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Battery Recycling Finally Lands In The Right Laps

The Wall Street Journal’s online publication, Market Watch, reports that the  presidents of the five major alkaline battery manufacturers in the United States met last week in an attempt to move forward a major initiative on consumer battery recycling. This … Continue reading

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Are You Sure They’re Really Musicians?

Like many of you, I migrated from performing to being a stage tech at least partly because I realized that most musicians could barely find their way to the gig, and thus there were real opportunities in migrating from playing … Continue reading

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An Education in Your Mailbox

I spend several hours a day reading, and the bulk of my time is spent with technical journals. I never cease to be amazed at how willing publishers of magazines oriented towards the entertainment production and audio visual industries are … Continue reading

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Gypsies, Tramps, Thieves, Cher & Me

Years ago, I had a dream where I sneaked a wireless mic into a Cher arena show, used a scanner to locate one of her backup singers wireless mic frequencies and then accompanied her on a duet of “Gypsies, Tramps … Continue reading

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North Carolina Production Companies-Take A Bow!

I have written from time to time about the great free magazines available to the concert and special events production industries.  They are advertiser supported (thus, they are free) but they have lots of high quality articles and educational material. … Continue reading

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If You’re An Engineer, Where Is Your Train?

The dramatic failure of several outdoor stage roofs this summer has the live production community buzzing.  Last weekend’s catastrophic collapse of the stage at the Indiana State fair really changed the dynamic of the discussion, and the multiple deaths and … Continue reading

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Does Improving the Package Improve the Product?

We’ve been selling a product called tie line for a long time. It is used by lots of theatrical and special events production companies for tasks like drapery hanging, bundling and cable management. It is also known by the name … Continue reading

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Your Local High School Needs You

We enjoy working with our local schools and are particularly proud to be involved with the arts curriculum at Northwood High School, the school my daughter attends.  They are finishing up a series of special events this week and we … Continue reading

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Computer Guy, Meet Sound Guy

My experience with using personal computers goes back to the early 1980′s, so I’ve had more than my share of opportunities to set up, take down, reconfigure, and generally wander around computer peripheral cabling. The more I handle this stuff, … Continue reading

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What will they think of next?

It’s been a long time since I did any concert or special event lighting, but I still follow the industry pretty closely. I came across a really odd innovation and before I knew it my imagination got away from me. … Continue reading

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