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Digital Networking for audio and entertainment sessions.

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We are so pleased to be able to offer this session on the 25th of Jan as an introduction to digital networking for audio and lighting. This session will cover practical problem solving as well as hints and tips on designing networks for entertainment use. The session is free to attend either in person or on zoom. Places are limited but are open to anyone from venues, freelance engineers, or college students.  Please email to reserve your place to Staff@dbs-solutions.co.uk with “Networks” as the subject.

 

Merry Christmas Ya Filthy Animals!

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Wishing all of our friends, clients, staff, and suppliers a very merry Christmas. And now with the end of 2020 on the horizon, dBS Solutions have begun to think about summer again. We hope that like us you are itching for the warmer weather where we can walk in the park or on the beach with friends again. We are also looking forward to the day when we can hold outdoor events safely and when you can come and enjoy them. If you are thinking about planning an event we would love to hear from you. Let’s work together.

Improving our Wellbeing

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Our industry has been particularly hard-hit by Covid-19 and every single one of us has had a challenging 2020 as a result. All of us have lost something: people we love, the teams we’re part of, some or all of our income, a routine and structure to our days being just some examples. We’ve all survived through the last 9 months, although what’s also true is that many of us have suffered these challenges in silence. Maybe we think that others are worse off so we shouldn’t complain. Maybe it’s because we don’t think we can change any of it so why bother talking about it. Or maybe we worry that others will think we’re weak if we admit we’re struggling. All of these responses are understandable. They’re also unhelpful.

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dBS Solutions supplies upgrade for Runshaw College

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dBS Solutions were pleased to be selected as supplier to Runshaw College installing their new lighting system for the Amanda Roocroft Theatre.

Matt Moss, Performing Arts Technician at Runshaw College, contacted dBS Solutions about upgrading their theatre, as they had been investing in energy-efficient fixtures with LED replacements across the site and wanted to upgrade the theatre to provide a low energy and low heat solution.

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Live life cleaner by making earth greener

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Amongst all this chaos and uncertainty with Covid, it’s easy to get consumed by current events. Its important however, not to forget other serious issues that still remain, such as the affect CO2 emissions are having on our environment. With more time on our hands recently, we’ve been looking at what we can do to help.

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dBS Solutions Jump into new lighting install

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Over the last month our install team have been busy working on a project to redesign the effects lighting & sound system at one of the UK’s leading trampoline parks.  Back in the summer of 2019 Jump Xtreme contacted us for a chat about their existing lighting system. The park had been open around four years and the existing system was in need of a service.

We met on site over in Bolton to see how we could help.

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Did you know that we also conduct inspections on lifting equipment?

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If during the next few weeks if your venue is closed why not take advantage of having some downtime by completing your Through Examinations of any lifting equipment?  Did you know that under LOLER much of your lifting accessories such as shackles, strops, steel wire ropes all should be inspected thoroughly every six months? Even safety bonds on lanterns fall under this regulation. This task can often be difficult to undertake and document during busy times. Arranging external contactors to do this when you have performances can be a hassle but now is a great time to take advantage of your venues dark period and get your rigging inspected and in good shape for when you reopen.

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Warrington Music Festival 2019

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This year saw Warrington Music Festival 2019 headliners Black Grape and the Farm, as well as 22 local bands who played in Warrington’s Old Market place last weekend.   The Saturday was a ticketed event to allow for numbers, however the Sunday was simply a case of turning up.  Even though the weather was not quite as scorching as last year, people still turned out to experience one of Warrington’s great music events. Continue reading

Morecambe Carnival 2019

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The Morecombe Carnival has grown in to a full festival weekend with lots of artisits featuring on the main stage, such as headliner Toyah,  four times Brit Award nominated English musician, singer, songwriter, actress, producer and author. Also The Christians, renowned for an endless string of soulful yet socially aware hits… Forgotten Town, Ideal World, Born Again, Harvest for the World, What’s in a Word, Hooverville, Words, Father, The Bottle and many more.

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Rufus Wainwright at The Bridgewater Hall

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dBS Solutions have had the pleasure of providing lighting and designer for Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter, and composer Rufus Wainwright who will play 4 highly anticipated UK dates in April 2019 to commemorate the 20-year anniversary of his eponymous debut which first burst him onto the music scene. Continue reading

Zipworld FFear FForest

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dBS Solutions were approached by our friends at Worldspan to provide the audio for The Zipworld spooky FFear FForest in the stunning woodland setting nestled in the North Wales Conwy Valley. With adventures to keep everybody totally horrified, from the Fforest ghoaster, the UK’s only alpine coaster of its kind with scary surprises at every corner,  creepy fun on the Zombie Nets or Plummet 2 Hell which drops you 100ft through a trapdoor.

