7/12/2009
A big weekend with back to back concerts and events.
Friday night we had 2 seperate events with Go Fish and Mark Schultz
Saturday we pulled of an amazing show with Jars of Clay at the Metrodome in Minneapolis.
Because of scheduling conflicts we had a lot of last minute changes and were not able to get a soundcheck on the field before we needed to be off for batting practice. Even so we were able to do a short soundcheck in the holding area for our equipment.
Once the game was finished we were able to have all equipment on the field and sound up and running for announcements in 10 minutes!!!
Jars of Clay was line checked and walking off the stage in 20 minutes.
A pretty amazing feat considering we had a full sound, lighting and stage package we had to place and we were done in half the time we were required.
We provided a Yamaha M7-48 w/Aviom Y1 card for Jars of Clay as they tour with Aviom.
4 * Nexo GeoS12 groundstacks were setup on rolling risers
7/1/2009
Our team worked hard and pulled off a great night for Big Daddy Weave in Janesville, WI.
Despite the rain we were still able to get BDW up and rocking indoors while providing a feed to the crowd outdoors in the rain. We had 20 min to move everything indoors and everyone pulled together to make things happen. It is always amazing to see what can happen when everyone works together.
Thank you to all who made this work.
6/23/2009
Another weekend of festivals providing for 2 stages at Rise Fest 2009.
Jeremy Camp, Hawk Nelson and many more provided entertainment and music for all.
Our Nexo GeoS12 system was in full tilt mode using the new Nexo NX 4x4 amps.
A moving light package was used to add that extra element with 12 DS575 flown from the 40x40 roof on upstage T bars and a midstage truss. Both main artist used our Jands Vista T2 lighting console with their existing files and updated presets and colors.
It was a fantastic evening with great weather.
6/15/2009
GREAT Weekend!
We just finished coming back from 2 festivals with 3 stages.
Joyful Noise Festival was the larger of the two with us providing production and
production management for the entire festival.
We are thankful to all the people who helped make the festival succesful.
Virtually every speaker used at the festival were Nexo cabinets.
Mainstage main speakers included - Nexo GeoT, GeoS12, CD18, Alpha S2, PS10
The monitor package included, Alpha sidefills, PS15 and LS1200 monitors and a Sennheiser EW350-G2 In-Ear monitor Package.
Yamaha PM5D's were used at both FOH and Monitors.
MercyMe provided their own Digidesign SC48 and Yamaha M7CL-48.
120k conventional rig along with 10 moving head spot fixtures provided the lighting.
2 * Barco 16 panel video walls were flown along with 2 tripod and 1 roaming camera.
The stage was a 80x40 load bearing roof w/a matching stage deck underneath.
A full backline package was available as needed for each artist.
The B stage also feature Nexo Speakers with the mains being Nexo GeoS8, Alpha S2 subs and PS8 front fills. A Nexo PS15 and LS1200 monitor package was also provided.
4 mixes of Sennheiser EW300IEM-G2 was provided for artists. Yamaha M7CL-48 were used for both FOH and monitors.
24k of ETC S4 pars and dimming were used to light the B stage.
A 32x24 roof and stage were used for the bands performance area.
The crowds were great for a first year festival and we are looking forward to doing it again next year.
We are now off to Iowa for multiple events throughout the week.
Here is a picture from the event.
6/1/2009
June is upon us and outdoor event season is in full swing.
We will be out and about all month with a day or 2 per week to prep for shows.
Art fairs, Festivals and Concerts are the events of the month.
2/21/2009
We have been busy in the past week with several coporate events
including a multi-site event that was broadcasted to 2 other locations.
We provided a full sound and lighting package for one event and another event
with sound and video.
We also provided a full Nexo/Yamaha sound package for Gaelic Storm,
an Irish music group. Including a Nexo GeoS12 system w/ Yamaha M7CL-48
digital mixing console and a Nexo PS15 and LS1200 Monitor Package.
2/13/2009
We are working on several projects currently providing sound, lighting and video
packages for different clients. We strive to provide solutions that work for you along
with first class service and support. All this at the very best pricing, to come in at or below your budget.
Please contact us today to talk about your Project or Event.
1/29/2009
Rentals, Rentals, Rentals, is the word of the month.
With truss, speakers, hazers, in-ear systems etc. goin out.
Thanks for everyones continued support
1/1/2009
Happy New Year!
We look forward to serving you more in 2009.
Feel free to call us for any and all of your production needs.
12/25/2008
Merry Christmas
We are thankful for everyones continued support over the past year!
12/24/2008
The Lorie Line Holiday Tour 2008 returns to town today.
Sounds like everything went well other than some weather
which we have all been experiencing around here.
Thanks to Scottie B., Todd B. and Matt D. for all their hard work.
