As part of ongoing renovations, Nashville’s iconic Hutton Hotel recently completed work on a new live music venue, alongside “Writers Studios” production rooms conceived by acclaimed musicians Dierks Bentley and Ryan Tedder. Spearheaded by L.A.-based GreenLight Media, Nashville-based British acoustician Michael Cronin was hired to bring the venue and the two production rooms to fruition. Michael subsequently brought in noted AV integration firm Clair Solutions, who worked closely with Cronin and the venue to spec the AV system – a key part of which involves components from Bose Professional, including ShowMatch and RoomMatch Utility modules. The 5,000 square-foot Analog music…
Author: James Robertson
This summer, Nashville’s legendary Grand Ole Opry unveiled a new daytime backstage tour based around the new, purpose-built Circle Room theatre. Hosted by Opry members Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, a 14-minute long immersive media experience takes fans on a journey through nearly 100 years of Opry history, seen through the eyes of the musicians who played on the world-famous stage, and features archival footage and concert-like special effects. The Circle Room serves as the centrepiece of a $12 million Opry House expansion and renovation project aimed at enhancing the guest experience. This innovative production marks the opening of the…
Since starting the business in 2015, the group of young entrepreneurial friends who formed Madrid’s highly successful Lalala Group has already opened 12 bar/restaurants. The latest, on the city’s fashionable Calle de la Princesa, features a Yamaha audio system which is keeping both customers and the city council happy. Lalala Group calls its venues ‘modern beerhouses’, which all follow a core theme, but each has a unique personality. Located in one of Madrid’s most popular areas, the latest Lalala Group venue – Alboroto – has a spacious dining area, two bars and a cocktail menu complemented by a choice of…
Voted by the Dutch public as the “most beautiful painting in the Netherlands,” Johannes Vermeer’s 17th-century masterpiece, Girl With a Pearl Earring, is renowned for its subtle use of colours, and interplay of light and shadows. These attributes made the painting (or more accurately replicas of it) an ideal prop in the successful theatre lighting education session held by CHAUVET Professional Benelux in September. Taking place at the CC De Schakel Cultural Center, the one day session, which was supported by theatre specialist Sotesa, featured a stage with three different scenes, each of which contained a print of the painting…
Co-lead pastor Justin Hoeppner had been planning an audio system upgrade for New Community Church in Vista CA., for almost 2 years. The church seats about 600 with the aid of a huge balcony that extends out over half of the lower level. This always presented an audio challenge. With a weekly attendance of 400, New Community wanted to reach every person in attendance with clear audio. Justin described the old audio system: “Our old system was tired, rundown and cranky. It had virtually no high frequency response which gave us a muddy mid-range”. New Community decided it was time…
Mega Audio GmbH has named MusicNetwork AG distributor for the UNiKA Pro range for Switzerland. The UNiKA Pro DANTE range comprises the NBB-04R, 96KHz 4-channel receiver, NBB-04T 96KHz 4-channel transmitter, the flagship 192KHz NBB-1616 16-channel I/O and the new NBB-0202 2-in / 2-out transceiver. Specifications include 24dBu max input or output level, uncompressed 24-bit PCM encoding and programmable mic pre-amplifiers with 132dB dynamic range. MusicNetwork’s Franco Stuppia, commented: “I received test samples of the NBB-04R and NBB-04Tearlier this year and was very impressed with the sound, build quality and ease of use. The full range of UNiKA Pro is now…
Chicago’s historic Orchestra Hall recently updated their audio production capabilities with the installation of a new sound reinforcement system based on LINA line array loudspeakers, the newest and smallest member of Meyer Sound’s LEO Family. In addition to normally unamplified concerts by the resident Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the resplendent 2,521-seat venue also hosts a range of amplified jazz and pop concerts and special events that will benefit from the power, linear response and uniform coverage of the compact and discreetly colour-matched new loudspeakers. “We are extremely pleased with the upgrade of our in-house system, and we are grateful to Meyer…
To serve its diverse and growing congregation, Eastminster Church recently installed a new Allen & Heath dLive C3500 Digital Mixing System at FOH and ME-1 Personal Mixers as monitors on stage. The church, located in Wichita, Kansas offers both traditional and contemporary worship services, a variety of youth programs, frequent concerts and special events along with outreach services that include hosting a Congolese refugee church with services in Swahili. Eastminster’s Director of Technology, Nick Hofmeister, noted: “Our previous digital mixer didn’t give us the flexibility we needed or the ability to make quick changes between services so we began to…
Located in the heart of Mayfair, Novikov Restaurant & Bar was the first restaurant to be opened outside his native Russia by award-winning multiple operator, Arkady Novikov. Extending over three floors with two distinctive restaurants and a highly exclusive basement lounge bar, Novikov has enjoyed huge success since its opening in 2011 and remains one of the favourite haunts of London’s glitterati. When the venue decided to upgrade the sound system in the Lounge, they turned to Toby Jones at Middlesex Sound & Light for advice. Jones had no hesitation in recommending a KV2 Audio system to deliver the nightclub…
On the surface at least, My Favorite Year and Children of Eden are very different shows. The Stephen Flaherty-Lynn Ahrens musical takes a farcical behind the scenes look at 1950s television, as a hapless writer tries to keep an irascible matinee idol from a bygone era out of trouble before his appearance on a live show. By contrast, Steven Schwartz’ “Eden” recounts the story behind creation in the Book of Genesis. Both cry out for brightness and colour on stage which is precisely what Nic Farman provided for recent productions of the plays at Mountview’s new theatre. Aiding him in this…
