World’s First Guitar-Shaped Hotel Comes to Life with RealMotion Live by Thomas Richard - November 18, 2019 RealMotion recently brought its expertise to the launch of the world’s first guitar-shaped hotel, the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Powered by a single RealMotion 4 Karat Gold Series server, the entire facade of the 400-foot-tall, $1.5 billion hotel is now one of the world’s most unique
MIPRO Brings the Beats for Asia & Germany Beatbox Championships Live by Thomas Richard - November 18, 2019 ABC 2019 (Asia Beatbox Championship 2019) was held on July 19 and 20 in Taipei. This was the fourth time MIPRO sponsored the biggest beatbox event in Asia and again the MIPRO MM-59B dynamic microphone was selected as the official microphone. This year ABC got entries from more than 25 countries. Through
Alan Parsons Live Project tours with Alcons Live by Thomas Richard - November 14, 2019 As far as the sound of his songs is concerned, Alan Parsons is probably one of the most demanding artists ever. In the late '60s / early' 70s, he worked as a sound engineer on milestones in music history, including the Beatles albums "Abbey Road" and "Let it be", as
Robe for Ubud Jazz Festival Live News by Thomas Richard - November 12, 2019 The seventh Ubud Village Jazz Festival (UVJF) was staged at the Arma Art Museum in the fertile and beautiful Bali Uplands, Indonesia, welcoming a host of fabulous local and international artists. They and an enthusiastic audience embraced the true spirit of jazz presenting a wide range of genres and styles, celebrating
PR LIGHTING OUT IN FORCE AT DIVALI NAGAR FESTIVAL Live by Thomas Richard - November 4, 2019 PR Lighting fixtures were out in force at the recent nine-day Divali Nagar Festival on the Caribbean island of Trinidad & Tobago. Promoted by the National Council for Indian Culture (NCIC), and now in its 33rd year, Divali Nagar is an annual exposition of Hindu culture (generally) and Indo-Trinidadian culture (specifically). It
Hillsong UNITED Supports People With L-Acoustics Live by Thomas Richard - November 4, 2019November 5, 2019 With an estimated 50-million-plus people singing from its catalogue of songs every Sunday and over 1.5 billion minutes garnered from YouTube viewers, Australia’s Hillsong Church is unquestionably one of the primary architects of modern worship music. Although the Sydney-based organization has several performing collectives that tour worldwide, Hillsong UNITED is likely
Robe Raises Hell at French Metal Festival Live by Thomas Richard - November 4, 2019 Nearly 300 x Robe moving lights and 7 x RoboSpot systems were delivered by Melpomen (part of the B-Live Group) to the 2019 Hellfest French rock festival, complete with 6 x BMFL LTs from rental company Novelty, claiming a ‘world first’ for the usage of these fixtures in a festival
DLIVE SUPPORTS LEWIS CAPALDI ON SOLD-OUT RUN Live by Thomas Richard - November 4, 2019 Continuing his run of sold-out arena shows, Scottish singer-songwriter, Lewis Capaldi takes on the world one show at a time, along with an Allen & Heath dLive mixing system covering FOH and Monitor duties. Capaldi made history by becoming the first ever artist to both announce and sell out an arena
VUE Audiotechnik improve FOH mix for Marilyn Manson Live by Thomas Richard - November 4, 2019November 5, 2019 Marilyn Manson embarked on a 2019 tour in support of his latest release “Heaven Upside Down”. Mixing a bombastic selection of both classic Manson and new songs always presents a challenge to engineers. Thankfully, Manson has 2 great FOH engineers he relies on and they rely on VUE Audio i-8a loudspeakers
KISS Embarks on the ‘End of the Road’ World Tour with disguise Live by Thomas Richard - November 4, 2019 Iconic American rock band KISS are currently playing their last ever shows with the ‘End of the Road’ World tour. The band, who’s musical career spans over 40 years, opened the tour in January in Vancouver and will wrap up in Nagoya, Japan at the end of 2019, playing 112
