Britannia Row Productions Training

Congratulations to everybody who has been recognised at this year’s Women In Live Music Awards, including two of our freelancers Beth O’Leary & Megan Clement!
Special mention to Brit Row Senior Apprentices Olesya Lesyk and Rebecca Nicol for helping to set up the event’s technical equipment.

Full story: https://www.britanniarow.com/britannia-row-productions-training-sponsors-5th-women-in-live-music-awards-as-commitment-to-diversity-continues/

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Britannia Row Productions celebrates 46 years today!

Britannia Row was formed in 1975 out of Pink Floyd’s desire to tour less frequently, allowing the crew to use their equipment for touring rental jobs year-round.
Brit Row Director, Mike Lowe, reminisces about this time of close-knit networking:
“The production fraternity in those days, particularly for London-based crew, were very connected. There were fewer of us then. Those not working when in London gathered at night in various watering holes around Wardour Street and at The Speakeasy Club in Margaret Street. It’s where we got to know one another and where I began to get to know some of the Pink Floyd crew. Before mobile phones and the internet landed, much of our work was picked up by word-of-mouth in these pubs and clubs. Then these relationships with the Pink Floyd camp were strengthened on the road.”
Over the last 46 years, we’ve been fortunate enough to continue our rock ’n’ roll legacy while also navigating into live sports, high-end fashion, corporate work, installed sound and virtual audio solutions.
It continues to be a difficult time for our industry, yet we can’t wait to safely continue doing what we do best, working with some incredibly talented crews, artists and managers.
From David Gilmour to Kasabian, Dua Lipa to Harry Styles, the London Cabaret Club, Aida at Masada (in the desert!), the (Virgin Atlantic 787) concert which saw Rudimental and Gorgon City play a gig on a plane at 35,0000 ft, and Robbie Williams’ Swing Tour to name just a few, we remain ready to support exceptional live experiences.
Led by our new wave of Directors, L*z Dwight, Nicola Amoruso and Christina Bosch, here’s to the next 46 years of doing so as part of the Clair Global family.

Congratulations Britannia Row!

Today, 5th July, it is one year since the Culture Recovery Fund launched. Since then, this landmark investment has helped protect thousands of organisations across arts, culture and heritage from the impact of the pandemic.
Thanks to the Fund, we were able to bring back training by going online with our courses for sound engineers and technicians. This will help both the skills gap created by the pandemic and in getting the live events sector back to work. It has reduced the costs for students. It created much work for freelancers in the creative sector for six months in the production of the online course content and delivery platform.




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Legendary stage manager and lighting crew chief Andy Pollard sadly passed away suddenly last week.

Andy was the long time stage manager for the Foo Fighters and was an integral member of the Foos’ Family.

The band dedicated last weeks Madison Square Garden gig to his honour.

Andy was a joy to work with and had a great sense of humour. Road crew and musicians around the world are mourning.

As well as the Foo Fighters, he had stage managed for Kings of Leon, Nine Inch Nails, Beck, Arcade Fire and Tenacious D. His skills in concert lighting were utilised by Artic Monkeys, Iggy Pop and Beck.

A Go Fund Me page has been set up for Andy’s partner Sophie and their two young children.

If you would like to donate, please visit the link below:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-the-family-of-andrew-pollard

Help the family of Andrew Pollard., organized by Christopher Wright For Andrew’s family, Sophie, Arlo and little Renny, who have been left without… Christopher Wright needs your support for Help the family of Andrew Pollard.

We made a big announcement today! ..
Today in the UK was to be freedom day. The day targeted for all venues to open up to full capacity. The UK Government has decided to delay this for a further month to get as many people over the age of 18 vaccinated.

We know once restrictions are lifted that the demand for Live Music will be huge once more and potentially bigger than before the pandemic. The US is opening up for shows ahead of the rest of the world. Ticket demand is high, quickly sold-out shows for June, July and beyond are the norm. We have all been starved of live music for a very long time!

