Daniel Gumble News Today

The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 164 is supporting Rep. Menendez for re-election, as they did when he first ran.

IBEW Local 164 is backing Rob Menendez in the 8th District congressional race, praising his continued support of labor unions.

Stage Audio Works bolsters sales team with Lee Thomson 15th March 2021 South African pro audio specialist Stage Audio Works has appointed Lee Thomson to the newly created position of project sales manager, as part of an internal restructure. Designed to provide a more focused approach to different market sectors, the company’s restructure also sees Mike Summerfield’s role change from sales manager to distribution sales manager.  The move follows the decision to restructure the sales operat...

Tim Burgess ‘Listening Party’ earphones launched by Flare Audio to support UK venues 15th March 2021 Tim Burgess has teamed up with Flare Audio to produce a brand new range of ‘Listening Party’ earphones, with proceeds going to the Music Venue Trust.  Burgess’s much-loved Listening Parties have become something of a Twitter sensation since the start of lockdown last year. Fort the uninitiated, the Parties invite fans to begin playing a specific record at a set time, from, which poin...

PK Sound introduces Trinity Install line array element 15th March 2021 Robotic line array specialist PK Sound has introduced an installation iteration of its Trinity large-format line array element. The new Trinity Install element is designed to bring the same performance capabilities of the live Trinity system to a variety of installation applications.  Trinity Install’s SPL and clarity can be controlled with variable coverage in both the vertical and horizontal planes. Intelligibility is i...

‘You have to invest and be courageous’: SE Audiotechnik expands sales department 11th March 2021 German pro audio specialist SE Audiotechnik has added two new recruits to its ranks as part of an investment drive to combat the effects of COVID. Joining the firm is Manfred ‘Manne’ Sumfleth as sales manager for Germany and Andreas Mayerl as sales director of exports. Having worked with numerous pro audio companies during his career to date, Sumfleth will be looking to grow the brand’s pr...

Void Acoustics has expanded its marketing team with the recruitment of sound engineer Sacha Hodges.

Randy Huston, CEO of Meyer Sound touring partner PRG (Music Group), has spoken to Audio Media International editor Daniel Gumble about how the live music market in the US has been dealing with the pandemic and what needs to be done to ensure its safe return… 

Philippe Cohen Solal and Mike Lindsay take us inside ‘Outsider’ 10th March 2021 Last month, multi-million record selling artist and producer Philippe Cohen Solal and Mercury Prize winning producer Mike Lindsay co-wrote and co-produced Outsider, a new concept album based on the work of artist Henry Darger and featuring special guests Hannah Peel and Adam Glover.  Audio Media International editor Daniel Gumble spoke to Solal and Lindsay to find out what inspired this incredibly ambitious pro...

d&b audiotechnik completes first ever KSL Soundscape install 9th March 2021 German loudspeaker giant d&b audiotechnik has completed its first ever KSL Soundscape installation at Taiwan’s new Kaohsiung Music Center. Located in Kaohsiung, the newly developed venue comprises of a vast outdoor stage HI-BREEZE Square, four auditoriums and a large main stage, HI-ING Hall. The final auditorium is located outside of the building on top of the bridge overlooking the Love River. Like the auditoriums, t...