Author: DavidM

Acclaimed artist Sam Hui recently performed to a packed house at the Sydney Entertainment Centre on the 22nd April. The Hong Kong-based singer, actor and comedian enthralled his audience with an action-packed show featuring a six-piece band, four guest vocalists, grand piano and dancing girls!
JPS managed production for the show, which included, along with the the supply of sound and audio services, arranging for the supply of lighting equipment, backline, confetti, pyrotechnics, staging, catering, staff and labour. (more…)

Avril Lavigne recently toured Australia for the third time. Her tour carried 24 V-Dosc cabinets powered by Crown amplifiers and took in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Newcastle. Backed up by a quartet of musicians her sound was tough.

The following link will open a small pictorial review of Jands Production Services events for 2004.
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In March 2004 legendary band Fleetwood Mac returned to Australia. The sold out “Say You Will” tour was performed in the major entertainment centres as well as outdoor concerts in Perth & Adelaide. JPS supplied a Clair Bros i4/i4B speaker system controlled by the Clair io speaker management system. This system included a total of 40 x i4 cabinets and 40 x i4B’s flown in various configurations to suit the coverage for the seating areas. The touring monitor control system incorporated 4 x Midas Heritage 3000 consoles to supply both in-ear and wedge mixes.

The event was broadcast live on National TV and featured live performances of many Australian recording artists including John Farnham, Keith Urban, Delta Goodrem, Powderfinger, Darren Hayes and Something for Kate. JPS designed and supplied the sound system required for this technically demanding event which featured two live stages with two separate monitor, control and speaker systems to cater for the back to back live performances from each stage. JPS supplied for FOH a Digico D5 112EX digital mixing console and Digitracs recorder. This technology enabled the JPS engineers to rehearse and then recall all the individual settings for each of the artists. JPS supplied a soundcrew of ten (including technicians and engineers) along with a speaker system consisting of L-ACOUSTICS V-DOSC, dV-DOSC, ARCS and SB218 cabinets.

On the evening of Sunday 5th October, 2003, the NRL held its Rugby League Grand Final at Telstra Stadium to a capacity crowd of 82,000 spectators. As pre-game entertainment for the crowd live performances by Meatloaf, Hoodoo Gurus and Kelly Clarkson took place. JPS provided a distributed field system comprising of 54 Vertec 4889 cabinets, on 18 JPS custom karts, 36 Crown MA5002VZ amplifiers and 4 BSS FDS366 Omnidrives. The Vertec system covered all of the stadium and the house Bose system was only used to supplement coverage in the top sections of upper Eastern and Western stands. JPS supplied 2 Senior engineers, Greg Rosman and Michael Waters, along with 12 JPS audio staff/technicians. The complete Vertec system was removed from the field in just 6 minutes after the live pre-match entertainment.

On 3rd September 2003, Australian boxer Anthony Mundine defeated Antwun Echols to win his first World ‘super middleweight’ title fight in Sydney. This title win continues the family boxing tradition started by his father Tony Mundine, a famous Australian boxer in the 60’s. This event was at the Sydney Entertainment Centre to over 8,000 people and was televised live to cable TV worldwide. JPS designed and provided a unique centre cluster L-ACOUSTICS speaker system. This system comprised of a total of 58 X dV-DOSC and 14 dVSUBS flown in various configurations to suit the 360 degree coverage for the seating areas. To overcome the long speaker cable runs normally associated with a flown central cluster in arenas, JPS powered the system with flown amp racks each containing Crown MA5002VZ amplifiers. The L-ACOUSTICS dV-DOSC system provided exceptional coverage and speech intelligibility along with plenty of ‘knockout’ punch.
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On Sunday June 15th, 2003 John Farnham chose to perform his last concert at Rod Laver Arena at Melbourne Park. This was John Farnham’s 86th show at Rod Laver Arena and celebrated his one millionth patron in the arena alone, a milestone that no other performer has ever achieved. The final performance of ‘The Last Time’ tour was an emotional farewell concert for a great Australian artist.
Jands Production Services provided the sound for the live audience and supplied the very latest in digital live mixing technology, ‘the DiGiCO D5’ for FOH, along with an L-ACOUSTICS V-DOSC System, powered by Crown MA5002VZ amplifiers with BSS controllers, and an audio crew of six. John Farnham’s FOH engineer, Grant Walsh, had specified the D5 for FOH and this was the first time an Australian artist had used the D5 in a concert setting.
Also used on the event by Metropolis Audio, in conjunction with another D5 console for the broadcast, was the DiGiCO DiGiTRACS 56 track hard disk recording system. This recording was used for the now released 5.1 DVD of the concert.
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