Business
Bose Brings RoomMatch Demo to NYC
Bose Professional will be presenting a full RoomMatch L/C/R system next week at New World Stages in New York City on Tuesday, September 16,...
Loudspeakers — Stage Monitors
Business
Sound Image Marks 40 Years With Jimmy Buffett
Marking 40 years as Jimmy Buffett’s live sound provider, San Diego’s Sound Image has purchased a new touring system based around Harman’s JBL VTX...
Live Sound
Live Sound Showcase: Cher—Dressed To Kill, Rigged to Wrap
Her job these days may be to “come out in silly outfits, sing and be fabulous,” as Cher commented onstage at the Staples Center...
Business
Neon Trees Take Root
NEW YORK, NY—Neon Trees’ latest album, Pop Psychology, debuted at number one on Billboard’s Top Rock Albums chart warranting an extended tour that will...
Business
If/Then Sounds Off On Broadway
NEW YORK CITY, NY—People the world over may know Idina Menzel as the voice behind the omnipresent “Let It Go” in the recent animated...
Business
Appetite for Digestion
Providing live sound for the chow-down throwdown that is the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island, NY, is a task to be...
Business
Harman Outfits Idaho Church
The Coeur d’Alene Church of the Nazarene recently upgraded its sound system with the help of Spokane, Washington’s Hoffman Pro Systems and Harman Professional,...
Live Sound
Ode to Blues Festival Hits Bangalore
A complete Harman Professional live sound system supported the fourth annual Ode to the Blues Festival in India, with a variety of JBL loudspeakers,...
Business
Ojai Gets Immersive
OJAI, CA—Established in 1947, the Ojai Music Festival presents an eclectic and challenging program curated each year by a guest music director, who this...
Business
InfoComm 2014 The Largest To Date
LAS VEGAS, NV—InfoComm International called its 2014 conclave the largest ever, with some 37,000 AV professionals passing through the Las Vegas Convention Center in...
Business
PreSonus Powers Belushi Club
Comedy actor Jim Belushi recently partnered with his cousin, Chris Karakosta, to open a new restaurant in Fort Meyers, tapping the services of Cape...
Business
Eighteen Details Loudspeaker Lyceum
Eighteen Sound has released more details about its recently announced Loudspeaker Lyceum, a new section of the company’s website that hosts a series of...
Business
Community Launches New Branding
Community Professional Loudspeakers has unveiled its new corporate brand identity, along with the new I Series loudspeakers.
Live Sound
Global Citizen Festival to Feature Jay Z, No Doubt
This year’s Global Citizen Festival, held on the Great Lawn in New York City’s Central Park, will feature performances by Jay Z, No Doubt,...
Business
Eighteen Sound Launches Loudspeaker Lyceum
Eighteen Sound has launched Loudspeaker Lyceum, an ongoing video and text resource that encourages users to further their education about essential topics surrounding loudspeaker...
Business
Lake, Belew Bring Bose
As the tour manager for guitarists Greg Lake (Emerson, Lake & Palmer) and Adrian Belew (Frank Zappa, King Crimson), André Cholmondeley needed a system...
Business
Adamson Powers Toby Keith
For his recent Shut Up & Hold On tour, Toby Keith brought along an Adamson Energia system for his Canadian dates, provided by Halifax,...
Business
Onstage Tackles Strait’s Final Show
For the final show of country music icon George Strait’s career, nearly 105,000 fans filled the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX, setting the national...
Business
Sound Image Adds VUE Audiotechnik
Sound Image, audio provider for acts such as Tom Petty, Jimmy Buffet, Taylor Swift, Brian Setzer and John Legend, has purchased a VUE Audiotechnik...
Business
MOOGFEST 2014
I was lucky enough to attend this year’s Moogfest and found it was certainly a different kind of festival.
Business
ELECTRIC DAISY CARNIVAL
When it comes to supplying sound equipment for an Electric Dance Music (EDM) festival, careful consideration needs to go into the reinforcement of the...
news
View from the Top: Steve Johnson, Community Professional Loudspeakers
Reflecting on his 20-plus years in the audio industry, Steve Johnson, CEO of Chester, PA-based Community Professional Loudspeakers, turns to a quote from The...
