One of the common complaints that you often hear about livestream performances is that they lack that ‘excitement’ you get while being shoulder-to-shoulder with a room full of fans. Although I’m somewhat biased, I think nowhere is this truer than in the world of metal, where so much of the live experience is fuelled by the energy of the crowd. Despite being unable to call for any circle pits, we have seen a number of groups from the genre take to virtual stages to present raucous live performances to their fans at home. Most notably, in September 2020 Wacken Open…
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Perhaps the most decorated of the modern-day era of rap music figures, Post Malone graced the 2020 Billboard Music Awards with a unique performance befitting the nine awards he scooped for top artist and top rap tour, among others on 14 October 2020. Behind the curtain of the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California, there is an equally important success story – a core group of technically-proficient creatives joining forces for the first time since the COVID-19 outbreak in March 2020 to present a unique BBMAs performance. The last time TPi met the team behind Post Malone’s live shows was…
What sparked your interest in the events sector? “I have always been interested in behind the scenes of live events – how things are organised and run efficiently. Whenever I go to see a show, I’m always looking at how they do the rigging or thinking about the quick costume changes as much as watching the action.” How did you get your start at Cirque Bijou? “I saw a job advertised for an Arts Administrator with Cirque Bijou back in 2010. I applied and had my heart set on working there. However, due to the huge number of applicants and…
Crosstown Concerts made a successful entry into the broadcast market, with its first online concert for English folk act Bellowhead, selling 8,200 tickets on 5 December 2020. After live shows fell casualty to pandemic shutdown, from March 2020, Crosstown Concerts spent months researching options for their artists to connect with fans, and start reinstating the all-important revenue streams. Stabal’s super high quality concert broadcast for Bellowhead’s first show in four-and-a-half years, proved very popular with gig-starved fans, with 70% of ticket sales being the higher value option for 30-day video-on-demand passes. Irish singer Damien Dempsey also enjoyed a successful stream…
Founder Director of lighting company Avolites, Steve Warren continues his series of articles talking to leading figures about the current state of play in the industry with a look at the growing importance of sustainability.
In the space of three weeks, Prints for Music has sold over 1,000 prints by world renowned photographers and has raised over £100,000 for Stagehand – the only UK charity specifically dedicated to providing hardship funding for live music crews who have fallen on tough times. Over 100 iconic prints of world-renowned music artists taken by photographers including Roger Bamber, Rankin, Tony McGee, Terence Donavan and Jill Furmanovsky went on sale three weeks ago. Available for £95+ p&p each, the sale represents an opportunity to own a piece of music history, with many of the prints usually unavailable to buy.…
From a high-profile fashion event in a socially distanced venue with an army of masked crew, to working in sparse TV studios and on-air radio broadcasts, sound rental company Britannia Row Productions has maintained COVID-19 secure working practices during the pandemic. Freelance sound engineer Scott Maxwell was touring with deep house DJ and producer Jax Jones when COVID-19 cancellations saw his calendar fall apart. After months without pushing his faders, Autumn finally kicked off a run of new shows. A theatre production in Southampton’s Mayflower Theatre was his first foray into socially distant events. The theatre partnered with Stage2View to…
The new ‘Application Examples’ website section has been specifically designed to provide detailed insights into which elements of the CODA Audio range will best suit any given scenario. Utilising CODA’s proprietary system prediction software, ‘System Optimiser’, the examples show typical deployments of CODA Audio loudspeaker systems in their natural habitat, identifying which system components work most effectively in which environments, and graphically displaying the results that can be expected. CODA Audio’s Global Director of Marketing, David Webster commented: “It’s one thing looking through at brochure-style presentations at the specifications of loudspeaker systems, but it can often be difficult to gauge…
It was ‘Time To Be Audacious’ as luxury automaker Maserati launched the MC20, the first super sports car of its Trident brand, in a never-seen-before automotive event format powered by disguise xR. Milan-based Feelrouge Worldwide Shows staged a two-day hybrid event held at the famous Autodromo di Modena race track, and broadcast live around the world. The setting included a huge open-air, installation stage with 630 square meters of LED video screens on three different axes, which hosted a series of anamorphic visual effects and augmented and mixed reality content, powered by three disguise gx 2c media servers. The visual…
