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Miking Kenny Chesney’s Drums On Tour
Kenny Chesney has never shied away from hitting the road. One of the top-grossing touring acts of the milllenium so far, the man, his...
Tour Sound
Business
MLS All-Star Week Is A Kick
Major League Soccer’s AT&T MLS All-Star Week, held at Skyline Park in downtown Denver, served up plenty to do in the days leading up...
Business
Vans Warped Tour Digs Into D1
Punk rock has always had a gritty, DIY aesthetic, but it still needs to sound good. With that in mind, this summer’s Van Warped...
Business
Keeping Everclear Sounding Clear
The 2015 edition of The Summerland Tour—Everclear’s annual package jaunt—has proven a success, clicking with critics and audiences alike. Making the rounds with with...
Business
Fortifying An FOH Demo Room
Furman is protecting Dallas-based Sound Productions’ new sound, lighting and video products demo room against the vagaries of the Texas weather.
Business
Ice Rink Transforms Into 7.1 Cinema
The Telluride Film Festival in Colorado has always been aimed at true cineasts, but the annual event takes over a variety of spaces that...
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CMM-Focused Gen. Exodus Relaunched
CMM touring company Generation Exodus Foundation has re-launched, naming James “Jamie” Nixon—formerly director of Touring and Marketing at Blackhawk Audio—as its new general manager
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Growing Congregation Gets RCF
Thanks to a growing congregation, Bonita Valley Community Church recently added a new auditorium that seats 1,400, with Texas-based Building God’s Way handling design...
Business
Inside the Audio of QuakeCon
With a following as fervid as any band’s (and in most cases, far larger), the Quake videogame franchise has been the focus of QuakeCon...
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Caesar’s Goes All In On Martin Audio
Put the words “Las Vegas” and “Martin” next to each other, and visions of celebrity roasts might come to mind, but when Caesar’s Palace...
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Yorkville Rides Jersey Surf
Founded in 1990, Jersey Surf has become an institution in New Jersey, drawing marching band members from numerous high schools around the region together...
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RF Venue Fills The Bill For Will
New York City’s Central Park is known for a lot of things; one of the most positive is the long-running Free Shakespeare in the...
Business
Sound Image, SSE Audio Team For UAC
Bringing together the combined strength of two sound companies known around the world, Sound Image in the US and SSE Audio Group in the...
Business
Inside The CMA Music Festival
With nearly 500 country music artists drawing an average daily footprint of 87,680 fans from all 50 states and 20 foreign countries, the Country...
Live Sound
Lighting Up Coachella
If you think that the production sound crew at a festival such as Coachella has a busy time, spare a thought for the lighting...
Business
Meeting The Challenge Of Red Rocks
If you’re talking Americana, the Avett Brothers are always one of the first acts to get mentioned. Touring the country this summer, barnstorming through...
Business
Covering 1 Million Kenny Chesney Fans
Kenny Chesney’s current tour has sold more than 1 million tickets—just like his previous 12 tours did. That kind of fan following is rare...
Business
Ash Drummer Keeps Time, Eye On Mixes
After 20-plus years of hard-charging power pop, smash albums overseas and antics like releasing 26 singles in one year (one for each letter of...
Business
Going Wireless In Front of 400,000
Modern-day troubadour Ed Sheeran has made a name for himself in the US, but that’s nothing compared to back home for him, where his...
Business
Bose A Good Fit For Timberland
While known for its boots and apparel, it only makes sense that Timberland would be well tied into music; after all, one of the...
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CenterStaging Nabs Roland M-5000 OHRCA Desk
A key rehearsal and backline facility specializing in production and technical support for TV and live performances, Burbank’s CenterStaging recently they took delivery of...
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Live Sound Expo to Rock AES NYC
A quarter of all AES Convention attendees are involved in live sound, so this year’s event will feature the return of the Live Sound...
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DAS Rustles up Sound at the Ranch
A DAS Audio Aero Series 2-based P.A. system brings sound to the audience at the Ranch Concert Hall and Saloon in Ft. Meyers, FL.
Business
Industry Veteran Italia Joins Sound Image
A mainstay of the pro audio industry, Laurence Italia has been named Vice President of Sound Image’s Integration Division. In this new position, Italia...
Business
Giving A Voice To The Voice Norway
A ratings juggernaut here in the U.S., The Voice has become a worldwide phenomenon, with localized versions airing around the globe. Such is the...
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McCartney’s Stadium Sound, 50 Years On
The Beatles single-handedly invented the stadium concert 50 years ago this month when they played two shows at New York City’s Shea Stadium. Today,...
Business
Nomad Sound Revives Historic Tavern’s Sound
The Ransom Steele Tavern in Apalachin, NY may have been built in 1830, but while it’s a historic place, that doesn’t mean it’s a...
Business
PreSonus Peppers Maroon 5 Mix
FOH Engineer, Jim Ebdon, reveals vocal chain secrets used on Adam Levine.
Business
Soundcraft Feels The Folk
London FolkFest heard once again this year via Soundcraft FOH consoles.
Business
Allen & Heath Puts On Cardigans
Nordic rock band The Cardigans are touring with A&H's GLD Chrome digital mixer.
Business
Back From A Blaze, Church Gets New System
St. Mary’s Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East rebuilds with EAW
Business
TMax Takes Mrs. Dalloway To Ballet
Virgina Woolf creations on stage with the Royal Ballet in London.
Business
Hope Reveals New Sanctuary, New Sound
Daphne, Alabama’s City Hope Church opened the doors to its new worship facility—a new 35,000-square-foot building, of which approximately 75 percent is devoted to...
Business
Lawo Celebrates with France
More than 400,000 spectators gathered on Paris’ Champs de Mars for the 14th July La Fête Nationale (Bastille Day) public holiday, and even more...
Business
Covering Hot Dogs With KV2
This year’s 99th Annual Nathan's Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest attracted a crowd of more than 30,000 people to watch the...
Business
Miking Up A Wonderland
Wonderland, a rock and roll take on the classic children’s book, Alice In Wonderland, was recently staged by the Chicago Children’s Theatre, and to...
Business
Mixing FOH for Fall Out Boy
Fall Out Boy has been crossing the country with rapper Wiz Khalifa on the Boys of Zummer tour this year, and along for the...
Business
Live Sound & Project Studio Expos Return For AES
This year’s 139th AES International Convention is set to offer up a number of exclusive presentations and events, October 29–November 1, 2015, at the...
Business
El Portal Theatre’s Audio Overhaul
The El Portal Theatre in t North Hollywood, California recently renovated its audio system, opting for an STX loudspeaker system from Ambisonic Sound Technologies...
Business
The Grateful Dead Splits
After five decades, the Grateful Dead called it a day earlier this month with its Fare Thee Well mini tour. Along for the final...
Business
Giving Luke Bryan An Earful
Luke Bryan’s Kick The Dust Up Tour has been crossing the U.S. with a mix of stadium and amphitheater dates interspersed with major country...
Business
Mixing The Billboard Latin Music Awards
Packed with music performances by artists like Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, Daddy Yankee and others, the annual Billboard Latin Music Awards, held at the...