SAN ANTONIO — Thomas Dean Williams, 44, died April 5 after falling between 70 and 100 feet, according to local news reports. Williams was working on the venue’s concert lighting rig at the time and fell to the stage, where others were working. No other injuries were reported. The accident happened about 2 am Friday after a Romeo Santos concert took place at the venue Thursday night.
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NORTHRIDGE, CA – Harman Professional has appointed Mark Gander to the position of director of JBL technology. In this newly created role, Gander will be responsible for driving the growth of the Harman intellectual property portfolio and supporting Harman’s technology leadership in the professional loudspeaker market. Gander joined JBL in 1976 as a transducer engineer and has subsequently held key product engineering and marketing positions within JBL Professional and the Loudspeaker Strategic Business Unit. He has held various executive and engineering positions of increasing seniority and responsibility over the course of his distinguished career, and is responsible for the design and development of some of JBL’s most significant loudspeaker technologies and products.
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BRESCIA, Italy — April 1973 was a very interesting month for numerous different reasons. The first call ever made on a cellular telephone was made in New York City and Federal Express (FedEx) commenced operations. The Pioneer 11 space mission was launched to study the solar system, Liverpool won the English league football championship and Pablo Picasso died, aged 91. And a lot more was going on in the world…
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FRANKFURT – Going to Musikmesse/PL+S 2013? Here’s what you need to know! Frankfurt’s gargantuan Musikmesse/Prolight+Sound music/pro audio tradeshow is upon us (April 10-13, 2013), so here are some tips for foreign visitors. It’s a huge show—sort of like a combined NAMM / AES / InfoComm / DJ Expo all in one, with more than a dozen exhibit halls, so this tradeshow requires advance planning. Whether you’re a Messe newcomer or a veteran attendee, here are a few helpful tips to make your visit as smooth and pleasant as possible.
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LAS VEGAS — The governing body of the Parnelli Awards announces that Atomic Design’s Rob Barber has joined its Board of Advisors. Atomic Design will also be providing scenic elements for the 2013 Parnelli Awards in November.
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HOUSTON — The annual Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo’s RodeoHouston series of concert and rodeo events drew fans to 72,600-seat Reliant Stadium from Feb. 25 to March 16. LD Systems Inc. provided an L-Acoustics K1 sound system — the largest to date, according to L-Acoustics.
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BANGKOK, Thailand – Rajamangala National Stadium here recently drew a huge turnout of fans for Coca-Cola Thailand’s “Real Voice, Real Talent” concert, featuring performances from all 59 contenders of The Voice Thailand television series. For the event, Ten Years After Audio (TYAA) deployed its new JBL VTX line array system and Crown I-Tech HD amplifiers from Harman.
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BELLEVILLE, IL — With a recently installed pair of Symetrix SymNet Radius 12×8 Dante network audio DSPs along with a CommandFusion iPad interface, Film Otter Inc. and Design and Ideas Inc. provided Signal Hill Lutheran Church here with user control capability from anywhere in the pews.
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PHILADELPHIA — The Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation renovated several Philadelphia-based hockey rinks in recent years. The refurbishments include Community R1-94 loudspeaker systems installed by Bruce Johnson of A.V. Rental Services, Inc.
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AUGUSTA, GA — First Presbyterian Church, which dates back to the days when Thomas Jefferson was President, upgraded its sound reinforcement systems recently with an assist from media consultant Brandt Fincher and wireless technology from Lectrosonics.
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NEW YORK — The Signature Theatre Company, based here, has installed a Riedel digital intercom system at the Pershing Square Signature Center, the company’s Frank Gehry-designed home situated off-Broadway on 42nd Street. The installation includes the Riedel Artist digital intercom matrix and Acrobat Digital Wireless Intercom system.
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MIAMI BEACH, FL — Audio Video Lighting Innovations designed and installed the sound systems for South Beach-based Gale Hotel, an 87-room resort that restores the Art Deco stylings of two properties originally built in 1941 by architect L. Murray Dixon — the Gale South and Regent Hotel. The audio systems are powered by Lab.gruppen amplifiers.
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