BALTIMORE, MD — After 15 years in Hanover, Md., Event Tech has moved to a new facility in Baltimore that is twice the size of the company’s old location. The 30,000 square-foot facility includes 22,000 square feet of warehouse space and about 5,000 square feet of office space, including a glass-walled conference room and technician’s lounge.
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ATLANTA — Mastodon band members took tracks from their Crack the Skye album to the live stage for the first time at the Bonnaroo Music Festival last year, and they also started relying on Shure PSM® 700 personal monitors instead of floor monitors. "For me, it's been tremendously better," drummer Brann Dailor said, on adjusting to the loss of traditional floor monitors. "There's just so much clarity in my mix now, and I can control exactly what I hear—make it sound just like the record if I want."
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WALTHAM, MA — The Ministerio Evangelico Rios de Agua Viva (River of Living Water), an evangelical church led by Senior Pastor Daniel Teo that conducts services in both Spanish and English, recently remodeled with an expanded sanctuary. The new sound reinforcement system installed by Orlando, Fla.-based Advanced Audio Company included loudspeakers from D.A.S. Audio, and the benefits in terms of speech intelligibility and SPL performance are clear in both languages.
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MIAMI — The fifth annual "Unity in the Community" celebration for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was held the day before Barack Obama's Inauguration as the 44th President of the United States at Carol City Park in Miami Gardens. Drummer Boy Sound, a local production company, provided audio for the event, led by Harold Cummings, who recently purchased a number of Martin Audio’s LE1200 monitors.
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PASADENA, TX — The First United Methodist Church sustained major structural damage during Hurricane Ike, losing much of its roof and its audio system, but Guitar Center Professional (GC Pro) helped the church restore its systems in a matter of weeks.
Read More »LONGMONT, CO — DPA Microphones has joined the METAlliance Pro Partners. "When invited to join the METAlliance by founders George Massenburg and Chuck Ainlay, we needed to look no further than their mission statement to see how closely aligned in philosophy they are with DPA Microphones," said DPA president Bruce Myers.
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ANAHEIM, CA — To mark its 20th anniversary, Behringer chairman and CMO Uli Behringer and CEO Michael Deeb unveiled 20 new products at a celebration at the Anaheim Hilton Hotel, including new live and recording mixers, studio monitors, computer audio interfaces, power amplifiers, loudspeaker systems, commercial speakers and a new DJ mixer. The event also served as the debut for two tube guitar amplifier heads and two bass amp heads under the Bugera brand.
Read More »WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) has introduced an amendment to the $800+ billion stimulus package before Congress that would deny any “community park, museum, theater” or “arts center” from receiving any money to use for “renovation, remodeling, construction, salaries, furniture” or “rotating pastel lights,” among other items
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LAS VEGAS — Tube-Tech launched a new Web site at www.tube-tech.com to provide visitors with news, links and information about the company’s products, distribution, users, insider tips and tricks, the company’s history and its design manifesto.
Read More »TORONTO — If you’re enjoying a balmy January in Brazil or Singapore, what would make you fly into Port Perry, Ontario, and brave some of the coldest and snowiest days of the winter? Some of the 30 attendees at Adamson’s Distributors Meeting traveled that far, convening at Adamson headquarters and Port Perry’s town hall, which also houses the local community theatre.
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CHADRON, NE — Chadron State College’s athletic facilities had been limping along with antiquated 40-year old horn systems, which finally got pulled to the sidelines recently. For the school’s Softball Field and Don Beebe Stadium at Elliot Field, they were replaced with Community R-Series loudspeakers.
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NEWARK, NJ — "Big Mick" Hughes' tenure as front-of-house (FOH) engineer for legendary heavy metal phenomenon Metallica is almost as long as the band's existence. "This is my 25th year. I was 25 or 26 when I started with the guys, and I'm going on 51 in a minute," said Hughes, pictured here, left, with Gary Boss and Paul Owen.
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