BRPT interfaces with many industry groups, not only here in the UK , but worldwide and we are hearing the concerns about shortage of people in the industry when it returns.

Firstly, that during the pandemic, a number of workers have left the industry out of financial necessity or retirement. With no work, young people have not had the training to replace them. The industry faces a skills gap. There has never been a better time to train to get into the industry.

The second concern is that existing live events production workers are anxious about their return to work after such a long gap.

It has been an incredibly tough time, for all, especially financially, for those in the industry and for those wanting to start in the industry

We have taken the decision to play our part in helping our struggling industry to get back to work successfully, to discount all of our recently released online courses by 50% until 31st August 2021.
We have taken the decision to offer our courses at 50% discount until 31st August 2021.

If you wish to get into the industry, this big discount applies to our full LSF or LSI courses and to our wide range of individual subject-specific lectures for existing sound engineer or audio techs wishing to brush up their skills and knowledge in certain areas.

BRPT is dedicated to the improvement of skills and knowledge in live audio and to the wellbeing of the industry and those who work in it and now more than ever we want to help.
To take advantage of our big offer, visit our website and use our discount code BRPTSUMMER50 on your chosen course.

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Individual lectures now available to book! We have made the option to study with us even easier! Learn at a pace that suits you. Choose the topics you would like to learn or refresh on, or build up to taking the entire Live Sound Fundamentals or Live Sound Intermediate Courses easily and in your own time.

Live Sound Training delivered by professionals who are at the top of the industry. Come and join us!

Find the Course for you at - www.britanniarowtraining.com

We have been busy expanding our new website! - Coming soon we will have available the option of booking individual lectures from our Live Sound Fundamentals and Live Sound Intermediate Courses.

Take a look at our website and sign in or sign up to see what is soon going to be available and also to see the first video of Acoustics 1 for free in our 'free' content section on our Courses page.

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After a lot of hard work from our fabulous team, we are very excited that our new courses are online and ready to book! www.britanniarowtraining.com

https://www.tpimagazine.com/britannia-row-productions-training-launches-online-courses/

Britannia Row Productions Training Launches Online Courses — TPi Britannia Row Productions Training (BRPT) launches its Live Sound Fundamentals and Live Sound Intermediate educational courses online with 145 newly produced video lectures. Created after receiving an Arts Council England Culture Recovery Grant, the new online delivery platform offers video lectures...

A huge thank you to our friends at Feral Films for doing such an incredible job, completing 145 video lectures for our forthcoming online courses - due to launch on 1st May. A great achievement given all the pandemic restrictions. We are truly grateful for all you did!
Also with grateful thanks to all of our amazing team who took part in or prepared content for the filming. We thank you all so much for your hard work and dedication. As with Feral you all achieved so much in such difficult and ever changing times and restrictions - we can't thank you enough!

Our move to online training is progressing well, an exciting project and collaboration between BRPT and Feral Films!!

We are looking forward to offering our many existing and potential new students the opportunity to learn online, safely, at their own pace, from tutors at the top of the industry, from the comfort of home.

We will offer beginner and advanced training. Complete courses can be booked – our very popular ‘Live Sound Fundamentals’ and ‘Live Sound Intermediate’ courses. We will also offer customised training 'bundles' as well as individual sessions.

www.britanniarowtraining.com – watch that space for more information coming soon and sign up there for news

We hope to see you online soon!

Following on from our announcement last month that we were extremely lucky to have been awarded a grant from the Arts Council, which was enabling us to embark on a project to offer our training to a wider audience as online training, we are excited to update that we have now launched our brand new website!

Over the coming weeks will be expanding the website to offer a range of training options.

Our courses will be available as complete courses or as individual sessions, and with learning now online, our students can benefit by learning from home, at their own pace.

Our amazing tutors are busy recording the videos with a fantastic team from our friends at Feral Films.

Visit our new website where you can sign up for more news on the project and find out when the courses will be released on the website.