Business
Peace and No Quiet
Morrissey will release his tenth studio album in July, World Peace is None of Your Business, which was recorded in France in February with...
Business
Audio Must-Haves: Festival Essentials
With multiple musical acts gracing each stage at every festival, a constantly changing lineup of microphones, DIs and backline are juggled. Many acts carry...
Business
At InfoComm: PreSonus Buys WorxAudio
PreSonus has acquired loudspeaker manufacturer WorxAudio Technologies, Inc., While PreSonus already manufactures loudspeakers for small to midsized venues, the WorxAudio purchase brings in-house products...
Business
Sound Works Tapped for Philfest
Northwestern University’s annual Philfest, a collaboration between A&O Productions and Students for Ecological and Environmental Development (SEED), tapped Frankfort, IL-based Sound Works Productions to provide...
Business
Kraftwerk’s Catalogue of Concerts
Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider started their Kraftwerk multimedia project in 1970, setting up the innovative Kling Klang Studio in Düsseldorf, Germany, where they...
Business
Anoka Church Undergoes Audio Upgrade
Originally built in the 1950s, the Zion Lutheran Church in Anoka, MN recently went through a renovation that required a substantial upgrade of the...
Business
Theatrical Sound Design Meets Reality
With the 135th AES Convention held in New York City only blocks away from Broadway, the best-known theatrical district in the world, it only...
Business
Masque Sound Supports Aladdin
For the Broadway adaptation of Disney’s Aladdin, Masque Sound was tapped to design the sound reinforcement system.
Business
Renkus-Heinz Supports Swan Lake
The 4,500-seat Hala Tivoli, located in Park Tivoli in the heart of Slovenia’s capital, recently hosted a performance of Labodje Jezero (Swan Lake) by...
Business
Hedley Hits The Road With Meyer Sound
Pop-rock band Hedley is touring Canada with a Meyer Sound Leo system in tow, supplied by Richmond, BC-based KiAN Concert Sound Services.
Business
Hedley Hits The Road With Meyer Sound
Pop-rock band Hedley is touring Canada with a Meyer Sound Leo system in tow, supplied by Richmond, BC-based KiAN Concert Sound Services.
Business
Vue Audiotechnik Unveils European Arm
Vue Audiotechnik has created a European branch, Vue Audiotechnik Europa GmbH (Vue Europe), which will be headed by newly appointed managing director, Holger de...
Business
Vue Audiotechnik Unveils European Arm
Vue Audiotechnik has created a European branch, Vue Audiotechnik Europa GmbH (Vue Europe), which will be headed by newly appointed managing director, Holger de...
Business
Dolly Parton Rolls With Thunder Audio
Accompanied by the sound company Thunder Audio, Dolly Parton recently embarked on her current tour, the ‘Blue Smoke world tour,’ which will take her...
Business
Adamson Added To Ft. Wayne Church
An Adamson Metrix line array system was recently installed at the Fellowship Missionary Church in Fort Wayne, IN, to accommodate the multiple programs held...
Business
Adamson Added To Ft. Wayne Church
An Adamson Metrix line array system was recently installed at the Fellowship Missionary Church in Fort Wayne, IN, to accommodate the multiple programs held...
Business
Montarbo Arrives In North America
Italian pro audio/MI manufacturer Montarbo has set its sights on the U.S., setting up North American distribution in a joint venture with Audio Innovation...
Business
Montarbo Arrives In North America
Italian pro audio/MI manufacturer Montarbo has set its sights on the U.S., setting up North American distribution in a joint venture with Audio Innovation...
Business
PRG’s Bittersweet NYC Tree Lighting
NEW YORK, NY—In New York City, the Christmas season doesn’t officially start until the tree at Rockefeller Plaza is lit— an event that happened...
Business
Fun. In The Sun—And Rain
In the depths of winter, it may be hard to remember the warm sunrays and rockin’ tours of summertime, but they did happen, and...