MIAMI GARDENS, FL – Founder-owner Harold Cummings and his company, Drummer Boy Productions, recently provided a Martin Audio system for a concert led by Gospel artist Fred Hammond at the Jesus People Ministries Church. The supporting musicians included a keyboard player, a drummer, bass, guitar and percussion players and three background singers.
"We transformed the existing stage into a larger setup for the band with Martin Audio LE1200 and LE1500 stage monitors and four W8LMs and one W8LMD per side flown from a Genie lift, along with four WS218X subs – two ground-stacked, two per side," said Cummings, who also provided staging. "We also used Yamaha PM5Ds for monitors and FOH.
"It sounded amazing," Cummings said. "It was thrilling to a have a complete Martin Audio system for the first time, because we'd been using their monitors for some time now. We also had sidefills made up of H3s with WSX218X subs that sounded ridiculous. So loud and so clear, it's just the system to have.
"Whatever they asked me for, monitor or house-wise, we were able to give them without batting an eye. Ray Hammond, Fred's brother, who is production manager and front of house engineer, was very happy with the sound," Cummings added.
"They had originally specified active bi-amped wedges, but I knew how good the Martin Audio LE Series sounds, so I stuck with them, and the client was blown away that passive monitors could sound that good."
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