Visit at -

www.britanniarowtraining.com

We are absolutely delighted to have been awarded funding by the to enable us get back on our feet and recover from the devastating effects that Covid-19 has had on our business. The pandemic stopped us in our tracks from being able to operate.

The money is an absolutely essential and very welcomed lifeline and will be used to develop an online training programme, so we can continue to deliver our world class training in a Covid safe way and allow us to reach new audiences.

Over the next five months the grant will go to audio and video professionals who will be working on producing the online training and provide them with much needed income.

Marketing of the online courses will begin in November 2020 with the first courses scheduled to be available in January 2021.

Work has started on this very exciting project and we look forward to continue sharing our progress!



Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
HM Treasury
Arts Council England

Britannia Row Productions Director, Bryan Grant, writes an open letter to the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson as the live events industry gears up for a global action day.



Dear Boris,
I’m a Director of Britannia Row Productions, an audio supply company.
During the past 40 years, we have been privileged to have provided equipment and technicians to many major concert artistes including Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Robbie Williams, Simply Red, Mumford and Sons and Harry Styles.
And, live events such as Her Majesty’s Golden and Diamond Jubilees, Live 8, the Barcelona and London Olympics, the Rugby World Cup and FA cup finals.
We currently employ around 70 staff and 100 freelance people, with most of our staff currently on furlough.
As well as providing the most state-of-the-art equipment, we supply audio engineers and technicians, and over the years, both our company and many of our people have gained an international reputation for excellence in our field.
I, like most of my colleagues who provide these services, prefer to be in the background and have never sought or received assistance from Government in the past, but the current crisis in our industry has compelled me to step forward and make a direct and public plea for you to help the hundreds of thousands of people who work in our industry.
Boris, when you and your colleagues go to a concert, you expect a visual and audio experience to enhance the performance of your favourite performer, but perhaps don’t give much thought as to how all of these amazing visuals and stirring sounds are achieved. Quite rightly; you simply enjoy the moment.
Well, the reality is that behind the scenes, hundreds of people will have made that show possible. The artistes, their managers and production crew have worked for months, with lighting video and audio designers to produce shows that will thrill their fans and ensure concert spend is boosting the economy.
Promoters have been appointed to provide the venues to accommodate these performances. Service companies have been chosen to provide the production expertise, the equipment, technicians, stagehands, security, catering etc, etc. to make these events happen safely and seamlessly, every night, and on time.
The skills involved don’t just happen; they take years of training and experience to acquire. British technicians are famed throughout the world. These skills will be lost if people leave our industry in desperation as they seek other work in order to feed themselves and their families.
I often hear you and your colleagues talk of the ‘hard-working’ people in the UK. Well, the people in my industry do work hard and are essential to a sector which contributes literally billions to our economy.
Please, don’t let them down, support them until we can find a way to bring back our live concerts and events. We don’t live by bread alone, as the old saying goes.
Please don’t lay waste to an industry that brings enormous enjoyment to simply being alive.
Bryan Grant

Britannia Row Productions Training were busy this week creating training videos. Luca, Marcel and Chris Bayley here working on the project with Feral Films.

Britannia Row Director Mike Lowe talks to ITV about the crisis the live events industry is facing due to Covid 19

 https://www.itv.com/news/london/2020-09-25/what-do-empty-arenas-mean-for-all-the-people-that-work-inside-them?fbclid=IwAR1gUmOBpsHpw2R1lossBSLaXeYv0TqVpIAGh2smWw48jBKWuLj7tbQsjNw

Can music venues survive the next six months? | ITV News Industry leaders worry sixty per cent of arena staff could lose their jobs by the end of the year.