12/23/2008
The Go Fish Christmas Tour 2008 has come to an end.
All went very smooth and fun was had by all.
The weather was frightfull at times but we made it through without
any problems. The venues we were in varied greatly from small theaters
to churches to the Target Center in Minneapolis.
Here are some pictures from the tour.
12/19/2008
The Season continues with more rentals and much holiday cheer.
We have returned early from the Go Fish Christmast Tour run as the
weather decided to go south. The last 2 dates will be made up this
next spring. It was great to see the set progress through the tour.
The guys were professionals as always and laughing and fun were
had each and every evening. Thanks again to all who came out.
12/8/2008
The Christmas Season is officially upon us. Our shop was virutally empty
this past weekend with rentals going out everywhere. We had
wireless mics and in-ears out for a 3 week Christmas program. Aviom mixers
out for a 2 week Christmas program. Our Neo GeoS12 system out for an event.
Multiple powered speakers systems out for Christmas programs and finally
a full production package out for the Go Fish Christmas Tour 2008.
12/5/2008
We are excited to be providing a full production tour package for the Go Fish
Christmas Tour 2008. We will once again be using our Nexo GeoS8 system
as well as supplimenting with GeoS12 and GeoT for several shows.
We are also providing a full lighting system with over 40 intelligent fixtures from
our invetory. Our Jands Vista T2 will be controlling the entire lighting package.
We are providing all the Tech Labor for the entire tour as well as Trucking.
We are loading in today, which will be a tech day to get everything set for the first
show tomorrow evening. It is going to be a busy tour with 13 shows in 15 days.
Please stay tuned for updates.
11/10/2008
The Lorie Line Holiday Tour is underway once again. We are providing
one of our Yamaha M7CL-48 mixing consoles, Ramtech snake package and full
cabling package. The tour will be out for 6 weeks straight, through Christmas
week. They will be using their QSC HPR speakers this year.
11/10/2008
We have just returned from California where we provided for a 4 day corporate
event in sunny Santa Barbara. We provided Sound, Lighting, Video, Backline,
Pipe&Drape as well as Labor for the event. We used our Nexo GeoS8 speakers
along with S2 subs and PS8/PS10 front and out fills. A Yamaha M7CL-48 was
the mixing console for the event. Aviom provided monitor mixing for both of
the special artists. The event was lit with 10 * ETC ellipsoidal fixtures, 12 * ETC
S4 PARnel fixtures, 6 * Elation DS575, 6 * Martin MAC300 and 12 * Elation
DLED 36 Tri-Brick. All of the lighting was controlled via a Jands Hog1000
Video/IMAG was headed up with Extron/Kramer and Denon video equipment.
The projectors were Panasonic PT-D5700L and Draper Ultimate 9'x12' screens
with full dress kits. It was a busy week for us and our client was extremely
happy with the outcome and production value.
11/3/2008
This past weekend we provided stacks and racks for the legendary
Crosby & Nash. Our Nexo GeoS12 system served up a wonderful performance.
We provided 16 * Nexo GeoS12 cabinets, 4 * Nexo Alpha S2 subs, 4 * Nexo PS8
front fill cabinets, Nexo NX242-ES4 processor and Camco amps.
We used our Lake Contour FOH rack for zone control and our Motion Labs
Distro provided the power.
10/28/2008
The AMJ tour is officially over. All went smooth and rave reviews were had
each and every night. It is a pleasure to work with such proffesionals.
It was also great to go out with equipment that worked flawlessly the entire
tour. We expect nothing less as we were able to spec what was needed.
9/21/2008
The Art/Music/Justice Tour is underway.
We had tour pre-production in Nashville, TN this past week.
putting together everything for the tour.
We had a showcase event in Nashville before we left for our first tour date.
Our first tour date was in Wheaton, IL and all went smoothly.
Shelton, who we have worked with before was on hand from the church and
made things easy for us on our first day.
Here are some pictures from the first show.
9/21/2008
We recently provided tour production support for Vince Gill in Iowa.
Our Nexo GeoS12 Line Array System with Nexo Alpha S2 subs were used.
Vince's production team was great and all went well.
They loved the Nexo system and we look forward to working with
them again in the future.
9/4/2008
We are excited to announce that we will be providing full production for the
Art/Music/Justice Tour 2008
Artists include Sara Groves, Brandon Heath, Derek Webb, Sandra McCracken
and Charlie Peacock.
We will be providing a Nexo GeoS8 line array system w/S2 subs and PS8/PS15
fill boxes. We will be using a Yamaha M7CL-48 console for mixing
FOH and monitors. We will be using the new EW350 system from sennheiser for
in-ear monitor for the main artist as well as Aviom mixers for the band.
