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Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Big-Time Sound Reinforcement At 2009 Coachella & Stagecoach Festivals
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06/09/09 12:56 PM,
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The tenth annual (2009) Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival saw hundreds of performers across five stages, with a wide range of artists including Paul McCartney, Leonard Cohen, The Cure, The Killers and hip hop pioneers Public Enemy, among many others. It was followed by the growing Stagecoach Country Music Festival, held on the same beautiful desert location at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio, CA (east of Los Angeles) and featuring top country artists such as Kenny Chesney, Kid…
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JBL VERTEC And SOUND.COM Drive Ahead For Volkswagen’s New Factory Launch In India
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06/09/09 07:45 AM,
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Volkswagen India has moved to ramp up its production in that region, with a factory launch at Chakan, outside of the city of Pune, one of India’s most prestigious corporate events of the season. The new $766 million (U.S.) factory, expected to employ 2,500 workers at the plant by the end of 2010, is VW’s 61st in the world. Aman Anand and the events team of G2 Rams contracted Mumbai-based SOUND.COM to handle all technical audio services for the launch…
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Friday, June 05, 2009
Sennheiser Supports Bowling Green University Vocal Camp With Microphones & A Scholarship
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06/05/09 10:50 AM,
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The 2009 Bowling Green State University’s (BGSU) Vocal Jazz Camp features instruction from members of the premier vocal jazz quartet New York Voices, and in recognition of the unique opportunity the camp provides for serious students of vocal jazz, Sennheiser and Neumann will support the camp by providing a scholarship and live microphones both for use during the camp, as well as for prizes. Applications for the scholarship can be found at www.BGSUjazz.com and awards will be determined based on…
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Thursday, June 04, 2009
Indie Rock/Hip-Hop Duo Chester French On Tour With Electro-Voice PL80 Microphones
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06/04/09 10:43 AM,
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With an original sound that is equal parts indie rock and hip-hop, duo Chester French has been on the fast track to fame ever since their first hit single “She Loves Everybody” debuted last November. After months of shows and TV appearances, the release of their first album, “Love the Future,” and a U.S. tour with Lady Sovereign, the pair of Harvard alumni will embark for Europe, returning home in July to begin opening for punk rockers Blink-182 on their…
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Audio-Technica Introduces BP896 Subminiature Lavalier Microphone
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06/03/09 01:00 PM,
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Audio-Technica introduces its smallest lavalier offering to date, the BP896 subminiature omnidirectional condenser microphone, intended for capture of high-quality audio with unobtrusive profile and providing maximum intelligibility as well as clean, accurate reproduction. The BP896 capsule measures a mere 2.5 mm in diameter, making it ideal for applications requiring minimum visibility. The microphone operates on phantom power and includes a complete accessory kit. The BP896 is available in black and beige wired and wireless models. The wireless offerings include a…
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New Super-Group Tinted Windows All Utilizing Sennheiser evolution e 935 Wired Nicrophones
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06/03/09 10:22 AM,
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Members of four disparate bands - Cheap Trick, Hanson, Smashing Pumpkins, and Fountains of Wayne - have formed Tinted Windows, a power pop music “super-group” with all players utilizing Sennheiser e 935 wired microphones for live performances. Mike Fanuele, who has worked with Dashboard Confessional and Fountains of Wayne, among others, served as the band’s house and monitor sound engineer (in addition to production and tour manager_ for three SXSW gigs and a subsequent two-week tour that hit New York,…
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WorxAudio Technologies Line Arrays Deliver At University Of Tennessee Commencement
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06/03/09 08:16 AM,
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The recent 2009 University of Tennessee in Knoxville commencement ceremony for graduates of its School of Arts & Sciences, held at the university’s Thompson-Boiling Arena, offered sound reinforcement by Knoxville-based Sound Ventures, which supplied a system headed by WorxAudio Technologies TrueLine line array loudspeakers. Also at this year’s commencement, the university conferred a formal degree of a doctorate of humane and musical letters upon Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter,and philanthropist Dolly Parton for her dedication to education, young people, The Thompson-Boiling…
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Monday, June 01, 2009
Bose Introduces L1 Compact Portable Line Array Loudspeaker System
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06/01/09 10:46 AM,
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Bose Professional Sound has introduced the new L1 Compact portable line array system, the latest addition to the Bose L1 product line. It will be on display at the Bose booth (number 6185) at the upcoming 2009 InfoComm show in Orlando. The new L1 Compact system features an integrated low-frequency enclosure and combines the amplifier, monitor, PA, mixer and EQ into a complete audio system ready for simple connection to an instrument, microphone, MP3 player, computer or other audio device.…
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Friday, May 29, 2009
DiGiCo SD7 Digital Consoles Supplied By Sound Image For Lenny Kravitz Concert Tour
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05/29/09 02:32 PM,
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Leading touring company Sound Image recently invested in a pair of DiGiCo SD7 digital consoles and is supplying them for both house and monitor system duties on the current European concert tour by Lenny Kravitz. Kravitz is touring in support of the 20th anniversary deluxe reissue of his debut album Let Love Rule, and he has performed with DiGiCo consoles for several years. Monitor Engineer Kevin Glendinning has worked with Kravitz since the beginning of 2008, inheriting the job from…
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Bartlett Microphones Debuts TM-125 Supercardioid Condenser Boundary Microphone
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05/29/09 01:14 PM,
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New. U.S.-based company Bartlett Microphones has introduced the TM-125, a supercardioid condenser boundary stage-floor microphone designed for use on the theater stage to pick up actors in drama or musicals, capturing the footwork of dance groups, and picking up speech in boardrooms, conferences, pulpits, and altar tables. Designed by Bruce Bartlett and Steve Mills, who have 57 years of combined engineering experience at Shure and Crown International, the TM-125 utilizes miniature capsule technology that prevents phase cancellations due to sound…
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