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High End Systems SolaFrame Theatre Moving Light
High End Systems SolaFrame Theatre Moving Light – Welcome to The Sound of Silence By David Martin Jacques. First published in Church Production Magazine. David Martin Jacques is a professional lighting designer, architectural lighting consultant, and Head of Stage Design at Long Beach State University. His book, Introduction to the Musical Art of Stage Lighting…
Read MoreMamma Mia!
Mamma Mia! The ultimate feel-good musical Mamma Mia! is touring the country throughout 2018, having commenced its national tour in Canberra in November 2017 where it was the biggest theatrical production to play at the Canberra Theatre Centre to date. By Cat Strom. It’s one of the most commercially successful pieces of entertainment of all…
Read MoreListen Here – Back On Track
REGULARS Whether you’re an engineer or producer, 2018 should be the year you get back to recording your own music or playing live again. Isn’t it the reason you found yourself in this crazy industry in the first place? Listen Here – Back on Track By Andy Stewart. By far the most common story I…
Read MoreSydney sold a pup – ICC design derision
By Julius Grafton. As Sydney’s International Convention Centre spends a million dollars on AV equipment that should have been installed when it opened, the events industry are giving the new venue a thumbs down following our story. We revealed some of the shortcomings of the new facility, including the 2,000 square metre exhibition space known as…
Read MoreACETA Confirmed Convention Program
REGULARS Inaugural ACETA Industry Convention – Friday 4th – Sunday 6th May 2018 It’s a sign of abundant activity and progress that we struggled to find the most relevant content for the first ACETA editorial in 2018. An overview of 2017 was planned; however, it was clear that the confirmed inaugural convention program, needed to…
Read MoreHoney I Shrunk It- I really Did
REGULARS Honey I Shrunk It – I really Did We reprise a piece from CX Magazine, February 2013 where Duncan Fry ponders a smaller PA system… Since it’s the start of a new year, I’ve made a new year’s resolution to shrink the size of my current system to still keep the same output level…
Read MoreBiz Talk: Contractor or Employee? It Makes a Difference
REGULARS Biz Talk: Contractor or Employee? It Makes a Difference By guest columnist Simon Byrne. As alluded to by CX Magazine in July last year, the government is getting serious about cracking down on compulsory superannuation avoidance and has provided money to the ATO to monitor and enforce non-compliance. A lot of our industry is…
Read MoreICC Sydney gets $1m AV top-up – after design falls short
By Julius Grafton. Sydney’s International Convention Centre (ICC) has just spent over $1 million on additional AV equipment, barely 18 months after opening as a fully equipped venue. The centre comprises trade show halls, a convention centre, and a theatre venue to replace the Sydney Entertainment Centre. The NSW Government shocked the events industry in…
Read MoreKiwi Performing Arts worth $2.058B
ETNZ drew our attention to the Skills Active Workforce Scan earlier this year, showing the overall contribution to the NZ economy of the broader performing arts industry at almost 1% of GDP. The report is structured different to anything available in Australia, where Live Performance Australia most recently reported Creative and Performing Arts added A$3.818B…
Read MoreACETA: Sustainability, Stability and Reality in 2018
REGULARS Sustainability, Stability and Reality in 2018: A Year of Development and Opportunity for the Committed If you aren’t across the relationship re-alignments currently taking place in our industry you must have just woken from a long coma, and there is every indication the landscape is far from settled. Maybe the current experience is a…
Read MoreThe Basement to close. AMP agree to end lease
By Julius Grafton Sydney music club The Basement is set to close in late March, after negotiations to sell the venue failed. Landlord AMP Capital said they had agreed to end the lease early. The Basement faced trading difficulties. Saddled with an astronomic rent north of ten grand a week, the venue needed a lot…
Read MoreListen Here – Where Am I?
REGULARS Listen Here – Where Am I? By Andy Stewart. When you mix a song, does it ever occur to you to ask yourself where things appear in the pseudo-physical space between your speakers? If you can answer this question for every sound in your mix you’re well on the way to creating a cool,…
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