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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
PSW Staff 05/20/09 10:13 AM, 0 CommentsWhen Athens’ Pallas Theatre was built in 1926, it quickly became a popular cosmopolitan destination for Athenian socialites, replacing the royal horse stables that were representative of this oldest city in Europe. With its regular jazz music and other eclectic performances, the Pallas Theatre paved the way for an influx of cafes, restaurants, and other gathering places, transforming the city’s Voukourestiou Street district into a cultural hub. Many decades later, Athens received a much needed revitalization, and the Pallas Theatre… View this story
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Friday, May 01, 2009
PSW Staff 05/01/09 11:25 AM, 0 CommentsCloudy skies and occasional drizzle did little to dampen spirits at this year’s Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival, as legions of music lovers descended on Rose Hall, a historic, 7,000-acre north coast plantation, to see and hear performers ranging from Lionel Richie and British sensation Estelle to the legendary O’Jays and Reggae superstar Maxi Priest. With nine acts scheduled for the first night and seven each thereafter over the course of the festival’s three days, production manager Robert Stewart reached… View this story
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Wednesday, April 08, 2009
PSW Staff 04/08/09 12:20 PM, 0 CommentsAKG launched the C 214 Stereo Set at the 2009 Prolight+Sound-Musikmesse in Frankfurt, providing users with a solution for quality stereo recordings. “Realistic stereo recordings require microphones with outstanding performance and excellent quality,” comments Thomas Stubics, Product Marketing Manager for Recording and Broadcast at AKG. “It also requires performance consistency and accurate localization from the pair of microphones. “Therefore, every factory-matched pair of C 214’s is created from thousands of individual microphones selected by AKG’s sophisticated computer-aided matching method and… View this story
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Monday, March 23, 2009
PSW Staff 03/23/09 09:14 AM, 0 CommentsIn mid-February, the House Depot, along with We Love Industries, teamed up with Congo De Oro Productions to help bring Miami the first annual Carnaval Electronic Music Festival at Miami’s Bayfront Park. Celebrating one of Colombia’s oldest carnivals, Carnaval is the 2009 Miami rebirth of that event. Featuring a variety of music to suit everyone’s preferences, the event drew approximately 2,000 spectators. With a crowd of this size, the sound system needed to be clear, potent, and offer considerable control… View this story
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009
PSW Staff 03/18/09 07:26 AM, 1 CommentEric Winbush built his professional audio and video studio from the ground up. “I’m an expert in hanging sheetrock, electrical wiring and plumbing,” he said. “I can build a house now.” But his real specialty is recognizing and mentoring talent. Dadd’s Production, as the studio is known, is a busy place that works with a stable of in-house talent. Winbush also volunteers his talents to students at the Savannah Arts Academy, who receive hands-on training with professional grade audio-visual equipment.… View this story
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Monday, March 16, 2009
PSW Staff 03/16/09 12:08 PM, 0 CommentsThe John F. Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts has recently upgraded its audio system with the installation of Soundcraft and Studer digital mixing consoles into nine performance spaces. . The Opera House holds nearly 2,300 guests and is recognized as the official home to the Washington National Opera and the annual Kennedy Center Honors. Also, the establishment conducts ballets, operas and a variety of Broadway road shows. The Terrace Theater, a much smaller venue containing 513 seats, is used… View this story
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Thursday, March 05, 2009
PSW Staff 03/05/09 04:31 PM, 0 CommentsMexico City’s Auditorio Nacional, honored with the top slot in Billboard’s Touring Awards in 2007 and topping Pollstar’s rankings of theatres and auditoriums by posting total ticket sales of over 995,000, has just implemented a new high-end audio system featuring 60 Meyer Sound MILO line array loudspeakers - the largest MILO system owned by any theatre or auditorium. The Auditorio seats an audience of nearly 10,000 and is the Western Hemisphere’s largest auditorium that is not a religious institution. Size… View this story
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
PSW Staff 02/24/09 01:32 PM, 0 CommentsThe Mississippi Delta is considered “ground zero” of the blues-music movement, and in particular, the town of Clarksdale, where U.S. Highways 61 and 49 intersect at the fabled “Crossroads,” holds a mystique with music fans who come from around the world to experience the art form. Blues music evolved in juke-joint nightclubs across the region, but most of them are tucked away, off the main highways and sometimes known only by locals. This is a big reason why, in 2001,… View this story
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Monday, February 23, 2009
PSW Staff 02/23/09 02:42 PM, 0 CommentsRenowned violinist Tim Kliphuis recently chose to utilize a DPA 4099 instrument microphone for all of his live performances. Kliphuis, who acquired his new DPA mic from UK distributor Sound Network, is a prolific performer whose music is a boundary-crossing fusion of gypsy jazz, classical and folk. He notes that he has switched to the DPA 4099 because he found he couldn’t rely on the acoustic quality of microphones usually provided by venues. “I’ve played as far afield as Syria… View this story
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Dave Dermont 02/18/09 11:43 AM, 0 CommentsEver since my most recent steady house gig became not quite so steady, I’ve been banished to a 14-foot straight truck to do gigs that usually come at the last minute. In fact, last minute gigs have become the rule instead of the exception. I used to consider getting booked for a Saturday gig on the prior Tuesday as a tight timeframe. Lately, Saturday night bookings are arriving on Saturday afternoon. The gig I’m writing about here, however, was booked… View this story
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