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Ground Zero Blues Club Expands With Peavey Versarray™
3/9/2009 (514 reads)
The Mississippi Delta is considered “ground zero” of the blues-music movement.

AV Industry Leader AVI-SPL Donates to Marines in Need
3/9/2009 (454 reads)
Earlier this month, leading AV integrator AVI-SPL was recognized for their installation efforts with the Wounded Warriors Battalion – East at Camp Lejeune, NC.

Sennheiser and Neumann Mic the Academy Awards Orchestra
3/5/2009 (456 reads)
So far this year has been all about change, and ABC's telecast of the 81st Academy Awards on February 22nd was no exception, as producers radically reworked the show to attract more viewers with a new, more intimate production design and a previously untried host, triple threat actor, dancer and singer Hugh Jackman.

Blonder Tongue Schedules Conference Call to Discuss Fourth Quarter & Year End 2008 Results
2/25/2009 (477 reads)
Blonder Tongue Laboratories, Inc. announced today that it will host a conference call in conjunction with the release of its financial results for the fourth quarter and year end 2008.

CCS Presentation Systems Opens New Atlanta-Metro Location
2/23/2009 (446 reads)
CCS Presentation Systems announced the opening of its new 11,000-square-foot regional office location at 1765 West Oak Parkway, Ste. #500 in Marietta, Georgia.

Shure Brings it Home at the 51st Annual GRAMMY® Awards
2/23/2009 (411 reads)
Opening the GRAMMY® Awards this year with "Get on Your Boots," a track from their forthcoming album, U2 set the tempo for live performances at this year’s ceremonies with Bono stepping into the spotlight using a Shure UHF-R wireless microphone equipped with an SM58® capsule.

Creative Technology and Barco Share the LED Spotlight at Super Bowl XLIII
2/20/2009 (427 reads)
Barco LED products were used during the live broadcast of Super Bowl XLIII from Tampa Bay, Florida.

Shure Energizes Springsteen at Super Bowl XLIII
2/12/2009 (504 reads)
Fireworks and a capacity crowd at Raymond James Stadium helped propel Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band through a high-energy halftime gambol at this year's Super Bowl, during which The Boss ripped through standards, including "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out," "Born to Run," and "Glory Days," tossing in the title cut from his new album, "Working on a Dream" among them just to keep an even strain on things.

Auralex Gets Funky with Bass Legend Bootsy Collins in His New Recording Studio, The ARK
2/2/2009 (497 reads)
Funk legend and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Bootsy Collins recently turned to Auralex Acoustics, Inc., the industry leader in innovative sound control solutions, to help tame the wild live room acoustics of his personal studio, The ARK.

Aviom’s Pro16® Personal Mixers Keep Inaugural Ball in Sync
2/2/2009 (466 reads)
Because this year's inaugural festivities marked such an important moment in US history, all elements had to be performing at their best, including the audio equipment used by Musical Director Ray Chew at the leadoff Neighborhood Inaugural Ball.