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Not being very technical, my lessons about electrics have been of the experimental kind. With a whole arena PA failing due to a breaker at a recent arena gig, I got to thinking again about the delicate balance of power provisioning. Which is why I’ve hired Richard Cadena from the comforts of his Austin HQ…

As CX read of airliner and jet engine prices falling in real terms because the spare parts are now very expensive, a reader called to report the new power supply for his powered mixer would exceed the retail price of the mixer. In aviation, the engine makers require new airliner buyers sign to agree not…

Suzie Howie and Mandy Russo Publicist Suzie Howie was at the top of the theatre PR game. CX enormously respected her, and the industry is the poorer for her passing. Mandy Russo left Tony (TAG) and his daughter Alice, also well before time, and also from cancer. We wish everyone peace and calmness, for as…

25 OCT 2012 Last month a CX subscriber who operates a business called to say he had a remarkable experience relating to his tax account with the Australian Tax Office. He says he was behind to the tune of around $150,000, and knew this. Over the past year he had several family disasters, the likes…

23 October 2012 The CUA Live Performance Training Package has been approved by industry, and will now go to Government for formal endorsement by mid 2013. Ten years since the current package CUE03 replaced CUE98, the new training package has been designed for better industry acceptance, with qualifications streamlined and more rigorous. IBSA (Innovation and…

OCT 24 2012 By Julius Grafton Last year I joined the NPRG (National Project Reference Group) organised by IBSA (Innovation and Business Skills Australia) to deliver the CUA training package for entertainment and events. In October a group of industry practitioners, educators and government signed off on the package in Adelaide. Earlier I’d dished it…

17 OCTOBER: ADELAIDE A glimmer of good news after today’s depressing note from corporate undertakers Ferrier Hodgson that they will shut all the Allens Billy Hyde stores (except for the franchise stores). Plus throw 500+ staff into the dole queue, albeit quickly so they ‘can access the Government Entitlements and Redundancy Scheme (GEERS)’. In Adelaide…

MON 15 OCT 2012 Ferrier Hodgson released a statement (below) which means Guitar Centre are out and Con Gallin is back in. Mr Gallin is the Managing Director of Australian Musical Imports (AMI) and Gallin’s Musician’s Pro Shop retail stores. This story has moved fast: on Wednesday last week (10 Oct) Con Gallin told CX…

Something is not right with the Allans Billy Hyde (Australian Music Group) liquidation, according to the next largest retailer Con Gallin. Mr Gallin is the Managing Director of Australian Musical Imports (AMI) and Gallin’s Musician’s Pro Shop retail stores. He made his fondest dollar importing Gibson guitars. Mr Gallin asserts that he has twice placed…

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