We will also be providing 3 * Panasonic DLP projectors and Draper Screens.
All video content was produced for the tour and will be run from Pro Video Player.
We will also be providing ETC Parnel and Ellipsoidal fixtures for lighting.
A custom Leprecon dimmer rack will be used as well as MAC300
moving head fixtures for color. All lighting will be controlled by our Jands Vista T2
The tour will run for 6 weeks and will be a test for us as Dan Brown from REACH
will be the only tech person on the tour as well as being the Production Manager.
Please come say hi to us if we are in a town near you.
To learn more about the Art/Music/Justice tour click on the picture below.
9/2/2008 Almost 1700 miles later and we are back from southwestern Kansas.
We provided production for a Casting Crowns solo show in Dodge City.
We provided our Nexo GeoS12 system w/S2 subs and PS8 fills.
We also provided a 120k par rig and moving light package.
Casting Crowns provided their own pair of Digidesign Profile desks and
stage package. They also are carrying Barco LED panels and Color Kinetics LED's
It was great to work with Darren, Carter, Harry and Marcus again.
They are great guys and very easy to work with.
The sold out crowd had a great time.
Here are a couple pictures from the night.
Casting Crowns' FOH Engineer Carter - mixing on the digidesign Profile
8/28/2008
We just finished a busy week with a teachers workshop day with sound, lighting
and video being provided as well as prepping a large amount of equipment for
a few different RNC shows in the Twin Cities.
8/20/2008
We are currently working on several install projects as well as designing
several new projects to be installed in the near future.
We have several large sales of LED and conventional lighting as well
as a few Aviom projects and Sennheiser IEM systems and A&H consoles
in process for area churches and scholastic institutions.
If you are in need of an equipment quote or consultaion please give us a call
8/18/2008
Well our summer is almost complete as we have just finished
one of the last festivals for us this season.
The weather at Higher Ground was amazing and the bands were great.
Casting Crowns, Big Daddy Weave, Mercy Me and Sara Groves were
the headliners this year with many other great artist during the day.
We used a Nexo GeoT system for the mainstage and our AAS groundstack
system for stage 2. Both Stages had Dual Yamaha digital consoles with
Mainstage using the PM5D-RH and the 2nd stage using a pair of M7CL-48's.
Pictures to follow soon!
7/27/2008
Another couple weeks of shows have gone by with a flash.
We have done some fly dates with Sara Groves and GoFish.
We also provided full production for Go Fish in Sioux Falls, SD.
We just finished 2 weeks of shows up in Duluth, MN with one of our
production partners. The Nexo GeoS12 rig and M7 were used througout
the 2 weeks. We also had a moving light package up in Duluth along
with our Jands Vista T2. Lots of accordians and fiddles were had by all.
7/1/2008
We have just finished our June festivals for this year.
We were in Wisconsin for Freedom Fest as well
as providing 4 complete systems for a MN family camp.
During this time we also flew to Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma and Texas
again. It has been very busy but we feel blessed for all we have done
and seen in the last month.
6/26/2008
Another Busy weekend for us is over.
We had 2 festivals we were providing production, RiseFest had MercyMe,
Go Fish and more and
Bash on the Farm included Sara Groves, Everyday Sunday and more.
We also provided production support for Sara Groves and Go Fish in
Omaha, NE and Altoona, IA. There wasn't much time for anything
else.
For Sara Groves we provided our AAS ground stack system along with
a A&H ML5000-40 and a EAW monitor wedge package.
We provided a full Nexo system for Mercy Me including
GeoS12 Main Hangs, GeoS8 Side Hangs
Alpha S2 subs and PS8 front fills
For monitors we provided Alpha S2 sidefills, PS15 and PS10 monitors,
LS1200 drum and keyboard subs as well as Sennheiser EW300IEMG2's.
We provided a pair of Yamaha M7CL-48's for FOH and Monitors.
We also provide 10 * DesignSpot 575's and a Jands Vista T2.
We contracted the stage and roof which included a 120k par rig and specials.
We also provided 2 full backline setups keeping the openers and MM seperate.
It was great to work with Joel, Wes, Dustin, Bobby and Ryan again, as always.
Dual Nexo Geo S hangs
FOH console and drive as well as our Jands Vista T2
The Crowd enjoys Mercy Me - The weather was great all day!
June 2008
We recently added QSC Audio and EAW Proffesional Audio to our
list of dealers. We are excited about the new lines. We have been using
both of these for years and were happy that we are now able to offer
these to our clients.
6/16/2008
Another couple weekends of festivals and outdoor shows are done.
We have been blessed with beautiful weather each weekend.
We even were able to avoid the rain in Iowa which as most of you know
has really taken a toll on that state.
We have also traveled to TN and CA for a few fly dates.
The Afters playing at a recent festival