Producer/Engineer Jacquire King with Dangerous Music Gear

Jacquire King uses Dangerous Music 2-Bus to mix follow-up to the band’s 2009 “Record of the Year” Grammy

Edmeston, NY – October 20, 2010 – One of the most prestigious of the Grammy Awards is ‘Record of the Year’ and in 2009 it was awarded to the Followill family of rockers Kings of Leon for “Use Somebody” – co-produced, engineered and mixed by Jacquire King. Jacquire also shared the producing credit for the Grammy with Angelo Petraglia. It wasn’t Jacquire’s first foray into producing and mixing A-list artists though, having worked with Norah Jones, Modest Mouse and Tom Waits to name only a select few. These records along with many others in the past 10 years are where Jacquire formed a deep knowledge of and unique techniques in the use of both digital and analog recording gear. more

Image of Marc Repp (foreground) and Browning McCollum seated at the Lawo mc²66 console inside MTV’s Remote Unit 8 truck.

Milwaukee, WI – October 20, 2010… Geared to increase awareness of the importance of family farms, Farm Aid 25: Growing Hope for America, took place at Miller Park on Saturday, October 2nd. Farm Aid board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, and Dave Matthews performed, as did Kenny Chesney, Norah Jones, Jason Mraz, and several additional high profile artists. The event was broadcast on Willie’s Place, Sirius/XM Radio as well as DIRECTV’s The 101 Network. Ensuring the best possible audio quality for this event was a huge undertaking—one that was very ably managed by MTV’s Remote Unit 8 truck and its crew, which consisted of Marc Repp and Browning McCollum. At the center of all this activity, Lawo’s mc²66 digital audio console and Plug-in Server handled the mix. more

Image of Ben Sweeney.

Buena Park, CA – October 2010… Hosa Technology, the leading innovator of analog and digital connectivity solutions for the modern musician and audio/video professional, is pleased to announce the promotion of Ben Sweeney to the position of Director of Operations and International Sales. Possessing an extensive background in the music products and consumer electronics industries, including positions as sales and product manager with several prominent companies, Sweeney brings a wealth of experience to his new position at Hosa Technology. more

Although Nathan Breitling started the Audio Production program at The Art Institute of California-San Francisco in January of 2009, the rapidly expanding department already has 91 students in the Bachelor of Science program.
Dr. Breitling understands that today’s audio production involves much more than just studio recording, which explains why The Art Institute’s expansive curriculum which offers courses in live sound production, gaming audio, sound design, audio for video/film production and post. more

DALLAS — Country Music Hall of Famer George Strait is back out on the road with Reba and Lee Ann Womack for their second sweep of the US this year with Dallas-based Onstage Systems again providing concert sound reinforcement. For this leg of the tour, George Olson, Strait’s FOH engineer and lead system tech, chose to upgrade the in-the-round setup with the addition of 48 KUDO loudspeaker enclosures and 16 SB28 subs from L-ACOUSTICS. more