Today very sadly marks two years since we lost our beloved Course Director Barry Bartlett. Barry was the inspiration and the driving force behind Britannia Row Productions developing it's Training business. Barry was passionate about delivering high quality training and loved sharing knowledge. The many students Barry taught over the years regarded Barry as their mentor and friend. We have continued our training programs since in Barry's honour and we continue to see many students developing great careers after completing their training with us. Barry was always very proud of all his students successes and would continue to be so now. The BRPT team will remain forever grateful that Barry was the inspiration behind what we continue to do. Barry is always in our hearts and so are his beautiful family that he was so very proud of and today we are thinking of them too. R.I.P Barry. With love from the BRPT family # # #

Britannia Row is hosting a series of L-Acoustics training days in March. To book your place visit -

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/britannia-row-productions-ltd-18049188054

Britannia Row Training have been in India this week with Audio Academy Bangalore to hold a series of training workshops

Sound Network and Britannia Row Productions are pleased to announce an evening of Live Microphone Technique with DPA Microphones.

We will look at several options available for achieving dynamic drum and guitar sounds suitable for all genres from rock through to jazz. We will also demonstrate the new 2028 vocal microphone in action and compare the on and off axis response to its cousin the d:facto 4018VL.

These will be demonstrated through live performance as well as critical listening through multitrack playback.

Participants will then have the opportunity to set up a mix and experiment with EQ and dynamics processing, Video and multi-track audio content will be available demonstrating various band performances and mic placement. Individual microphone channels will be available for critical listening and comparison, providing a deeper understanding of the effects of room acoustics, spill, EQ, and dynamic processing on multiple sound sources.

Presented by Les Mommsen from Sound Network.

Book here -

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/live-microphone-technique-with-dpa-microphones-tickets-92037672155

Britannia Row are hosting a series of L-Acoustics training sessions during w/c 27th January. Below are the dates and links to book through Eventbrite.

28th Jan System Fundamentals with Laurie Fradley

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/l-acoustics-system-fundamentals-day-tickets-88660440765


29th Jan K1 System with Laurie Fradley

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/l-acoustics-k1-system-day-tickets-88662376555


30th Jan System Fundamentals with Luca Stefani

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/l-acoustics-system-fundamentals-day-tickets-88663413657


31st Jan K2 system with Luca Stefani

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/l-acoustics-k2-system-day-tickets-88665335405

L-Acoustics System Fundamentals Day L-Acoustics System Fundamentals Day introduces the elements shared by all the L-Acoustics systems.

We start our training schedule for 2020 with our Live Sound Fundamentals and Live Sound Intermediate courses starting 11th & 12th January. To find out more and join us email [email protected]

This month's LSA is – Psychoacoustics, the study of how humans perceive sound

Barnaby Thwaites and Britannia Row Productions presents Psychoacoustics, the study of how humans perceive sound.
This session starts with a detailed description of the human ear with particular reference to its properties that underscore our appreciation of music.
A number of key concepts are discussed, and demonstrated live using the presenter’s original audio constructions including critical bandwidth, masking, beats, phantom tones, missing fundamental, pitch perception and autocorrelation, consonance/dissonance and directivity of sound.
Participants will experience intriguing auditory phenomena, helping to underscore understanding of some of the nuances of audio engineering.
Barnaby Thwaites has had a life-long and varied musical life from the age of 6 onwards. Most of his working career was spent in the NHS as a cardiologist, from which he escaped to pursue recording and mixing in his own studio, playing bass and singing in local bands, and developing a thoroughly healthy infatuation with analogue gear.
Psychoacoustic interest was triggered when considering why cardiology trainees found evaluation of heart sounds with a stethoscope so difficult. This has led to the conclusion that the ear is far more sophisticated than the heart, although deep down this conclusion is made somewhat reluctantly!
Please follow this link to book your place

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/psychoacoustics-the-study-of-how-humans-perceive-sound-tickets-87942976811

Psychoacoustics, the study of how humans perceive sound Barnaby Thwaites and Britannia Row Productions presents Psychoacoustics, the study of how humans perceive sound.

