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Bose Professional Takes New ShowMatch™ DeltaQ™ Array Loudspeakers on the Road
Bose® Professional has begun global demonstration events of its new ShowMatch™ DeltaQ™ array loudspeakers. The compact and versatile ShowMatch loudspeaker features DeltaQ next-generation array technology, offering the ability to build traditional (J-Array or Constant Curvature) and DeltaQ array configurations, allowing both portable/rental and installed applications to deploy selectable coverage control. ShowMatch arrays are capable of…
Read MoreFreelance Techies driving for Uber – perfect solution
By Julius Grafton I personally know at least 10 freelance theatre and events techs show drive Uber – it is the perfect ‘in between’ filler because you can drive one hour or one week – the system lets you log on and off anytime. “I finish my gig at 12.15am and I’m too wired to…
Read MoreTicketmaster Resale goes Rogue
The hot topic this Christmas across entertainment and events is the Ticketmaster Resale company -amid suggestions it has ‘gone rogue’ because somehow it gets incredibly early allocations of tickets and sells them at a stonking profit, way over the cover price. This is not an allegation made by Juliusmedia, simply a repeat of what we…
Read MoreNexstage Staging and Rigging Technologies brings world class staging solutions to the Australian market!
Newly formed but with loads of experience, Nexstage Staging and Rigging Technologies has been successful in becoming the exclusive Australian distributor for the German made 2M GMBH Ergo|lay staging system that now brings unsurpassed flexibility is stage design due to its unique shapes for custom applications. Staging deck shapes including 60 and 90 degree sections,…
Read MoreMissy Higgins and the SSO
Missy Higgins and her band have been touring the country with some of Australia’s leading symphony orchestras joining her for these special concerts. By day Brent Gray is an account manager for JPJ Audio in Melbourne but he is set free whenever Missy tours as he has been her front of house engineer since day one. “I did her…
Read MoreRegister NOW for ENTECH and get double chance for PRIZES!
Five prizes in each city, all you have to do is Register to attend, then BE THERE for the draw. Register NOW and your name goes into the barrel TWICE (Register before Xmas). Go here: www.cxevents.com.au
Read MoreHow Lawyers Play You
Your grief is their beef fillet By Julius Grafton Our story about the TCP Fraud in September had an unhappy sequel. The duped lease guy called and informed us he had spent $900,000 on un-successful legal actions to try to claw back some of the $1m in lease funding he advanced. It sent him broke.…
Read MoreRattled not Rolled. How our brothers handled the NZ quake last week
Resilience glows through quake dust Rattled out of bed or still working, the large and angry South Island earthquake on Monday 14 November was a big shake. Mercifully the epicenter wasn’t under a major city like the disaster that struck Christchurch in 2011. CX NZ put out a call to see how our industry are…
Read MoreSuicide. We don’t want it
By Julius Grafton A powerful Blog by Robert Gosford (pictured left) talks about his departed crew mates – Sam Marini (pic, right), Tony Norton, Andy “The Hat” Crosby and Declan Cooney. Robert wrote on Crikey after viewing the ABC TV report on Australian Road Crew earlier this week. This morning a tired crew member called to tell how a ‘mate’ had…
Read MoreROAD CREW ASSOCIATION STRENGTHENS TO FIGHT SUICIDE
Benevolent Fund helps distressed crew By Julius Grafton The Australian Road Crew Association (ARCA) added board members on Monday 21 November in Melbourne and resolved to fight harder to help current and former crew facing difficulties. ARCA has called on promoters and industry to donate 5c a ticket sold directly into the Roadie Fund administered…
Read MoreJezabels – Live
By Cat Strom One of Australia’s finest bands The Jezabels, have completed their long-awaited national album tour for their third album SYNTHIA. Lighting designer Tim Beeston of Flash Bang Productions has lit the band for quite a few years and managed to achieve some pretty impressive looks out of his rig at Sydney’s Enmore Theatre.…
Read MoreFailed Events Co stages a Phoenix?
The Artistry Events Pty Ltd failed last month, as we reported last week. Now it seems Peter Pengly – a former director of Artistry – has launched his own company modelled almost entirely on the failed firm. This gets interesting. The new firm was registered as The Artistry Life Pty Ltd (ACN 614 862 378)…
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