Building Community
A first look at Rock Nashville and other highlights of PLSN’s May 2024 issue.
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The Effort Continues
Well Dunn is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing opportunities for socioeconomically diverse students across the music and entertainment industry. One of our industry’s most enthusiastic mentors, David ‘5-1’ Norman stepped down from serving as the Foundation’s President due to increasing touring commitments, but 5-1 has been and remains a driving force for Well Dunn, which offers assistance for hundreds of college students, providing mentorship, scholarship opportunities, internships, and job placement.
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Join the Conversation
Discussions on topics like mental health and wellness, finances and pay, labor issues, and quality of work/life balance are important conversations taking place in our industry.
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Introducing Life’s Jam
Over the years, PLSN has become a hub for the industry conversations that drive us forward both professionally and personally. It is with that spirit that PLSN Editor Michael S. Eddy welcomes a new column to PLSN – ‘Life’s Jam,’ a new column on financial wellness penned by Life’s Jam founder Rachael Bronstein.
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Expanding the Industry
Looking at the numbers from the Top 10 tours of 2023 for our special Showtime section, it’s clear that the concert touring business is back with a vengeance. Of course, with success comes new challenges to our industry, including the current shortage of qualified labor. But some new initiatives are addressing these concerns, and PLSN looks forward to facilitating conversations and the efforts of the industry in 2024.
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An Important Message from Just a Bunch of Roadies (JABOR)
This month, PLSN Editor Michael Eddy shifts the Editor’s Note spotlight to a message from the Just a Bunch of Roadies (JABOR) organization.
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Out of the Dark and into the Spotlight
PLSN Editor Michael S. Eddy turns the Editor’s Note spotlight over to, and onto, the important topic of mental health in our industry.
Read More »It’s All Teamwork
PLSN has a new cover design this month. Michael Eddy takes a moment to thank Art Director/Production Manager Mike Street and the rest of the PLSN team for their continuing efforts on the magazine’s behalf.
Read More »Purposely Big
While laying out the stories in this month’s edition of PLSN, editor Michael S. Eddy noticed a theme running through many of them, that of going big, scaling up productions, but with a very specific purpose.
Read More »Virtual Horizons
At NAB 2022, roughly 50 out of 1,200 booths showed Virtual Production (VP) solutions. A year later there were 600 out of 1,500 booths in the segment. InfoComm 2023 also underscored the fact that VP as a market segment has moved from buzzy trend to something worthy of full blown R&D assets for manufacturers.
Read More »Who Wrote that Cue, HAL?
AI has explosive potential, and just like dynamite, it needs to be handled with extreme caution.
Read More »Who Knows Where We Go from Here?
PLSN Editor Michael S. Eddy covers some of the April 2023 issue’s highlights, including the epic 35-year run for Broadway’s “The Phantom of the Opera,” this month’s virtual production-focused “In the Volume” section, the use of virtual production tools on Blake Shelton’s live concerts and more.
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