Let The Music Play took place for the second time on 4 August 2020 with 9,300 total global English language mentions of #LetTheMusicPlay between 3 and 5 August 2020. This represents a 1000% increase in conversation in the same time period previously. It was trending within the UK on Twitter throughout the day until later afternoon. This was a campaign with global reach – with 44% of conversation occurred in the UK with 26.1% in the US, and conversation also originating from geographies like Netherlands, Japan, Ireland and France. There are now over 120,000 posts on the #LetTheMusicPlay tag on…
Author: James Robertson
Meyer Sound’s Summer Webinar Program will wrap with a final “Festival Friday” round table session featuring the decades-long sonic explorations of Meyer Sound with the Grateful Dead and their related bands. The round table includes special guest Derek Featherstone, UltraSound CEO and FOH mixing engineer for Dead and Company, Meyer Sound President & CEO John Meyer, and Bob McCarthy, Meyer Sound Director of System Optimization. The Friday, August 7 webinar will explore the long strange trip with the Grateful Dead going back to the infamous “Wall of Sound” days, and the related iterations of the band since the passing of…
Audio-Technica has announced the launch of its newly redesigned website at www.audio-technica.com. The site creates a completely new user experience for the Audio-Technica brand and was developed with a mobile-first philosophy. As with any contemporary web platform, the site features a responsive design architecture that translates to whatever device the visitor is using, thereby optimizing their experience. Featuring an intuitive and interactive resource that is content-focused with the latest information on Audio-Technica’s comprehensive range of microphones, headphones, turntables, cartridges and commercial audio products, the new website also offers enhanced e-commerce functionality that facilitates smooth, quick online transactions 24/7 with free…
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Following frequent meetings with Wakefield Council at Production Park in West Yorkshire, Rockpool Tour Catering Director, Peter Dillamore-Bailey, and the Directors of Production Park, Adrian, Lee and Ben Brooks, as well as Backstage Academy, set about creating a not-for-profit project to supply meals to underprivileged children in their local community. https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/tpiaug20_digitallr/56 Photos: Rockpool Tour Catering www.rockpooltourcatering.com www.productionpark.com www.backstage-academy.co.uk
While it may be a divisive issue in the live events industry, there is no denying that the drive-in concept offers a neat option for concertgoers to gather safely and adhere to COVID-19 restrictions. Adopted swiftly by event organisers in Europe and the United States, it was only a matter of time before the UK hosted its own brand of drive-in concerts and events. One of the first out of the gate was @TheDriveIn, which not only represented one of the first drive-in shows, but also presented one of the first examples of a touring production with multiple cities hosting…
With all live events on hold in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jarvis Cocker, Serafina Steer, Emma Smith, Andrew McKinney, Jason Buckle, Adam Betts and Naala – known collectively as JARV IS… – performed the world’s first seven-song album launch party inside the underbelly of Peak Cavern, Derbyshire on 22 July, premiering for free on YouTube for 24 hours only, before dissolving from the digital ether. https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/tpiaug20_digitallr/32 Photos: Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard www.jarviscocker.net www.iainandjane.com www.douglasgreen.design www.asjveness.com www.christielites.com www.er-productions.com www.flarelighting.co.uk www.staticlightcompany.com www.ststouring.co.uk www.shift-4.com
In a normal year, the idyllic setting of Gisburne Park would have already played host to several couples tying the knot in the stunning Ribble Valley. However, like many other industries, the wedding venue had to pivot its usual business while the UK entered lockdown. As the events sector as a whole began to turn their hands to livestreaming or even drive-in shows, the events team at Gisburne Park devised a plan to create the UK’s first post-pandemic events space – a safe, socially distanced outdoor event showcasing a variety of entertainment during an eightweek residency. https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/tpiaug20_digitallr/22 Photos: Oscar…
Since the global pandemic, there have been a number of companies and individuals who have turned their attention to the development of studio spaces for artists to film live performances. The scale of these projects has varied from stripped-back acoustic sessions, all the way to the cutting edge of live video rendered backgrounds and extended reality (xR) sets. But the space that Bild Studios has created offers something out of this world – it’s no wonder they named it MARS Studios. https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/tpiaug20_digitallr/18 Photos: Bild Studios www.bildstudios.com www.80-six.com