Vero Shield, a new female-owned company and part of the Dodd Technologies family in Pendleton, Indiana, has acquired Luxibel UV-C disinfection systems for its inventory, supplied by ACT Lighting. Vero Shield offers custom turnkey solutions that enable businesses, employees and customers to gather in a safe and comfortable environment during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. “Vero Shield is the first extension of the Dodd brand in its almost 40 years as a production and staging company,” said Mark Dodd, President and CEO of Dodd Technologies. “When the pandemic started putting so many people out of business we looked at technologies…
Broadcast and technical production services specialist, RemotePro.Live, took care of the recording and broadcast of iHeartCountry Festival – a major undertaking that required best-in-class fidelity, major network quality and very quick turnaround times. Broadcast Audio Capture was fed from the Steel Mill in Nashville to music mixer John Harris in Philadelphia via Remote Production Group’s proprietary RFN Network Tunnels directly into his ProTools and monitoring systems. RPG recorded 64 channels locally with full redundancy while John remotely mixed and monitored via public high speed internet. In this way he was able to build and refine mixes during line checks, sound…
When COVID-19 hit earlier this year, President and CEO of Onstage Systems, Hyacinth Belcher worked hard to find a way to bring live events back safely to the Dallas area. Belcher dedicated months to the project, which culminated in Capricorn Drive-In, a series of live events held at historic Fair Park, a 277-acre campus located just east of Downtown Dallas. Fair Park is a beautiful, art-deco property with a storied history that hosts the State Fair of Texas each year. “To me, it was the ideal place to celebrate the diversity of Dallas and the local talent of the area,”…
German audio technology and solution company d&b audiotechnik has partnered with Gareth Owen Sound to launch En-Snap cue automation software, a significant step in advancing the application of the immersive sound experience that is Soundscape. Since its launch in 2018, d&b Soundscape has provided audiences worldwide with an immersive audio reality that shapes deep and intense connections between audiences and artists. En-Snap allows for even more efficient and seamless Soundscape integration within the wider entertainment technology ecosystem. Developed by Gareth Owen Sound for d&b Soundscape, d&b is working in cooperation with the renowned Sound Designer and his elite team to…
More than 75,000 tickets were sold as part of the NSW Government’s recent Great Southern Nights performance series held throughout November which is Australian Music Month. Great Southern Nights delivered 1,100 COVID-safe performances to live music venues in over 140 towns and suburbs throughout the state. The aim was to reinvigorate NSW’s live music scene, which took a significant hit at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Presented in partnership with ARIA, Great Southern Nights saw more than 2,500 artists perform at over 300 venues, with many high-profile names heading to regional venues to perform. All music events were programmed…
CHAUVET Professional will extend the ReSet Fund program through 31 December during the season of giving to help individuals in the live event industry impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. After CHAUVET Professional kicked off the program, which helps fund grants through Behind the Scenes (BTS), with a $25,000 donation to BTS in October, the brand has been offering a matching donation for all merchandise sold on its website. With hundreds of orders in, CHAUVET Professional is committed to extending support during the holiday season. “We are in the season of giving and during a year when everyone has given so…
SLLFX’s dedicated DJ streaming studio hosted the launch party for the new single from Nathan Dawe and Little Mix, No Time For Tears. The studio provided a stunning backdrop and the technical capabilities to handle the full delivery of the livestream. “Our livestream studio has been a popular choice for DJs looking to deliver a professional look for their sets and it has hosted a great range of performances, but this single launch was probably the biggest thing it’s been used for so far,” said Adam Turbill, Managing Director at SLLFX and Project Manager for the launch. “This was a…
Designed and manufactured in Italy, the Vegas 4 is a multi-purpose miniature loudspeaker featuring a single-driver design and employing a brand new 4” transducer created by Outline’s engineers specifically for the product. Its power handling, audio performance (even off-axis, traditionally not a strong point of single-driver designs), thoughtful design and robustness allow it to fulfil a huge range of roles in both fixed and mobile applications. Measuring just 12cm x 12cm x 12.6cm and weighing only 1.6Kg (3.5 lb), multiple Vegas 4s can be deployed in projects where high quality audio is required but where minimum visual impact is demanded…
The annual ARTE Concert Festival went virtual this year with three days of music live streamed to audiences worldwide. Lighting Designer, Pierre Claude deployed seven Claypaky A.leda B-EYE K10 fixtures, two dozen Claypaky HY B-EYE K25 LED washes and 16 ADB SVOBODA classic batten fixtures for the live musical performances shot at La Gaite Lyrique in Paris on 13-15 November. Artists participating in the festival, which was prohibited from staging in-person concerts due to the coronavirus pandemic, included singer/songwriter Sebastien Tellier, hip-hop sensation Lous and the Yakuza and French electropop band Yelle, making its long-awaited comeback. Pierre Claude has designed…
