
Dream
Concerts Ltd is a Company founded originally by Bob & Julia England in
2001. Unfortunately, Bob passed away in 2004 and Julia took over the
reigns. After numerous trials and tribulations, Julia brought in Kenny
Moore, one of the leading Producers, Directors and choreographers in the
industry and the Company has gone from strength to strength securing
funding for some stunning shows.
This year
they have been touring their new production, Chicago & Beyond, and they
decided to outsource the sound setups to Alive & Sound to meet with the
rising demands of their growing company. They needed us to meet a
budget, and provide outstanding levels of commitment to ensure the shows
were a success. The call actually came in a week before the first show,
as they had been let down by another company!
Each show
consists of 6 musicians including a full drum set, and 8
actors/actresses, and the show audience ranges from 200-800 depending on
the venues they are performing at. Alive & Sound provides AKG wireless
headsets for the actors and dancers, and various microphones and DI
boxes for the musicians. This is all mixed through a Soundcraft Live8 40
Channel Mixer, feeding a 6 way monitor setup and a stereo front of house
system.
For the
monitor setups we used a combination of active Mackie SRM450 speakers
and the slightly smaller SRM350 speakers for the more space conscious
parts of the stage. The front of house system consists of 4 Mackie
SA1530z Super Active speakers and a pair of SWA1801z 18inch subs for the
low end, this creates a fantastic sound right through the auditorium.
Jules Pyke, one of our most experienced staff, sound engineers the
events, and Julia from Dream Concerts sings his praises:
Julia England
says:
"What drives
us at Dream Concerts, is a tremendous passion for theatre and the will
to provide the best possible entertainment to our audience. None of this
would be possible however without the selfless dedication of the people
we work with, Alive & Sound fit perfectly into our workstyle by
providing this dedication at every show we do.
Dream
Concerts is hoping to produce two shows a year and with a little luck,
we can continue to provide great theatre shows for many years to come,
for which we will be using the guys from Alive & Sound for the
foreseeable future!"
For more prices and custom
quotes please call us on 0207 993 9769 or email us
info@aliveandsound.co.uk
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