Let’s be honest – there are more than a few roadies, technicians and people behind some of the biggest bands in the live events industry, who were musicians in a previous life. Perhaps the world wasn’t ready for their talent and they swapped the guitar and drums for a walkie-talkie and a crew T-shirt… And as it turns out, there are just as many crew professionals who are also fairly handy on the DJ decks. https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/tpiaug20_digitallr/14 Photos: Louise Stickland www.liteup.co.uk
SSE Audio Founder, John Penn, has filmed a video address discussing the redundancies SSE Audio has had to make in the last week due to the impact that COVID-19 has had on the live events industry. In the statement, he also highlighted the need for more Government support. “Today is for me an incredibly sad day, our highly successful business has just had to make fifty staff redundant, a quarter of our workforce,” Penn began. Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, SSE Audio was gearing up for what should have been its biggest summer ever Penn stated: “We have calculated we would…
UK-based grassroots campaign initiative #LightItInRed is part of the 11th August ‘Red Alert’ day of action being organised and coordinated by #WeMakeEvents and PLASA (the Professional Lighting & Sound Association). Red Alert is also being supported by numerous companies, professionals, organisations and other individuals and practitioners working in the entertainment technology industry and performing arts sector. The Red Alert campaign’s goal is to get the live entertainment and technical production sector in front of politicians, specifically those in the exchequer and at the DCMS (Department of Culture Media & Sport), the latter as the industry’s representatives at parliamentary level. The…
64 Audio has announced the appointment of Jazmin Moreno as Chief Marketing Officer. Moreno will lead 64 Audio’s worldwide marketing, sales, and communications initiatives in support of the company’s vision and product roadmap, reporting directly to founder and CEO, Vitaliy Belonozhko. “During unprecedented times of a historic slowdown in live sound reinforcement, we are doubling down on our growth plans, which includes adding Jazmin as an integral team member during a very trying time for our global economy,” said Belonozhko. “As we continue to push forward in this new age of commerce, Jazmin’s impressive leadership skills and experience will be…
Live music inspires millions around the world, but while artists have been able to embrace the new possibilities afforded by social media and streaming sites in the wake of Covid-19, the talented men and women who so often stand behind them have not been so lucky. With this in mind, charitable fund Crew Nation has been created to extend a helping hand to the touring and venue crews who depend on a constant run of shows to make a living. The fund – powered and administered by charitable 501c3 organisation, Music Forward Foundation – has been kickstarted in inspiring style…
Colours of Ostrava is usually the largest multi-genre live music and performance festival in the Czech Republic and one of the most popular events on the European festival calendar, offering 22 stages of diverse and vibrant entertainment across four days in mid-July. It is staged in the stunning raw industrial environment of the former Dolní Vitkovice (DOV) steelworks – now tastefully reimagined as an important cultural and heritage centre – near Ostrava in the north-east of the country. This year, like all European festivals, it was cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic and rescheduled for 2021. However, with the government…
Backed by radio inventor Guglielmo Marconi himself, RAI has a long history of being in the forefront of broadcasting. It operated Italy’s first radio station, aired the nation’s first regularly scheduled television program, and was a founding member of the European Broadcasting Union. The highly-rated network (it has over a 35-percent share), has also broken many major news stories, in addition to featuring programs directed by the likes of Michelangelo Antonioni and shows by superstars ranging from Andrea Bocelli to Lady Gaga. This summer, RAI wrote another chapter in its illustrious history when it broadcast its first TV series from…
Cube Entertainment in Rostock, Germany selected Claypaky Mini-B fixtures for the Forest Showcase with psytrance DJ Morten Heuer at the Housersten electronic dance music club tour in northeast Germany. Due to COVID-19, this year’s Houserasten events consisted of videos and livestreams targeted to fans instead of in-person shows at clubs in various German cities. Cube Entertainment supplied the lighting and sound gear for the nighttime Forest Showcase, designed the set and handled the video production and postproduction. “The design was simple, but a bit futuristic,” said Fabian Schikorr, Cube’s owner and an event technology specialist. “We had the idea of…
On Saturday August 1, 2020, the first concert of the Musica in Giro was held behind closed doors at the Verdi Theater. The format, created by Luigi D’Amico, was in collaboration with Stefano Zaccaria VP Global Sales & Marketing of K-array, who were the main supporters of the initiative, along with Toyota Material Handling Italy, Simai, and Tab Italia. Maestro Beatrice Venezi, directed the Orchestra della Toscana, in the execution of her first album MY JOURNEY – Puccini’s Symphonic Works, published by Warner Music Italia. At the opening, D’Amico explained that following the difficult period in which the world is…
