38 l November 2013
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livenews SOUNDBITES
As a result of increased success with global partners, Martin Audio has announced the introduction of a 24-hour email tech support solution for its MLA family of live sound products. Monitored constantly, the email helpdesk will ensure that queries are handled quickly by MLA support from around the world.
mlasupport@martin-audio.com
Cadacand Outlineco-hosted a four-day international distributor event at the end of September. A rolling schedule of product demos, ‘breakouts’ and workshops were presented at Pala Banco di Brecia, in Lombardia, Italy to more than 100 industry professionals from 15 countries. Cadac marketing manager James Godbehear said, “The intention was to get Cadac’s new consoles in front of a wide breadth of potential customers. The majority of those in attendance had not seen the product before.”
www.cadac-sound.com www.outline.it
UNITED KINGDOM Brit Row Training is go By Erica Basnicki
BRITANNIA ROW Productions Training celebrated the successful completion of its first three-month live sound technology course at the production company’s former warehouse in Wandsworth at the end of September. According to Matthias Postel,
managing director of Britannia Row Productions Training, the course aims to fill a gap in live sound education. “There are studio-focused college courses, degree courses that are also very studio-focused and formal apprenticeships in technical theatre, where sound is but a portion. It is this situation that led to this vision of ‘let’s build a training course that is based on what the industry needs.’”
L-R: Gonçalo Lopes, recipient of the Britannia Row Productions job; Barry Bartlett; Mike Lowe, director; Bryan Grant, managing director; Matthias Postel and course graduate Jamie Burgess
Course director Barry Bartlett
adds that the training is practical, hands on and very intense, “which is a benefit, as it really equates to what life is on the road. I feel it’s
like going on a three-month tour, four times a year. That gives our trainees a much more realistic picture of what the work pressure and the workload is like in a
working environment. They don’t have much time to be students, they have to get on with it and get the job done.” In addition to the training, the top graduate of each intake is guaranteed a one-year paid apprenticeship with Britannia Row Productions. Students also have the
advantage of access to Britannia Row Productions’ entire inventory “and also inventory from other manufacturers who have given us huge support and loaned us equipment”, added Bartlett. Yamaha, Midas, DiGiCo and
Avid are the main consoles focused on during the course of students’ training. There are also many gig visits, which have so far included Justin Timberlake at Olympic Park, Soundgarden at the O2 Academy Brixton, and Peter Gabriel’s recent O2 gig. Going forward, a part-time
programme is also under development, and is expected to begin in January 2014.
training.britanniarow.com
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