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ENTECH ON THE ROAD: Stale Crew
By Julius Grafton. Last week we detailed a couple of venue issues in two articles, ‘What is a sandwich?’ and this tale of the World’s Slowest Floor Manager. At ENTECH in Melbourne and Adelaide this week, more than a few people asked me whether any of the the venues in the stories would have us back.…
Read MoreISE 2019: Choose Your Own Adventure
ISE 2019 ISE 2019: Choose Your Own Adventure by Jason Allen. Amsterdam’s ISE is a huge, unwieldy beast of a show. Cramming it into 15 halls in the RAI Exhibition and Convention Centre is quite a feat, especially when you consider that it only has 11 halls to begin with. Jason Allen got lost in…
Read MoreENTECH hits 25 – up, up but almost full!
ENTECH returns for its 25th anniversary in March 2020 with unprecedented demand for exhibitor space – leaving the roadshow with no way to grow. The 2019 tour tested the boundaries for growth, adding 10% more than the previous year filling the smallest venue on the tour. But the format will not change, as it works…
Read MoreMemorial for Richard Pacholski (R2)
Memorial for Richard Pacholski (R2) Chameleon is hosting a celebration of the life of R2 (Richard Pacholski) next Monday 18 March, 4pm – 9pm at their warehouse in Sydney. R2 was a highly respected member of the lighting community, as a lighting designer, associate designer or production electrician. After starting his lighting career at…
Read MoreThe Prodigy
ROADSKILLS The Prodigy by Cat Strom. Photo Credits: Troy Constable Loud, Powerful, Bright…it must be The Prodigy! Jonathan Burton has been mixing FOH for The Prodigy for 15 years and surprisingly he still has his hearing! Whilst not on the road with the band, he follows a more sedate life style lecturing at various…
Read MoreENTECH Venue Fails. ‘What is a sandwich?’
By Julius Grafton. Roundup # 2: The very late event order arrived two days prior to show. We send our Venue Manual as a Word file so they can cut and paste our needs into their various event paperwork systems. I don’t think there is a standard system, as each event order has it’s own…
Read MoreENTECH Venue Fail, Chapter One
By Julius Grafton. Every year we tour a bunch of venues across our Roadshows. ENTECH is the most demanding, as it has four trailer loads of stuff. The venues all try their best but we are out of the ordinary so things can and do go wrong. It’s my job top make sure our exhibitor…
Read MoreHarman Training 2019 by avt
News Harman Training 2019 by avt avt are running Harman University training courses throughout 2019 at their offices – locations here (https://avt.tech/contact) Enrolment enquires can be directed to training@avt.techor (07) 5531 3103, and courses are open to all AV installers, designers, and consultants looking to expand their skill sets. More info on Harman University…
Read MoreThe Touring Games
TOURING The Touring Games by John O’Brien. It’s tour time. Passport, itinerary, toiletries – check. Let’s rock and roll… Wave goodbye and hit the road for endless partying. It’s all sex, drugs and TV smashing, isn’t it? Outsiders might romanticise it that way but most CX readers know something far different. Long days of…
Read MoreShowtools acquire TLC
Showtools International Pty Ltd, leading Australian distributor and wholesaler of some of the world’s foremost professional lighting, staging and truss brands, has entered into an agreement to acquire The Lighting Collective (TLC). TLC is an Australian based distributor and manufacturer of leading entertainment lighting and lighting console brands, some of which include GLP, Minuit Une,…
Read MoreBlowing Up (It Wasn’t Just Pyro)
TOURING Blowing Up (It Wasn’t Just Pyro) by Julius Grafton. The things that went wrong resonate same as the golden moments. Gold when everyone is happy, the show is sold out, sounds and looks great, and money flows where intended. But the sticky brown moments are our great test and they could come hard…
Read MoreTech Talk – The Poor Old Omnidirectional Microphone
TECH TALK The Poor Old Omnidirectional Microphone by Simon Byrne. The poor old omnidirectional (or omni) microphone has fallen out of favour, which is a shame because it has a lot of great characteristics. The primary reasons we don’t see many of them in live sound is gain before feedback, and spill between…
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