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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
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05/14/13 11:18 AM,
The new Blackbird Academy for the Arts is taking registration for classes starting in September. The school is housed in Nashville’s famed Blackbird Studio, which was launched by John and Martina McBride in 2002 and has recorded Taylor Swift, Jack White, Kid Rock, Ke$ha, and Tim McGraw, among many others. The Blackbird Academy’s Studio Engineering Program trains students using microphones, consoles, outboard gear and recording spaces that are the best in the industry. Students will be taught on the same…
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
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04/30/13 10:56 AM,
Nashville’s Country Radio Seminar (CRS) is an annual showcase week for the industry where new artists and music that will be released over the course of the year is presented to top country radio people and industry heavyweights. This year’s CRS took place at the Nashville Convention Center, February 27 through March 1 and wowed the more than 5,000 attendees with live performances by Brad Paisley, Vince Gill, Darius Rucker, Gary Allan, Kellie Pickler and many more—all heard through JBL…
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
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10/30/12 06:50 AM,
As part of its continuing effort to add useful and valuable services and products to its client offerings, Guitar Center Professional (GC Pro) announced the extension of its successful new Technical Support Group initiative to the Nashville professional audio market. The program, which provides a number of technical support services, including customized Macintosh-based audio systems solutions for clients in all of the market sectors it serves (recording studios, post production facilities and installed A/V), will now benefit Nashville’s music recording…
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Friday, June 18, 2010
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06/18/10 08:04 AM,
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In early May, the city of Nashville experienced some of the worst flooding in its history, which affected countless homes, studios, and venues, including the historic Grand Ole Opry House. Soundcheck, a large rehearsal facility and home to Shure’s Nashville office, was partially submerged in up to four feet of water. “I’ve lived in this city for nine years and I’ve never seen it rain like it did that weekend,” said Ryan Smith, Artist Relations Manager for Shure. “If there’s…
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Friday, May 14, 2010
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05/14/10 04:05 PM,
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The newly built Hutton Hotel in Nashville’s West End Avenue is upscale, with stunning décor, lavish rooms, and exceptional service, with the audio system also fitting this description. Symetrix SymNet processing works together with an intuitive combination of SymNet and Crestron controllers to weave any number of inputs to any number of outputs across the bar, the restaurant, ballrooms, meeting rooms, and public areas, with sound quality and reliability commensurate with Hutton’s four-star rating. The system was designed and installed…
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010
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05/11/10 05:16 PM,
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In direct response to the devastation from the recent floods in Nashville and the surrounding area, Guitar Center has launched a dedicated initiative titled “Operation High Ground” for Nashville Flood Relief, to help musicians, songwriters, recording studios and audio professionals. The goal of the program is to help Nashville’s music community get back on its feet as quickly as possible to keep the music going in Music City. Guitar Center’s President, Greg Trojan, made the announcement. As the events of…
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Thursday, May 06, 2010
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05/06/10 10:30 AM,
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Editors Note: Updated with additional emergency assistance and charity information which is available below. Many pro audio folks have been hit very hard by the extreme flooding that submerged a sizeable portion of Nashville and Middle Tennessee in the wake of last weekend’s record rainfall. The Country Music Television (CMT) website provides an overview of the damage to performance and entertainment venues throughout the area. The latest reports indicate that the flood waters are receding, but what’s going to be…
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Wednesday, September 02, 2009
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09/02/09 11:19 AM,
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Beginning next week (September 9), Avid will travel across the Americas to demonstrate the newest member of its Digidesign VENUE family of live sound consoles, the Digidesign VENUE SC48, an excellent tool for small to mid-sized houses of worship, clubs, corporate A/V companies and touring companies. In a series of local events, registered attendees will receive two hours of hands-on training from veteran live sound engineer and Digidesign Market Manager Robert Scovill. Scovill will instruct in the features and benefits…
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Thursday, August 06, 2009
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08/06/09 10:25 AM,
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The Art Institutes are a group of more than 40 educational institutions throughout North America, providing an important source of design, media arts, fashion and culinary arts professionals. As part of an ongoing effort to provide students with exceptional technical support, The Art Institutes are expanding and upgrading the facilities of their professional Audio Production Program. Guitar Center Professional (GC Pro) is supplying a variety of gear for the new systems, which are being designed by the Walters-Storyk Design Group…
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Friday, July 24, 2009
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07/24/09 11:04 AM,
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Thirty-five years ago, Bob Heil built one of his now famous talk boxes and gave it to Peter Frampton as a Christmas present. Audio history shows that the talk box played a huge roll with Frampton’s first solo album, the landmark “Frampton Comes Alive!” Released in 1976, the release went on to become the all-time best-selling live album to this point in time. Heil and Frampton went their separate ways over the years, with Heil guiding his company, Heil Sound,…
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