Musical artist Leehom Wang, aka Wang Leehom, is a Taiwanese-American singer-songwriter, actor, producer, and film director. Born in Rochester, NY, he was formally trained at the Eastman School of Music, Williams College and Berklee College of Music. His musical style is known for fusing Chinese elements with hip-hop and R&B. Scottie Baldwin has been mixing…
The Yamaha Rivage is the pinnacle of Yamaha’s next generation of digital mixing consoles. Yamaha Music South Africa recently hosted a Yamaha Rivage PM7 training seminar at the World of Yamaha Theatre in Johannesburg. Staff from Yamaha Music Gulf presented an interesting 3 day seminar to key technical staff from houses of worship, rental companies…
Back in 2001, leading theatre sound design and rental company Orbital was one of the first to invest in Yamaha’s groundbreaking PM1D digital mixing console, building up a large inventory that powered major musicals across the globe. With the firmware of the RIVAGE PM10 system recently updated to include Theatre Mode, the company has again…
Yamaha Music Gulf FZE (YMGF) recently held its first regional event in the UAE in partnership with sister brand Nexo. Taking place at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium, the event attracted approximately 120 guests from across the Middle East and Africa – a large amount from Nigeria, Egypt and Lebanon – and backgrounds including…
Yamaha Music Europe has debuted a new YouTube video channel which informally profiles the unsung heroes of sound, including mix engineers, sound designers, technicians and other audio professionals, allowing them to share their stories and professional experience. Titled In The Spotlight, the first video features the legendary Terry ‘TJ’ Jackson (Earth Wind & Fire /…
20 years ago the former central railway station in the German spa town of Baden-Baden was repurposed as the ticket office and foyer for a brand new venue, Festival Hall Baden-Baden, the country’s largest venue for opera, ballet and live classical music. Thanks to its state-of-the-art acoustics, Festival Hall Baden-Baden is renowned for its excellent…
In July 2015 an ambitious plan was hatched to get the attention of Foo Fighters and convince them to play a gig in Cesena, Italy, by gathering a thousand musicians to perform their song Learn to Fly. The video of the event went viral and Foo Fighters duly performed in the city four months later….
The ongoing success of Yamaha’s RIVAGE family of digital mixing systems continues, with two of the best known names in live music production – Britannia Row Productions and Clair Global – respectively investing in pairs of RIVAGE PM7 and PM10 digital mixing systems. Britannia Row has invested in two RIVAGE PM7s, one of which…
Clair Global provides front of house engineer Michael Conner with RIVAGE PM10 digital audio console for Homeward Bound – The Farewell Tour. Songwriter, recording artist, and performer Paul Simon is out on Homeward Bound – The Farewell Tour with shows across North America, Europe, and the U.K. Clair Global is providing production that includes a…
Front of house engineer Mark Woodcock and monitor engineer J. Summers choose PM7 consoles for “Twins of Evil-Second Coming” tour with Marilyn Manson. Clair Global is supplying dual Yamaha RIVAGE PM7 digital audio consoles for Rob Zombie’s engineers while performing on the “Twins of Evil-Second Coming” tour that also features Marilyn Manson and opener, The…