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On the Road: Goo Goo Dolls
Goo Goo Dolls Front-of-house engineer Paul David Hager just wrapped up a couple months with the Goo Goo Dolls' tour, which relied on gear...
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Now Playing: Barenaked Ladies, Imogen Heap
Barenaked Ladies Sound Company: Solotech (Montreal) FOH Engineer/Board: Robin Billinton/Soundcraft Vi6 Monitor Engineer/Board: John Sulek/Midas H3000
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Garry Brown Takes on Vegoose
Held over Halloween weekend, this year's Vegoose festival (Las Vegas) saw four stages hosting top talent such as Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, the...
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FixIt: Greg Mace
Greg Mace of house-of-worship audio specialists GJM Sound recently completed an install at Nampa First Nazarene Church (Nampa, Idaho) that required serious
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Pet Shop Boys
Despite not having toured since 2002, electro-pop duo the Pet Shop Boys played to an exuberant crowd at San Francisco's Bill Graham Civic Auditorium...
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All Access: 20th Annual Bridge School Benefit Concert
For the past 20 years. Neil and Pegi Young have brought together an eclectic lineup of top-notch musicians to perform in front of an...
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On the Road: Megadeth
Megadeth As the headliner on Gigantour 2006, Megadeth has been performing in North America, Japan and Australia, with sound companies Thunder Audio, Clair
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Late Late Show Boosts Monitor Offerings
Any touring act and their engineers will find a new, larger performance area at The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson, which recently completed...
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FixIt: Ramon Morales
Monitor engineer Ramon Morales is currently out with hip hop artist Mary J. Blige and a five-piece band. Blige sings through the Neumann capsule...
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Now Playing: Keb’ Mo’, Children of Bodom, Particle
Keb' Mo' Sound Company: Schubert Systems FOH Engineer/Console: Carlos Novais/Yamaha PM5DRH Monitor Engineer/Console: Steve Bumbera (also systems tech)/Yamaha
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She Wants Revenge
Out on tour with Placebo, She Wants Revenge (Justin Warfield and Adam Adam 12 Bravin) are playing to sold-out theaters across the U.S. According...
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End of Shakespeare Season
When the curtain dropped for the season on As You Like It, the fourth production this past summer at Cal Shakes (Orinda, Calif.), sound...
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Now Playing: Unearth, James Gang
Unearth FOH Engineer/Console: Barry Hite/house-provided Monitor Engineer/Console: house-provided/house-provided P.A./Amps: house-provided, prefer L-Acoustics
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FixIt: Raphael Alkins
Monitor engineer Raphael Alkins is currently out with Ricky Martin. He and guitar tech Tim Wright were instrumental in finding a wireless beltpack system
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On the Road: Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal Bluesman Taj Mahal is currently out touring with drummer Kester Smith and bassist Bill Rich; handling all system requirements is FOH engineer
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Gnarls Barkley
A collaboration with Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo Green (a solo artist and former member of Goodie Mob), Gnarls Barkley is finding huge commercial success
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All Access: Shakira
The current Shakira U.S. tour hosts dueling Digidesign VENUE boards one at front of house and one at monitors. Fortunately, FOH engineer Brad Madix...
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MOTU MachFive Universal Sampler
FUN WITH RELEASE SAMPLES, DRUM PROCESSING AND CRAZY WHISTLING
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FixIt: Brad Madix
For Shakira's current tour, FOH engineer Brad Madix (Def Leppard, Queensryche, Psychedelic Furs, Marilyn Manson, Rush) is using a Digidesign VENUE in
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On the Road: James Brown
Todd Harris The godfather of soul, James Brown, was out touring the majority of the summer, playing to mid-sized venues; his tour wrapped up...
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Now Playing: Lamb of God, Big & Rich
Lamb of God Sound Company: Eighth Day Sound (Highland Heights, Ohio) FOH Engineer/Console: Bozz Porter/Yamaha PM5DRH Monitor Engineer/Console: Dennis
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Heil Sound Gets Inducted
Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (www.rockhall.com) has added new artifacts from sound company Heil Sound (Fairview Heights, Ill., www.heilsound.com)
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Joan Jett
With its two main stages and several smaller ones, the Vans Warped Tour 2006 makes for non-stop music. Among the many artists on the...
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All Access: Pink Martini
Bringing together the musical sensibilities of Cuban jazz, classical chamber music and film scores, 12-piece Pink Martini is playing mid-sized halls across
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SOUND INNOVATIONS Electro-Voice DVX Woofers
The DVX Series is the latest generation of high-performance woofers from Electro-Voice (EV). The story begins in spring 2005, when EV launched its ZX5...