Just another day at Norwest

Rumors of his demise are just that. Steve Knight is today on the job at Norwest, directing production at Hillsong Conference – Australia’s largest gig. After a July 1 restructure that saw Steve, a founder of Cairellie – the production firm acquired by Norwest 12 months ago – assume a new title, the misinformation has…

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Crestron Australia and Hills

Without further comment, this is the press release:   This year Crestron Australia & New Zealand (ANZ) will proudly be celebrating its ten year anniversary. With your support Crestron ANZ has enjoyed significant continued growth to become a dominant force across various market segments including Education, Government and Commercial sectors. Our 400+ engineering team in…

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Eighth Day Sound Open in Australia

Major USA live sound co opens up shop UPDATED: See end. The spin machine at Australia’s audio rental firms will be reaching terminal velocity as you read this. Eighth Day Sound & Elite Sound & Lighting have decided to work together in Australia. Eighth Day Sound battle against Clair Brothers across the Northern Hemisphere, and…

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Robe MiniMes For Australian Old Parliament House

Four Robe ROBIN MiniMes – Robe’s compact effects luminaire with video – have been supplied for use throughout the Museum of Australian Democracy (MOAD) located at the Old Parliament House Building in Canberra, ACT, by Elite Sound & Lighting, also based in the city. The fixtures are mobile and are being used for a variety…

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Hills acquires APG

Contractor audio has a new number one Hills have acquired Audio Products Group (APG), an Australian and New Zealand supplier of professional audio products, for A$15 million. APG will now join the roster of Hills audio brands in one greatly expanded distribution firm known simply as Hills. Hills and APG both operated heavily in the…

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What Woodie Wanted

Talking about male cancer issues is REALLY freaking boring. I know, I track what you click. If I write about a punk who runs a crap festival and rips off crew, you click 28 x more than if it is about men stuff. Especially THIS man stuff, cancer of the gland that helps you ejaculate.…

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Meyer Sound Names Luke Jenks Director of Product Management

Meyer Sound has promoted Luke Jenks to the newly created position of Director of Product Management. Most recently serving as the company’s loudspeaker product manager, Jenks now represents the full range of company solutions, from loudspeakers to show control, system optimization, and passive and active acoustic systems. As director of product management, Jenks is responsible…

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Technical Expertise and Equipment A Priority At Royal ICC

Brisbane’s Royal International Convention Centre (Royal ICC) has enjoyed a successful first 12 months of operation. The city’s newest convention centre has fast gained a reputation for offering the best in technical expertise and equipment courtesy of their preferred in-house supplier Microhire. So it was no surprise that Soundcraft Si Expression consoles, a Clear-Com Tempest…

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Fake Dynacord on EBay alert

Watch for fake Dynacord PowerMate 1000 MKII mixers, one sold yesterday for over $1,500. These turn up at Bosch Service in Australia with numerous faults and do not meet any acceptable spec. Look for missing serial number. Anyone with info about the identity of the seller contact CX or Bosch.

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Hey f**kwit! Letter from AJ

He possibly has a massive cranium and good luck with that because us media types know about ego management. His Twitter feeds are JUST so entertaining – check out https://twitter.com/iamnotshouting So festival promoter Arash ‘AJ’ Maddah is our favorite Iranian/Australian these days. He has overtaken Michael ‘F–king Chugg’ in the backstage entertainment stakes. Sorry Chuggi.…

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