Stage to Studio
PLASA 2019
“The quality of artists and insight offered by Q&As made this event truly unique and brought musicians, producers, and brands together in a creative space...” “As a musician you’re always thinking about new tech and mics, so I think it’s really cool for music to be involved in the day.” “It’s great,” added Shay after her set. “I think [the concept of Stage To Studio] is very interesting – you can tell that the people that are watching, are watching with knowledge. During both days, ‘Tony Moore Presents’ welcomed a showcase of emerging artists performing acoustic sets. Known to champion an array of talent using legendary London venue, The Bedford, Moore injected his knowledge, performance skills and good humour into Stage To Studio. Beginning his career as keyboard player with the band Cutting Crew, Moore was an original member of Iron Maiden, and in more recent years he has promoted home grown talent including Ed Sheeran, James Bay and Paolo Nutini. After watching Todkill in action on day one, audiences were treated to a lively (and humorous) Q&A segment, ‘From Jay Z to Whisky: An audience with TommyD,’ interviewed by Moore, who despite their familiar patter, insisted they had never met before. TommyD is an award winning music producer, songwriter, artist, DJ, and founder and creator of 8O8 Whisky. With over a billion streams under his belt, he shared anecdotes, production tips, and life lessons
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with the entranced crowd. “It feels like the energy that I used to remember at PLASA is very palpable here,” reflected Moore. “I was fascinated by the live mixing sessions: taking a live performance and really showing us the process that everybody wants to know about. For me, I both learnt something, and I’ve shared something.” Stage to Studio was made possible courtesy of Miloco Studios, which provided expertise and professional standard equipment to the feature. The two-day event was also sponsored by Shure, Genelec, Celestion and JH Audio. Commenting on Shure’s participation at Stage To Studio, Jack Drury, market development specialist, explained how using Shure products facilitated flawless audio in a challenging environment. “It’s quite a challenging event to put on in many ways, because we’ve got a little bit of wireless on stage, and PLASA is quite a wireless-heavy event,” he said. “We’ve mitigated that by bringing along some top level wireless products. We’ve got Axient Digital running on the stage, ensuring crystal clear audio - and we’ve had no wireless issues in the entire two days. We’ve also got some wired mics for the instruments as well: Beta 58As on everything that is not vocals or a drum kit (guitars, backing vocals), and Beta
91As on the snare and toms. We’re lucky to be here with some really excellent partners like Genelec and Miloco Studios – these guys know exactly what they’re doing and they’re making our equipment sound great, and there’s been some fantastic acts too.” Genelec’s Andy Bensley was also impressed: “The event was remarkable in many ways. It succeeded in bringing music and audio to PLASA in a way that has never been previously achieved. The quality of artists and the insight offered by Q&As made this event truly unique and brought musicians, producers, brands and resellers together in a creative environment. “The opportunity for Genelec to provide our 1238 SAM Master Monitors for the live mix element was a great exercise, as the precision and fidelity they were able to offer in a live setting exceeded all our expectations. ‘Stage to Studio’ was a great success, which added real value to an important UK show and we look forward to being part of future events.” www.shure.com www.genelec.com www.jhaudio.com www.celestion.com