats.

NASHVILLE, TN – The 41st Annual GMA Dove Awards, taped live on April 21 from the Grand Ole Opry House and broadcast on the Gospel Music Channel, went smoothly with "zero dropouts," according to Bruce Bodor, RF audio coordinator.

HOLLYWOOD, CA – American Idol may be in its ninth season, but some 24 million viewers still tune in for the live shows, and for the third year in a row, they've seen contestants, guest, judges and backing musicians all using Sennheiser's MD 5235 capsule and chrome-plated SKM 5200 handheld wireless microphone system.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of the $3 million renovation of Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church, Corbett Technology Solutions Inc. (CTSI) of Chantilly, Va. installed a Renkus-Heinz Iconyx digitally beam steerable loudspeaker system.

OLD LYME, CT – Sennheiser named Escondido, Calif.-based Sound Image  Dealer of the Year 2009 for its Systems Integration category. Pictured here, from left, are Sound Image's Mike Fay, design engineer and Jason Schmidlapp, head of contracting; and Sennheiser USA's area sales manager-system integration John R. Borja.

NASHVILLE – Less than a week after two days of relentless rain doused Music City under an estimated 13-plus inches of rain, the city's entertainment infrastructure is still evaluating the damage that the ensuing flooding caused. Many of Nashville's iconic venues have been closed due to water levels on the Cumberland River that exceeded 50 feet – more than 12 feet above flood stage. They include the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Schermerhorn Symphony Center and the Grand Ole Opryhouse, where instruments, tapes and costumes were reportedly destroyed.

CLEVELAND – For a live sound engineer, few gigs are more challenging than mixing an old-school audio aficionado. But for veteran FOH engineer Wayne Trevisani, it's just another day at the office. When R&B standout Maxwell kicks off his BLACKsummers'night tour this month, Trevisani will be mixing the 10-piece band at the helm of an Avid VENUE D-Show System.

WASHINGTON, NC – David Williams, president of Greenville, N.C.-based Hi-Tech Electronics, specified 12 WorxAudio TrueLine V8-P powered line arrays and two TL218SS-P Super Subs for Harvest Church, which rang in the new year in 2010 with a sanctuary that had been planned as far back as 2005.

TEL AVIV, Israel – Waves Audio has released the Jack Joseph Puig Artist Signature Collection, developed in collaboration with Jack Joseph Puig (JJP), the well-known producer/mixing engineer who has worked with John Mayer, Black Eyed Peas, No Doubt, Panic at the Disco, Weezer, Goo Goo Dolls, the Pussycat Dolls and many more.

VALPARAISO, IN – Valparaiso Nazarene Church worship leader Jake Randall worked with Guitar Center Professional (GC Pro) account manager Dan Scalpone to choose the AV gear for the congregation's new $8 million, 1,700-seat facility, which is now used for worship services and live concert events.

MILWAUKEE, WI – Late last year, parishioners at St. Stephen Catholic Church, founded in 1847, started worshipping in a new structure with a capacity for 1,000 within its sanctuary. David Hosbach of DSH Audio Visions and Scott Riedel & Associates equipped the new location with a console-free sound system using Symetrix SymNet processing.

ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada – Sennheiser played a role at the televised Juno Awards show, billed as "Canada's biggest night in music." Every featured vocal performer, as well as hosts and presenters, used the company's new 2000 Series and evolution G2 wireless microphones.