Join Solid State Logic and Britannia Row Productions on 11th December for an evening with Sound Engineer Gavin Tempany, discussing how he uses the SSL Live platform on tour on his major projects such as Kylie Minogue and David Gilmour.

Gathering from many years of experience on the road, much of it spent with Britannia Row, Gavin will give an insight into a number of the valuable tools and tricks of the SSL Live platform that make a sound engineer's life easier.

Gavin will cover:

· Console Configuration
· Layer Manager
· Stems
· Effects
· All Pass Filtering
· Monitor and FOH workflows

And much more…

There will be opportunity to ask questions and experience some hands on demonstrations on the SSL Live platform on the night or please email in advance to [email protected]

To book your place - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ssl-presents-an-evening-with-gavin-tempany-tickets-84754415739

SSL Presents - An evening with Gavin Tempany Join Solid State Logic and Britannia Row Productions for an evening with Sound Engineer Gavin Tempany.

Join Audinate and Britannia Row Productions for an informal, ‘Behind the Screens’ look at Dante Audio Networking Technology.
Hosted by Kieran Walsh (Audinate) this session will cover topics such as how Dante may be used in a live sound environment, how a Dante Network can scale, and what precautions may be wise to undertake as network complexities increase. The key elements of these topics will be discussed in the context of using Dante successfully in different applications so that attendees will gain an understanding of:

Using Dante Controller to set up routes between Dante-enabled equipment
Using Dante Controller to configure devices (Sample rate, Latency settings etc)
Naming Devices and Channels in Dante Controller
Using the Latency monitor and Clock sync monitoring tools to troubleshoot possible network errors
Using Dante Virtual Soundcard and Dante Via with a Dante System
Understanding the minimal network configuration required to successfully operate a Dante System.
An ideal opportunity to ‘get to grips’ with Dante, attendees will have the chance to get some practical experience with the Dante enabled equipment that will be showcased at the session by Dante OEM partners.

Questions on the technology and its application are welcome either on the night or in advance by email to [email protected]

To book -
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/behind-the-screens-of-dante-audio-networking-with-audinate-tickets-80642212027

Join Britannia Row and KLANG:technologies for an interactive dive deep down into KLANG’s immersive mixing system and the technology behind it.

The session will shed some light on the lesser known facts about our hearing and psychology, explore the company’s development ethos and explain why certain workflows are applied.

It will cover how they tackled the biggest challenges for musicians and engineers and of course you will be given detailed insights on how to have an easy start with the system.

KLANG’s Phil Kamp will be on site and be happy to answer all your questions.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/klang-presents-immersive-in-ear-mixing-tickets-72076676279?fbclid=IwAR3pP-CMxQ_XxuV24u2ncRtvXlagY1SW2GjDzGfDL2IYBzdFCqrIMYvpcYc

KLANG Presents - Immersive IN-EAR Mixing Join Britannia Row and KLANG:technologies for an interactive dive deep down into KLANG’s immersive mixing system and the technology behind it. The session will shed some light on the lesser known facts about our hearing and psychology, explore the company’s developement ethos and explain why cer...

Join Britannia Row and KLANG:technologies for an interactive dive deep down into KLANG’s immersive mixing system and the technology behind it.

The session will shed some light on the lesser known facts about our hearing and psychology, explore the company’s development ethos and explain why certain workflows are applied.

It will cover how they tackled the biggest challenges for musicians and engineers and of course you will be given detailed insights on how to have an easy start with the system.

KLANG’s Phil Kamp will be on site and be happy to answer all your questions.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/klang-presents-immersive-in-ear-mixing-tickets-72076676279

KLANG Presents - Immersive IN-EAR Mixing Join Britannia Row and KLANG:technologies for an interactive dive deep down into KLANG’s immersive mixing system and the technology behind it. The session will shed some light on the lesser known facts about our hearing and psychology, explore the company’s developement ethos and explain why cer...

Join Yamaha and Britannia Row for an evening with Ian Beveridge, who throughout his career will be discussing his life and experiences as monitor engineer for bands such as The Foo Fighters and Nirvana.

