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Wednesday, May 01, 2013
Craig Leerman 05/01/13 04:36 PM,Some in audio think that the term “rigging” only applies when loudspeakers are flown, but it also pertains to lesser endeavors such as placing a single loudspeaker on a tripod stand. The bottom line is that for any piece of production gear not sitting directly on the ground, steps must be in place to insure that it does not fall and injure someone (or worse). The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the U.S. agency that sets and enforces work… View this story
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013
PSW Staff 01/22/13 10:29 AM,West London based technical solutions company Entec Sound & Light continued its long working relationship with The Bootleg Beatles, the most successful and widely recognized tribute band to the legendary British musical group. Entec has provided technical production for the band since 1994 – testament in itself to the artist’s satisfaction with their production - in which time the band has regularly toured worldwide, playing to old and new generations of Beatles enthusiasts. Lighting Entec’s lighting crew chief Pete “Pepper”… View this story
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Wednesday, February 08, 2012
PSW Staff 02/08/12 01:11 PM,The Indiana Department of Labor today cited concert and event production company Mid-America Sound Corp. of Greenfield, IN with three safety violations in the collapse of an outdoor stage at the Indiana State Fair last August just prior to a show by the country band Sugarland. Seven people died and 58 were injured after the stage collapsed when a gust of wind toppled equipment that hung over the stage. CBS News also reports that Mid-America Sound Corp. has been issued… View this story
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
PSW Staff 03/10/11 09:00 AM, 0 CommentsTomcat USA is proud to announce they were an Executive Producer of the 2011 Region 6 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) that took place recently in Amarillo, Texas. Hundreds of students came from Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Missouri and New Mexico to participate in the festival. Design, Technology and Stage Management students had an opportunity to showcase their work and receive outside assessment by KCACTF respondents. “Tomcat is honored to support the Kennedy Center American College Theatre festival… View this story
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Thursday, March 03, 2011
PSW Staff 03/03/11 07:40 AM, 1 CommentTomCat has announced that their 18TH Annual Truss, Hoist & Rigging workshops were a great learning experience for more than 60 students that came from across North America to receive training on truss, chain hoists, rigging, fall protection and automation with our team of world class instructors. The hands on training took place through classes, live practice sessions, as well as after class discussions with the instructors and TomCat’s staff, including a guided tour of TomCat’s factory. The participants also… View this story
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010
PSW Staff 08/18/10 09:33 AM, 0 CommentsProvided by Sweetwater. Q: A buddy and I recently went to a party in a large warehouse. For some reason (the “tech” said sound coverage) they hung the loudspeakers from the overhead beams. Now, the beams looked moderately strong and secure, but there wasn’t any mounting hardware on the enclosures, and they just hung the speakers with chain from the handles. My point is, I volunteer at a church and when we upgraded our PA a few years ago… View this story
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Monday, May 10, 2010
PSW Staff 05/10/10 07:34 AM, 0 CommentsThe crane carries a universal message of peace, only fitting as the more than 100,000 visitors who attended this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival were greeted by a giant representation of the elegant bird. Spanning its wings 150’ and standing a towering 45’ high, the white aluminum origami-style crane was one of the festival’s main attractions at an event known for its stunning visual art as much as its eclectic music. Created by Crimson Collective, a group of… View this story
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009
PSW Staff 08/18/09 11:06 AM, 0 CommentsBritain’s Top of the Pops (TOTP) has been a BBC institution since 1964, broadcast weekly until 2006 and occasionally as one-off specials in the following years. The latest TOTP special, broadcast on BBC2 earlier in 2009, featured performances from Franz Ferdinand, Flo-Rida, Oasis, Take That, Tom Jones, James Morrison and more, live from BBC’s Studio 4, as part of this year’s Comic Relief charity fundraising special. Aside from the significance marked by convergence of these great artists, a TOTP revival… View this story
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Monday, August 17, 2009
PSW Staff 08/17/09 11:35 AM, 0 CommentsThe annual July 4th concert performance at the Ft. Wayne campus of Indiana/Purdue University featured four local acts capped off by nationally known country singer Jo Dee Messina and a spectacular finale featuring the Ft. Wayne Symphony Orchestra performing in tandem with choreographed fireworks. To accommodate all of the performers, Sticha Bros, who’d been contracted for the event by Northern Productions of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, set up a larger 60- x 60-foot stage next to a smaller 60- x… View this story
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Wednesday, August 05, 2009
PSW Staff 08/05/09 12:25 PM, 0 CommentsVMB is pleased to announce the availability of Rainbow electro-acoustical prediction software for the company’s loudspeaker systems that provides horizontal as well as vertical modeling. Windows-based Rainbow allows simulation of complete systems, such as a main large format array complemented by a smaller delayed array and front-fills. Thus its library of loudspeaker systems includes not only the company’s self-powered line array modules with built-in inclinometer (LX-V8 and LX-F6 with accordion-folded ribbon HF driver), but also models from its PHASE or… View this story
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