Sound Image’s Mike Sprague promoted.
Escondido, California December 19, 2008
Sound Image announces the promotion of Mike Sprague from Production Supervisor to Director of Touring. Mike will be responsible for the Management of Sound Image accounts as well as bringing in new clients. The announcement was made by Dave Shadoan, President and Ross Ritto, CEO of Sound Image last week.

Mike joined Sound Image in June of 2004 when he reduced his extensive touring schedule of the last 25 years. Mike was Aerosmith’s Monitor engineer for 10 years and also worked with Kiss for 4 years, Mike still works with Rage Against The Machine when they do their occasional shows. Mike’s history also includes with then Silver Fish Audio from 1980 to 1983 (Silver Fish Audio became Sound Image in 1983) and toured with Jimmy Buffett while working closely with Ross Ritto.

Sound Image congratulates our clients as winners in the 2008 American Music Awards.
Brad Paisley- Favorite Male Artist, Country Music
Rascal Flatts- Favorite Band, Country Music
Taylor Swift- Favorite Female Artist, Country Music

Sound Image receives award for "Sound Company of the Year" in the 2008 Parnelli Awards
Las Vegas, NV, October 25, 2008
At the 2008 Parnelli Awards, Dave Shadoan was present to accept "Sound Company of the Year" once again recognizing the Rascal Flatts tour with Sound Image. Dave dedicated this year's award to Mr. Jim Douglas, Sound Image's Director of Touring who passed away in September from Cancer.

Sound Image congratulates Russell Fisher as a Parnelli Award recipient for "System Tech of the Year" for his work with Toby Keith.

Sound Image’s Jim Douglas Passes
Escondido, CA (September 24, 2008)--Jim Douglas, director of tour sound for audio provider Sound Image, passed away from Cancer on Monday, September 22, at the age of 61. Born in Scotland, Douglas spent nearly 40 years in the touring industry, becoming an influence and friend to generations of audio pros around the globe.
Jim Douglas - August 17, 1947 to September 22, 2008

Below is a tribute by Sound Image president David Shadoan.  
 
Our friend Jim was a gentleman, father, husband and friend. His large stature and quiet style were two items you could never miss about his presence. He filled you with a sense of confidence--the kind of confidence you can only feel from someone who truly knows his business, is determined to get the best results every time, and can still be a gentleman while doing it. This is no doubt what caused him to be a monitor engineer and confidant to some of the great music makers of the seventies, including Ted Nugent, Paul McCartney, Foreigner and Aerosmith.
 
Jimmy's career began in the 1960s, working with Jack Bruce as an assistant, soundman, tour manager and more, handling the myriad of details that went into those early days of touring.
 
Jim's work on the road with Electrosound in the 1970s as a top monitor engineer and crew chief took him around the world on the some of the largest music tours of the day. He was never full of himself, and always had time to mentor and help people on his crew who sought to better themselves. Let it be known that Jim was not a push-over. He demanded the best of himself and therefore those around him on his crews. If you did not meet his high expectations, he certainly was not ashamed to let you know it--and typically, you were a better person for it.
 
Jim found his way off the road during the 1980s, joining the management team at Electrosound as a key individual in charge of operations. His time on the road immediately brought him respect from all on the team, and allowed Jim to organize the company operations to a new level. He had the uncanny knack of being able to track untold amounts of equipment, cable, microphones, consoles and cases with no more than a few pads of paper and a pencil. No computer necessary--just the innate talent achieved from all those many years of doing shows.
 
Jim was the strong rudder that steered Electrosound (Electrotec) through the 1980s and into the 1990s, when PRG acquired the company in 1999. During 2000, Jim met with Dave Shadoan and was hired to assume the position as Director of Tour Sound at Sound Image. It did not take long for Jim to establish himself as an integral part of the Sound Image management team. He was instrumental in bringing many of his industry friends into the Sound Image family, including David Gautrey, George Barnes, Son Nishimura and Martin Ruiz, as well as many established sound engineers and their clients.
 
Our friend Jim was an example of what we should all aspire to be; he was a man of high integrity, strength, dedication and one who was always there when you needed a hand.
 
Jim, we will miss you. The world was a much better place with you in it.

Sound Image wins Parnelli Award 2007 Sound Company of the Year
ORLANDO, FL — The 2007 Parnelli Awards gala honored the best and brightest of the live event industry Friday, Nov. 16, at the Peabody Hotel in Orlando, Fla.

L&SI Online Discuss Parnelli Award
JBL Professional Vertec system owner Sound Image was recently named the winner of a 2006 Parnelli Award for Sound Company of the Year. The award was presented to Sound Image president Dave Shadoan on October 20 at the LDI convention in Las Vegas.

Sound Image wins Parnelli Award 2006 Sound Company of the Year
Timeless Communications presented the 2006 Parnelli Awards on Friday, October 20, at the Venetian Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The awards are meant to acknowledge the achievements of the best in the business, and this year’s ceremony accomplished precisely that.

Sound Image Delivers Flawless Performance For North American Eric Clapton Arena Tour
Despite impromptu changes and threatening weather, Sound Image delivered a flawless front-of-house performance on the first show of Eric Clapton’s North American arena tour. Renowned throughout the world as a provider of premium audio systems, SI furnished live sound reinforcement equipment as well as expert mixing and engineering support.

Sound Image Keeps Def Leppard Up and Running
SI provides AV technology and personnel for hundreds of concerts each year. We have the infrastructure in place to supply engineering talent and the next generation in live sound reinforcement equipment to concerts of any size.

Sound Image received numerous Industry awards!
Sound Image won the Pollstar award for Sound Company of the year 2004. Pollstaronline

Sound Image also received the Tour Guide award for Sound Company of the year 2004.

The Pro Production award for Sound Company of the year 2004 was awarded to Sound Image. This is done by Front of House magazine

Sound Image Covers Crossroad Festival
Sound Image of Los Angeles (sic) provided the concert P.A. for an all-star lineup at the Crossroad Guitar Festival Cotton Bowl show on Sunday June 6, 2004. A eighty box JBL Vertec PA system was installed for the concert featuring Neal Schon, Joe Walsh, James Taylor, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, John Mayer, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton and ZZ Top. See the article at Mix Online

On the road with Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart's latest U.S. tour started this month and already the rave reviews are rolling in. Audiences are getting an earful of his hits as well as selections from his recent Great American Songbook CD series. All of that music is being heard through a Meyer Sound system based on arrays totaling 52 MILO high-power curvilinear loudspeakers

Photos Courtesy Meyer Sound

Sound Image is nominated!
Sound Image is nominated for the Mix Magazine's 2004 " 18th Annual Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards". The nomination is in the Tour Production and Tour Company category, for Sound Image's support services of the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young tour.

Lenny Kravitz is touring with a Sound Image JBL Vertec system
Equipment includes:
* 48 JBL VT4889 line array high elements
* 32 VerTec 4880 dual 18" subwoofer line array elements
* 50 Crown MA 5002 VZ amlifiers
* 5 BSS 366 processors
* 6 BSS Varicurves equalizers
* Yamaha PM4000 front of house consoles
* Midas XL4 monitor consoles
* 10 Sound Image front fills

Read about Brooks & Dunn in the July Issue of Mix Magazine
Mix Magazine's Mark Frink wrote: " I first heard this (Sound Image) system several years ago on a Melissa Etheridge show and had forgotten how good it sounds!"