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20 Questions with Alex Saad
Hosted by Cat Strom Alex Saad is a dim sim connoisseur, lighting designer for some relatively unknown local, national and international acts, comedy through rock and roll and anything in between. What are the three best things about your job? Seeing my mates. Seeing happy punters after a gig. Watching/ listening to each act perform.…
Read MoreMeyer Sound: Everything Matters
FACTORY TOUR; by Julius Grafton Since inception in the 1970’s Meyer Sound has occupied space in San Francisco’s Berkeley precinct and today 350 people make almost everything they sell, right there. It’s an eclectic precinct – the organic food market at the end of the street can feature a Sitar player. A gourmet hotdog tent…
Read MoreGoing for broke. Guide to Bankruptcy
By Julius Grafton Somehow I found myself talking to a couple of friends who are recently bankrupt. One just filed, the other was recently discharged. I thought their experiences were worth sharing. “I went home and told my wife my business was collapsing”, Andrew* said. “Her first reaction was ‘oh my God, we’ll lose the…
Read MoreBee Gees Way: The Tech of the Tribute to the Gibbs
ICT PROFILE By Jason Allen Queensland’s Moreton Bay Council is very proud of three of their favourite sons, Robin, Maurice and Barry, who went from their humble origins in Redcliffe to become one of the most successful pop acts in history. To celebrate their lives and links to the area, Council and Barry Gibb have…
Read MoreConverged IT and AV Show unveils unique education program
The inaugural ICTech Roadshow, the only trade show of its kind in Australia addressing the convergence of AV and IT in a unique and innovative roadshow format, has today announced details of its educational program. The program will deliver hands-on product, software and issue-based seminars from leading industry practitioners in five cities across Australia in…
Read More20 Questions: James ‘Oysters’ Kilpatrick, FOH sound engineer
James ‘Oysters’ Kilpatrick is one of Australia’s most experienced FOH engineers and has mixed for a who’s who of Australian music: Midnight Oil, Eskimo Joe, Delta Goodrem, Rogue Traders, Yothu Yindi, The Living End, Slim Dusty …….. the list is endless. 1. What are the three best things about your job? The crews that work…
Read MoreWHS Guidelines Project: CX supports this!
Roderick Van Gelder is a professional event safety consultant. Several years ago he attempted to establish Event Safety Alliance Australia, an initiative to get an Australian version of the UK Purple Guide. But the industry is not keen on associating. Over in New Zealand they have ETNZ – while Australia has not managed to get…
Read MoreENTECH NZ a winner for all
At presstime we were just finished ENTECH NZ and it was a fabulous tour. A week before our first one day event in Auckland I knew we were on track for a success. We did some specific promotions around the final date in Christchurch and that paid off with the right number and spread of…
Read MoreCX goes Digital Free
CX was one the only fully paid circulation trade mags in the world until this month when we went digital free. It was a decision made some time ago and timed for the inflection point where advertising revenue fell below a trigger. This sounds illogical. Wouldn’t we be chasing every dollar, especially readership money, to…
Read MoreNSW Govt selloff: Aust Tech Park to close. EXCLUSIVE
UPDATED AT END: The Sydney events industry has been served a blow after the NSW Government sold off Australian Technology Park in Eveleigh. The ATP Conference Centre, which has been running since 1998, is due to close on 30 June 2017. The closure of the Conference Centre follows the sale of ATP to a Mirvac-led…
Read MoreFrom today CX is DIGITAL FREE
We are one of the only trade magazines that charges for subscriptions but from today digital access becomes free at www.cxnetwork.com.au – where (after registering free) you can read and download ALL our editions back to 2012. Soon we will have the whole archive, indexed, spanning 26 years. If you currently have a paid digital…
Read MoreNW and Haycom merge
(Main picture: Haycom founder, Allan Hay) NW Group has expanded with the acquisition via merger of Haycom, a leading supplier of corporate audio visual services across Eastern Australia. Haycom contributes a significant corporate customer roster, and additional abilities to NW Group which started as an audio company in the early 1990’s. Haycom has three main…
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