There will be an opportunity to ask questions and experience some hands on demonstrations about how Ian uses some of the latest audio technology available, including the flagship Yamaha PM10.

Come along and find out how one of the world greatest rock bands achieves its signature sound.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/yamaha-presents-an-evening-with-foo-fighters-engineer-ian-beveridge-tickets-69287220943

Yamaha Presents – An Evening with Foo Fighters Engineer Ian Beveridge Join Yamaha and Britannia Row for an evening with Ian Beveridge, who throughout his career will be discussing his life and experiences as monitor engineer for bands such as The Foo Fighters and Nirvana. There will be an opportunity to ask questions and experience some hands on demonstrations about h...

Get your career in Live Sound off the ground and join us for our next Live Sound Fundamentals & Live Sound Intermediate courses. LSF commences on 31st August and LSI on 1st September. Bookings being taken now. Contact us at [email protected]

Britannia Row Productions announces dates for LSA Series 2 - starting with four days of L- Acoustics Training

L-Acoustics System Fundamentals Day - 17th September 2019

L-Acoustics K1 System Day - 18th September 2019

L-Acoustics System Fundamentals Day - 24th September 2019

L-Acoustics K2 System Day - 25th September 2019

To book visit - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/britannia-row-productions-ltd-18049188054

Or for further information email [email protected]

Schools out for Summer! Our Live Sound Technology, Live Sound Fundamentals and Live Sound Intermediate courses have all now come to a close at the end of May for the summer and our students can now take a well earned break from the classroom!

The results were fantastic and we are incredibly proud of our students and of our tutor’s achievements. Well done everyone!

A big thank you to Luca and Marcel and all the team who delivered the sessions for their hard work and dedication that has produced such outstanding results.

Our training programmes resume again in August with Live Sound Fundamentals commencing 31st August and Live Sound Intermediate 1st September.

This month LSA is the follow up on the September session on Advanced Mixing Masterclass by Marcel Van Limbeek

Throughout the series Marcel Van Limbeek is discussing and demonstrating various sound engineering procedures that are based upon the underlying science of acoustics and psycho acoustics.

These procedures will allow you to set up any mix in a methodical way, aiming for maximum clarity, detail, power & impact.

To book this free event held at Britannia Row's Head offices in Twickenham visit:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/advanced-mixing-masterclass-by-marcel-van-limbeek-tickets-61924508873

We hope to see you there!

This month's LSA is an introduction to Matrix for Live Sound with Clear-Com.

Hosted by Britannia Row Productions & Britannia Row Productions Training, the event takes place on Wednesday, April 10th at Britannia Row Twickenham

The session is open to all. This will be a great opportunity to learn more about the latest advances in audio technology.

Intercom is changing, but not its importance. Come and learn how Clear-Com is introducing new IP based technologies into it's award winning product range, including FreeSpeak II and EHX Matrix Systems.

Join Damien and John from Clear-Com as they dive deep into Matrix for Live Audio and explain how it’s configured, how it interfaces with other devices and the benefits for medium and large intercom installations.

We hope to see you there!

Please follow this link to book your place

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-introduction-to-matrix-for-live-sound-with-clearcom-tickets-59889408834

Our trainees had a truly valuable day visiting the legendary Roundhouse venue in Camden where they had the opportunity to watch the turnaround of the audio system from stereo to 360°.
The group spent the day there from the load-in, watching the L-acoustic K2 and Kara set up be rigged at 360°.
System Engineer, Sergiy Zhytnikov explained the signal flow and the steps involved in designing and planning the system to get optimal sound results.
Monitor Engineer, Fergus Mount explained his setup with wireless microphones and in-ears.
Antonio Neto from Britannia Row was with the trainees throughout giving support, explaining the steps and answering any questions.
Thank you to Sergiy, Fergus and Antonio for such an informative and interesting day!