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IN CONCERT AUDIO AT BROOKLYN FLEA!
Come stock up on your audio goodies this Sunday July 17th in Wiliamsburg at the Brooklyn Flea. Located between N. 6th and N. 7th along the riverfront. We will be selling odds and ends from our inventory that we are no longer using. Microphones, outboard effex units, audio patch cables, and much more! So stop by! Our booth is located at the N. 6th entrance to the market. Look for our In Concert Audio banner on our tent.
KLEZKAMP 2010
Don and Serena are in the catskills for another fun filled adventure at Klezkamp! Where the klezmer runs wild. CHeck out this link to learn more about this annual event that In Concert Audio provides live sound reinforcement for every year, for 25 years now!
Serena Mixing at The Kitchen
Serena is the Front of House engineer December 2 & 3, 2010 at The Kitchen in NYC. Performance by Tamar-Kali and her Pseudoacoustic band. Opener is Tennessee native singer song writer Valerie June. Check out the details at http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=143740592327540
In Concert Audio and Stat! for Health and Hospitals Corp. of New York City Benefit
Dec. 5 – 12 In Concert Audio will be providing sound and back line for a five day concert series to benefit Health and Hospitals Corp. of New York City. A concert in all five borrows with head liners like: Charanga Soleil, Don Byron, Anat Cohen, India, Frankie Negron, Temptations Revue, Garland Jeffries, Alan Cave, Omar Edwards, and many more. Check out the HHC website for more details.
Upcoming Series of Concerts to Honor Health and Hospitals Corp. of NYC
Today Don and I will be going on a tour of the venues we will be in for our upcoming series of concerts to honor the Health and Hospitals corp of NYC. We will be providing lights, sound systems, and back line for this series December 7 – 12. Stay tuned to find out who the artists are that will be performing in this series. Learn more about the importance of this organization http://www.nyc.gov/html/hhc/html/home/home.shtml
- Serena
Party with Arcade44 a Success
In Concert Audio did a collaboration with website Arcade44 in honor of CMJ at The Bowery Hotel in NYC on October 21, 2010. The event was a complete success with a healthy turn out and a great sounding system. We used 8 EAW KF300 for the P.A. 4 in the front and 4 delayed about half way through the space (see photos below). For sub woofers we used 2 Yorkville double 10″. We chose the smaller subs over the single 18″ subs we use, because the space is a hotel and low frequencies are the majority of the noise complaints. Those subs were perfect and always surprise me with their efficiency. 
We used Audix OM-5’s for all vocals. We did a simple stage wash with 8 LED par cans, and 2 LED punches for back lighting on the wall behind the stage to add a little color. Check out this video on our youtube account of the band Motel Motel performing.
Don’s dream came true…
We finally got some scaffolding. So now we can build large platforms to put speakers on when we build big sound systems…
Serena
SHOW TONIGHT
We are setting up a big system tonight in Bushwick Brooklyn, NYC for the Dan Deacon show! Come out and hear some awesome sounds!!
-Serena
CMJ CELEBRATION CONCERT
In Concert Audio is proud to be teaming up with Arcade44
for their CMJ Celebration at The Bowery Hotel in NYC
. RSVP NOW!
Whitney recording
Just found this recording we did for the Whitney Museum in NYC
. We supply the sound system for their Whitney Live events and do a simple live recording for each show. This show was with artist in residency at the time Theaster Gates and his band The Black Monks of Mississippi. Have a listen…
Here’s a link to the recording,
Upcoming Shows!
Well folks the summer is gone but Autumn is coming in with some exciting news! We will be providing sound for a CMJ related show with hosts Arcade44 at the Bowery Hotel on October 21st, 2010. We are also scheduled to do another Todd P. show with headliner Dan Deacon. Stay tuned for more details!
Serena
SERIOUS FUN IN ACTION: A Case Study of In Concert Audio
Note: This case study is a real event.
All names except In Concert Audio principals Don Jacobs and Serena Rockower have been deleted.
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This event took place in a difficult, highly reverberant solid concrete environment, exposed to the outside world in a surrounding neighborhood where loud sound is not appreciated. Our client asked us to “keep it down” so they would not have complaints from the neighbors. But how do you temper rock and roll being played by teenagers in a reflective, highly exposed space? How do you please the performers, doting parents, a large crowd of fans, and the client while doing cultural justice to a form of music that is meant to be LOUD!
System Design
Don and Serena focused on vocal reproduction, which pleased fans and parents, by using loudspeakers that are designed to do just that. The use of small sub woofers helped confine bass frequencies (from the bass guitar and bass drum) to the concrete area where the concert took place.
Performer Relations
Don and Serena appealed to the budding professionalism of the players, calling on their good judgment and cooperation to help attain the goals of the client. We emphasized to their adult supervisors the need to meet the client’s goals, and our intention to showcase the fine performances to advantage.
Audio Mixing
Serena paid careful attention to keeping the vocal sound clear and out front, never buried under the electric guitars. This required continual tweaking and consultation since the band configurations were continually shifting between songs.
Stagecraft and Microphone Selection
Don used only 3 microphones on the drums when 6-8 would be standard for rock and roll. Several trips were made to the stage to make sure the volume knobs on the guitar and bass amplifiers were set at moderate levels. Microphones on these instruments were kept at a minimum level throughout the show.
Client Communication
Don and Serena kept in close contact with the client’s representatives for the week preceding the show to refine information about the program of the band(s), and their instrument needs to be supplied by In Concert Audio. We made clear our intention to meet the dual and somewhat contradictory goals of the client: Please the kids and their parents while avoiding neighborhood upset. Fluid communication was held as priority for all parties both in advance of the show and during the performance itself.
The concert was a wild success and with only minimal neighborhood complaint due to the close working partnership we established with the client’s representatives, the performers, and their adult supervisors.
This was definitely serious fun for all!