Published 30/6/08
Roll on next year!
The inaugural London International Music Show (LIMS) took place in mid-June at the Excel exhibition centre in London’s Docklands. It was the coming together of the almost everyone in the British music and audio industries, for a massive show under one giant roof!
There was something for everyone: Drummer Live catered for tappers and bangers, while The London Guitar Show was home to multitudes of strummers and twangers for the duration of the show. Unplugged was a place to get some quiet, but also check out sheet music and acoustic instruments in relative calm. But for us at SOS, the Sound Recording Technology (SRT) area, which we were sponsoring, was the place to be. Countless audio manufacturers and distributors, including Roland, Yamaha, Edirol, Sound Technology and Prism Sound lined the aisles, demonstrating their latest and greatest gear.
Sound On Sound’s seminars went down a storm, and with the SOS editorial team (headed up by Paul White, Hugh Robjohns and Perfroming Musician’s in-house PA expert Mike Crofts) putting on a stage show, they were well attended on all three days. Regular contributor Mike Senior ran us through the highs and lows of vocal production, while Pro Tools whizz Jem Godfrey entertained the audience with his Pandora’s box of sound-making tools.
Our Producer Panels, in association with the MPG (www.mpg.org.uk), featured top names including Steve Levine, Tony Platt, Jerry Boys, Haydn Bendall and Greg Haver, and were immensely popular. The special MPG Loudness Wars event on the Saturday of the show left all attendees with a lot to think about, and will hopefully lead to a change in the way we all think about mastering and perceived loudness.
Of course, Sound On Sound’s great gear giveaway drew in the crowds, and with so much on offer, people were queuing to submit their entries at our booth.
Recently released official figures back up the success of the show, with 25,035 people attending over the four days. Of these, just over 5,000 were students, who visited on education day (Friday). There were also 452 music educators and over 2,500 trade visitors who made it down to the show, despite various public transport problems.
We’d like to say 'thanks' to all the SOS team, and to all those who helped make the event such a success. The Excel convention centre is already booked for next year’s show, so we’ll see you there between the 11th and the 14th June 2009. Be sure to write the date in your diary!
www.londoninternationalmusicshow.com
The inaugural London International Music Show (LIMS) took place in mid-June at the Excel exhibition centre in London’s Docklands. It was the coming together of the almost everyone in the British music and audio industries, for a massive show under one giant roof!
There was something for everyone: Drummer Live catered for tappers and bangers, while The London Guitar Show was home to multitudes of strummers and twangers for the duration of the show. Unplugged was a place to get some quiet, but also check out sheet music and acoustic instruments in relative calm. But for us at SOS, the Sound Recording Technology (SRT) area, which we were sponsoring, was the place to be. Countless audio manufacturers and distributors, including Roland, Yamaha, Edirol, Sound Technology and Prism Sound lined the aisles, demonstrating their latest and greatest gear. Sound On Sound’s seminars went down a storm, and with the SOS editorial team (headed up by Paul White, Hugh Robjohns and Perfroming Musician’s in-house PA expert Mike Crofts) putting on a stage show, they were well attended on all three days. Regular contributor Mike Senior ran us through the highs and lows of vocal production, while Pro Tools whizz Jem Godfrey entertained the audience with his Pandora’s box of sound-making tools.
Our Producer Panels, in association with the MPG (www.mpg.org.uk), featured top names including Steve Levine, Tony Platt, Jerry Boys, Haydn Bendall and Greg Haver, and were immensely popular. The special MPG Loudness Wars event on the Saturday of the show left all attendees with a lot to think about, and will hopefully lead to a change in the way we all think about mastering and perceived loudness.
Of course, Sound On Sound’s great gear giveaway drew in the crowds, and with so much on offer, people were queuing to submit their entries at our booth.
Recently released official figures back up the success of the show, with 25,035 people attending over the four days. Of these, just over 5,000 were students, who visited on education day (Friday). There were also 452 music educators and over 2,500 trade visitors who made it down to the show, despite various public transport problems. We’d like to say 'thanks' to all the SOS team, and to all those who helped make the event such a success. The Excel convention centre is already booked for next year’s show, so we’ll see you there between the 11th and the 14th June 2009. Be sure to write the date in your diary!
www.londoninternationalmusicshow.com
