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…
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Battery Recycling Finally Lands In The Right Laps
Jeff
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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…
No Soundman Required
If the new mic preamp device from Sabine, called “Phantom Mic Rider“, can do what it claims, the days of the sound man may be numbered. This inline preamp plugs directly between a microphone and a mixer, at the mic…
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…
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.…
You’re An Engineer? Where’s Your Train?
I have always been amused at how the live events business has allowed such practices as referring to sound persons as “engineers“, and this is a good example of how the special events production industry has evolved outside of the…
The Night Steve Goodman Wrote Me A Song
I got such a great response from my Clarence Clemons blog posting, I thought I might share another brush with greatness. One of my favorite song writers is the late Steve Goodman, composer of The City of New Orleans, You…
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…
Sad Tale of The Energizer Bunny
Because our web site, buybattery.com, scores so well in Google search, many consumers assume, incorrectly, that we are actually Duracell, and they contact us about customer service issues- even if they did not buy batteries from us. Mostly, they email…
Your Local High School Needs You
Jeff
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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…
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