I was about 10 years old when I first learned just how important grounding is. My older brother had a garage band, and you couldn't have one of those back then without having a Bogen dual column PA system with two 8-inch speakers in each column. Nor could you have a legit garage band without the requisite electric guitars. And it goes without saying that no self-respecting garage band could exist without a garage.
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Over the years I have seen tape used in just about every conceivable way to prep gear, label road cases, truss and cables. I don't claim that any particular way is best, but I have certainly seen a lot of wasted tape. And any production cost waste peeves me.
Read More »TORRANCE, CA – GLP (German Light Products) Inc., which recently announced representation agreements with regional sales managers Rick Fallon (East Coast), Carl Wake (Central) and Ed Cheeseman (West Coast), now reports that it will be wholly responsible for the distribution of the full GLP product line in North America from its offices here, including the Impression range of LED moving head fixtures.
Read More »SULPHUR SPRINGS, TX and DENVER, CO – Xtreme Structures and Fabrication (XSF) named Mountain Light Company, Inc. as their Master Stocking Distributor for the Rocky Mountain Region, which includes; Colorado, Utah, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota and Wyoming.
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Compulite's new iControl App for the Apple iPhone and iPod can be used to remotely control and edit basic functions of all Vector and Dlite lighting consoles. The app provides real-time information, helping users control and edit basic functions for moving lights and conventional lights, and to create and store cues, libraries, add groups, control highlight and lowlight, pan and tilt and more.
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TAMPA, FL – LMG Systems Integration, a division of LMG, Inc., opened a new office within the Thompson Center at 6302 Benjamin Road, Suite 409, Tampa, FL 33634. It houses office, warehouse, and audiovisual demonstration spaces for the firm's expanding systems integration team to support projects within the region.
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LONDON – HSL supplied Vari*Lite moving lights and over 700 Pulsar ChromaStrips of varying lengths for the new ITV series, Magic Numbers, produced by CPL and aired live weekly in the prime time Saturday night slot of 8 p.m.
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NEW ORLEANS – Lighting designer Doug "Spike" Brant of Performance Environment Design Group (PEDG, a.k.a. Artfag) used the Martin MAC 401 Dual on a special pre-game show to kick off the 2010 NFL season and to honor the Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints and the city of New Orleans.
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COLUMBIA, MD – When Scott Chmielewski, president of Digital Media Designs, put a pair of grandMA2 consoles to work for Virgin Mobile's FreeFest, a day-long music and dance extravaganza, he and several of the bands' LDs used grandMA's new 2.0 software.
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UDDEVALLA, Sweden – Wireless Solution Sweden AB named Shelly Li to its sales team. Li, a native of China, is multi-lingual. She will provide support to the company's customers and OEM partners in Asia and work with regional sales managers in Asia, Eastern Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania.
Read More »Grounding and bonding are among the most important things to know about a power distribution system because they can keep ourselves and everybody around us… Read More »Ground Control: Terminology
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TORRANCE, CA – Twelve months after setting up its North American operation under Mark Ravenhill, GLP (German Light Products Inc.) is preparing for further expansion with representation agreements with Rick Fallon (East Coast), Carl Wake (Central) and Ed Cheeseman (West Coast).
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