MILFORD, NH — Earthworks, manufacturer of High Definition Microphones, announced that Michael Hurwitz has been appointed to the position of National Sales Manager. A former sales representative for professional audio manufacturers, Hurwitz has backgrounds in both the sale of professional audio equipment and retail sales.
Read More »HOLLISTER, MO — Blue Planet Lighting has agreed to acquire Sandor Sound Services Group, forming Blue Planet Audio. Ed Sandor, newly appointed president of Blue Planet Audio, will oversee all departments of the company. Sandor will receive a controlling interest as well as creative control over the Blue Planet Audio division.
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SACRAMENTO, CA — Sacramento Production Services (SPS) provided sound production support for a worship event held at the Memorial Auditorium, the Northern California/Nevada Assemblies of God Youth Convention. SPS once again supported the annual event with crew and equipment, including gear from Martin Audio.
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LOS ANGELES — If 2009’s economy had all the energy of the windless air over the Sargasso Sea, the Super Bowl and Grammy Awards can always be relied upon to generate a maelstrom of activity, particularly for ATK Audiotek. The busy soundco provided live audio support for both events, staged thousands of miles and just one week apart in early February.
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DES PLAINES, IL — Gepco International named Rick Thompson, a 15-year Gepco veteran, Central regional sales manager. Thompson joined the company in 1994 as an inside sales consultant.
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TORONTO — The goal for CinequipWhite Inc., the AV sales, rental and design/build firm that was contracted to upgrade the audio capabilities at Toronto’s Young Centre for the Performing Arts, was to provide a wireless microphone system that could move from one presentation space to another.
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FORT WAYNE, IN — When Buckcherry and Avenged Sevenfold united for their co-headlining world tour, Avenged’s FOH Engineer Nigel Paul and his Buckcherry counterpart Stephen Shaw chose a Meyer Sound system to meet their goal of achieving a combination of power and clarity.
Read More »NEW YORK — Guitar Center Profressional (GC Pro) helped cap the $45 million renovation of the Bohemian National Hall on Manhattan’s Upper East Side with the integration of an all-new audio/visual system.
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HOLLYWOOD, CA — Hollywood United Methodist Church was built in the 1920s with a Gothic architectural design inspired by Westminster Abbey, and it has served as a backdrop for Whoopi Goldberg’s Sister Act and hundreds of scenes in other movies. But while it’s withstood all those movie shoots and California’s earthquakes, its sound system was outdated and underpowered.
Read More »LAS VEGAS — Studio at the Palms, located inside the Palms Casino Resort, is using Aderra Inc.’s “Live in a Flash” USB Technology to give visitors immediate live recordings of the events they just saw, all on a USB flash drive. Recorded events will include concerts, conferences, live DJ sets and other happenings.
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NORTHRIDGE, CA—ATK Audiotek of Burbank, Calif., deployed its custom-designedcart system with VerTec for the Pregame Show, National Anthem and Halftime Showat Super Bowl XLIII, held in Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL on February 1,2009, while Audio Analysts of Colorado Springs, Colo., deployed theirproprietary JBL-loaded stage monitor system during the halftime show.
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LOS ANGELES—Chaos Visual Productions, formed in Dec 2008 byJohn J. Wiseman, Chris Kaman and Chuck Burtzloff has announced the 100%acquisition of Los Angeles based CW Productions (CWP).
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