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New Stock Update

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Wow, what a busy few months the summer has turned out to be. With the British weather almost cracking the flags, dBS Solutions have been working flat out in the sunshine on music festivals, arts events, tours and dry hire rentals. We’ve been so busy that we almost forgot to tell you about the great new equipment we’ve been adding into our rental stock for your next events.

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Warrington Music Festival 2018

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Warrington Music Festival 2018 organised by Score Creative Education in partnership with The Golden Square kicked off a celebration of music featuring headliner the Fun Lovin Criminals’ on the 5th May, it was believed to be the biggest, ticket-less music festival in the North West.

After some time away, dBS Solutions were delighted to return to supply full production to the festival which also hosted dozens of emerging bands from Warrington in the Old Market Place.

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Chinese New Year Celebrations 2018

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The annual festivities for Chinese New Year celebrations in Birmingham this February welcomed the year of the Dog and included a street party in the city’s Chinese Quarter. dBS provided full production for The Chinese Festival and were pleased to again be working with our friends at The Birmingham Hippadrome on this great community event.

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Audio rental specialist dBS Solutions supply Damien Dempsey

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We are pleased to this week be providing audio for Ireland’s Damien Dempsey as he visits
Warrington’s Parr Hall and thrilled to be working again with international concert promotors SJM.

Damien shot to fame in 1997 when his first single Dublin Town caught the attention of Sinead
O’Connor, who he later collaborated and toured with. Dempsey’s original folk flavour has seen
him win many awards such as Best Folk/Traditional Act and Best Irish Country/Roots Artist.

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Turning Of The Screw

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dBS Solutions are pleased to be supplying audio equipment to the Mercury Theatre Colchester’s production of Turning of the Screw. The UK tour of Henry James’s thrilling ghost story, is a co production with both Dermot McLaughlin and The Grand Theatre Wolverhampton.

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Sound, Lighting and AV Freelance Engineers Wanted

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We are currently looking for experienced sound, lighting and AV freelance Engineers with an exceptional all round knowledge in their field, plus client management skills to expand our freelancers portfolio.

Applicants will need to be registered as self employed and carry their own public liability insurance.

If you are interested, please send your CV to staff@dbs-solutions.co.uk

The Last Ship sails

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dBS Solutions had the honour and privileged opportunity to supply and operate sound at the Victoria Warehouse in Stretford for Sting’s launch of the UK premiere tour of his new musical The Last Ship, his ode to his shipyard hometown. Stings semi-autobiographical musical will head to Salford’s Lowry Theatre in July and the musical which is set in Wallsend in Northumberland, where Sting grew up, tells the story of a community amid the demise of the shipbuilding industry.

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Rhiannon Giddens

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dBS Solutions recently supplied audio to the Manchester show on Rhiannon Giddens UK tour.  The North Carolina born singer song writer, began on her tour to celebrate the launch of her new Album ‘Freedom Highway’ a solo album with much of her own original material.

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Joanne Shaw Taylor

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dBS Solutions were pleased to be providing audio for Joanne Shaw Taylor’s Manchester show as part of her Uk tour last week in the beautiful Bridgewater Hall.

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Competition time again

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To celebrate the launch of our new logo and rebrand, we thought it would be great to give away some stuff! To be in with a chance of winning a pair of Tascam TH-02 headphones, an all-new studio condenser microphone and some dBS Solutions swag, follow us on Facebook, and like this post or why not tell us what you think of our new look by commenting?

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A Swashbuckling Adventure

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We’ve just got back from a fantastic weekend at the Liverpool Albert docks once again supplying all the audio for the Pirates festival. Myself and the team here at dBS Solutions were thrilled to be asked again following the success of previous events.

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dBS Find the Holy Grail.

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dBS Solutions are pleased to have supplied additional audio equipment for the Mercury Theatre’s production of Spamalot. This laugh out loud production, sound designed by our director Christopher Bogg, opened to critical acclaim in Colchester before heading to Korea to form part of this years Daegu International Music Festival.

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dBS Solutions supply full production for Bury’s Transition Festival

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dBS Solutions are delighted to be providing full production for this years Bury Transition Festival. The festival provides lighting and sound around Bury with live artists, sound sculptures and storytelling within the town’s garden areas. The events creators, The Hamilton Project contacted dBS after our work on Liverpool’s Pirate Festival. The event organisers were looking for a company with the right attitude to immersive arts events to provide sound, lighting, staging and power to a number of sites through Bury. 

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L30s Million Musical Fireworks

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dBS Solutions were pleased to be providing the PA system for L30’s Million Musical Firework Display at Netherton Activity Centre this bonfire night. Our friends, Sirotechnics designed the display for Sefton’s local authority and when they had experienced audio that didn’t live up to the fabulous fireworks on previous events, Sirotechnics Director Simon Harding knew who to call. “The dBS Solutions team are awesome guys to work with. All Top notch.”

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