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Apr 1, 2013,
By Matt Gallagher
Billed as a “sanctuary for jazz,” the SFJAZZ Center (sfjazz.org), located only blocks from San Francisco’s City Hall, received national press coverage and rave reviews when it opened on January 23, 2013, with a gala star-studded concert emceed by Bill Cosby. Purpose-built from the ground up for presenting jazz, SFJAZZ Center is the culmination of a vision developed by the SFJAZZ organization, which for 30 years presented the SFJAZZ Festival in rented venues. SFJAZZ founder Randall Kline says the new center is “the first freestanding building for jazz in the country.”...
Jan 1, 2013,
By Blair Jackson
If you read Mix’s December 2012 cover story on recording Celine Dion, you know that the pop chanteuse is quite particular and demanding when it comes to being able to hear herself in the studio. The same is true in concert, and it has taken a lot of trial and error, spearheaded by Dion’s monitor engineer, Francois Lalonde (pictured)—who also happens to be her vocal recording engineer—to perfect their current live monitoring setup....
Jan 1, 2013,
By Michael Duke
Mobile devices and Wi-Fi have become ingrained in our daily lives, so it’s not terribly surprising to see that these technologies have been adopted as tools in the pro audio world, as well. The Apple iPad has proven to be particularly well suited for this, with its generously sized touchscreen, wireless capability and the relative ease with which custom apps can be written for it. ...
Nov 1, 2012,
Text By Barbara Schultz // Photos By Steve Jennings
Warren Hellman was the world’s most generous music lover. The billionaire financier, philanthropist and banjo player founded and sponsored San Francisco’s massive, free music festival, giving it like a huge, joyful present to the city. When Hellman passed away last December, he was mourned not only by people who knew him, but also by those who benefited from his charitable donations to public schools, the San Francisco Free Clinic and more, and by the hundreds of thousands who flock to the meadows of Golden Gate Park every October....
Jun 1, 2012,
By Barbara Schultz; Photos By Steve Jennings
Front-of-house engineers often tell us that their top priority is to make sure the audience can hear all of the lyrics, especially when the lead singer is a great storyteller, a singer/songwriter type. All over club land, mixers strive to create a balanced mix, but keep those vocals intelligible and out-front. However, that task gets a bit more challenging when the singer/songwriter is fronting a powerhouse 16-piece band......
Apr 1, 2012,
By Barbara Schultz
There are a lot of reasons not to envy President Obama’s job. But as he told a packed East Room on Presidents Day this year, “…and then there are nights when B.B. King and Mick Jagger come over to your house to play a concert.”...
Mar 1, 2012,
By Sarah Benzuly
Chateau Nightclub and Gardens, the latest venue to open on the Las Vegas strip, offers an expansive audio/visual system, designed and installed by Bob Athey. The 45,000-square-foot club spans two levels, with numerous indoor and outdoor spaces. ...
Mar 1, 2012,
By Barbara Schultz
A couple of years ago, a new venue quietly began appearing in the San Francisco Bay Area concert listings: the Uptown Theatre. Not to be confused with Oakland, Calif.’s beloved sweaty shoebox, the Uptown Nightclub, the renovated art-deco is now the centerpiece of nightlife in the Northern California wine country destination of Napa. ...
Mar 1, 2007,
By Sarah Benzuly
Founded just three-and-a-half years ago, Miami's Drummer Boy Sound Productions Inc. (www.drummerboysound.com) has done quite well. Whether supporting...
Mar 1, 2007
Ben Grossman has been wowing audiences with his electroacoustics vielle a rou, or hurdy-gurdy as it is also called. He's currently out on the road with...
Mar 1, 2007
CSP Mobile's (www.cspmobile.com) digital audio/video trucks, Unit 6 and Unit 3, were on hand for Fearless Entertainment's new MTV Live series from the...
Feb 1, 2007
For the 2006 European MTV Awards (November 2 at the Copenhagen, Denmark-based Bella Centre), sound designer Derrick Zieba worked alongside an audio team...
Feb 1, 2007
The National System Contractors Association (NSCA) has chosen Fits & Starts Productions to conduct its first House of Worship workshops at its annual...
Feb 1, 2007,
By Steve La Cerra
Mixing monitors is like directing traffic in midtown Manhattan: Everyone wants to go first, no one is heading in the same direction, and nobody wants...
Feb 1, 2007,
By Sarah Benzuly
Think back to this past holiday season. Rushing from store to store, trying to find the perfect gift. Or did you surf the Web, trying to make sense of...
Jan 1, 2007,
By Pete Keppler
Since its arrival some 18 months ago, Digidesign's VENUE has found acceptance on major tours with more than 300 systems in use worldwide. This modular...
Jan 1, 2007,
By Steve La Cerra
A long time ago, in a sound system not so far away, routing audio meant connecting copper wire from an analog output to an analog input. Anytime a connection...
Jan 1, 2007
Greg Mace of house-of-worship audio specialists GJM Sound recently completed an install at Nampa First Nazarene Church (Nampa, Idaho) that required serious...
Jan 1, 2007
For the seventh year, 3G Live (L.A.) provided staging/lighting/sound for Reventn, a Latin rock/pop music festival held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum,...
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