Wenyasha's Live DVD Recording

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WENYASHA’S LIVE DVD RECORDING: TASTE OF GLORY

THE FAMED GOSPEL MUSICIAN JOINED FORCES WITH RENTAL HOUSE EVENTS EVOLUTION FOR THE SINGER’S LIVE DVD RECORDING AT THE THEATRE IN THE PARK IN HARARE, ZIMBABWE. TPMEA SPOKE TO EVENTS EVOLUTION’S BLESSING BERO TO FIND OUT MORE…

Famed worship musician, Myasha Chingono - better known as Wenyasha in the gospel community - recently filled the Theatre in The Park in Harare, Zimbabwe for his debut live DVD performance. During the performance, Wenyasha was joined on stage by other favorites from the gospel music scene including Takesure Zamar Ncube, Janet Manyowa, Psalmist Josh Kay, Trust Ngwenya, Ellard Cherai, Allen Njenje and Bongani Mhlabi. To help Wenyasha realise his vision for the show, the singer turned to local Zimbabwean rental house, Events Evolution, who provided audio and lighting for the singer’s landmark performance.

“Events Evolution is a ‘one-stop’ rental

company founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Seke, Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe,” began Blessing Takudzwa Bero, Head of Technical.

“Events Evolution provides a full range of services, which includes; sound, lighting, staging, trusses, power and audio visuals.” The company had incredibly humble beginnings being founded in a garage with less than $5,000 worth of equipment. Since then the company has enjoyed a successful growth rate. With the stewardship of the Founder and Chief Executive Officer - Talent Diotrefe Banda - Events Evolution has become one of the leading events companies in Zimbabwe. Bero commented: “We started small in 2015, but through years of excellent professional services, Events Evolution

has evolved into a large AV rental company, redefined the limitations of our industry and raised the bar, through delivering exceptional customer service.” The company handles several high end brands within its inventory stock of Allen & Heath, Shure, Yamaha, AKG, Lab.gruppen, TW AUDiO, Chauvet Professional, Le Maitre, Waves, Dante and Avolites.

Bero continued to discuss how they were first brought into the Taste of Glory project. “Wenyasha first approached us in January of this year,” began Bero. “His vision for the show was to create a simple, beautiful and intimate gospel setting for the DVD recording. He wasn’t specific on the design or setup for his event but had different snapshots of what he wanted. He

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trusted and believed Events Evolution to handle his vision and would deliver as he imagined.”

The lighting for the show was designed by Bero, who also took on the role of LD for the evening. “The set had to be less hectic to the eyes as the main focus was to be on the performance,” stated Bero. “At the same time it had to be beautiful hence a simple design with only LED Fixtures.” In total the rig consisted of several Chauvet DJ fixtures including 6 EVE E-100Zs, 4 F-50Zs and 24 SlimPar Tri 12 IRC. A selection of Chauvet Professional fixtures were also deployed on the rig with 4 Rogue R2 Wash and 8 Rogue R2 Spot.

For control, Bero utilised an Avolites Titan Mobile with a Titan Mobile Wing. For networking the production opted for the Chauvet Net-X

Node (Artnet). Along with 3 Chauvet Data Stream (4-Way DMX Splitter). Finally, for haze Bero selected 2 Le Maitre MVS’s.

To keep an intimate feeling to the performance, Wenyasha purposefully opted for a smaller venue. This in turn created an interesting challenge for Events Evolution’s audio department. “Acoustics were a challenge in the space,” admitted Bero. “Moreover, we were not just handling the audio for the live audience and the musicians but simultaneously maintaining a good audio recording for the DVD. Despite the audio challenging dynamics of the venue one of our sound engineers, Endelani Kachepa made this possible!”

Events Evolution opted for a TW AUDiO PA

for the live audience. Collectively it consisted of 2 T24Ns, 4 B30 Subs, with 6 C15’s and 1 M15 for monitors. In the back end of the system a TW AUDiO SYSRACK-X with 3 Lab Gruppen PLM+12K44’s. For control Kachepa used an Allen & Heath c3500 mixer, which handled the audio, stage monitors and multi track recording via a Waves card along with Waves Grid Server.

The event itself went off without a hitch with both the singer and supporting acts leaving the stage very happy - so much so that Wenyasha took to social media immediately after the show to thank the audience and the production. For those who were unable to attend the event the DVD will no doubt be available soon. Photos: Events Evolution www. eventsevo.co.za

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