PERSONNEL:
Mike Rowland – Tour Manager/Monitor Engineer
Karen “Keeks” Weigold – Production Manager
Cam Mclellan – FOH Engineer
Meaghan McEachren – A2
Matthew Rigg – Stage Manager/Staging
James Moore – LD
Marc-Andre Dionne – L2
Quincy Yip – Video Server Specialist
Crystal Carew – Video Projection Specialist
Chris Draper – Backline Tech
Matthew Burnett – Management & Creative
Jordan Evans – Management & Creative
Production Design:
Louis Oliver & 24/7 Productions
Cameron McLellan at FOH with an Avid S6L-32D
Production Suppliers (U.S. & Canada):
Audio – PRG
LX & Video – Solotech
Production Suppliers (Europe):
Audio – Eighth Day Sound
LX & Video – VSS
GEAR AT A GLANCE
PA
Main Hangs:
• 12 x d&b audiotechnik J8 & 4 x J12 (per side)
Side Hangs:
• 12 x d&b audiotechnik J8s (per side)
Mike Rowland mixing monitors with an Avid S6L-32D
He adds that his mix gets
heavily EQ’d each day to account
for those kinds of variables. “All in
all, every mix is very musical and
exactly what you would expect it
to be. We stole [drummer] Adrian
Bent from Drake, and he is often
saying how happy he is with his
ears, which I’ll take!”
Daniel Caesar’s back-to-back
nights at Budweiser Stage were
successful shows amidst a suc-
cessful tour supporting a suc-
cessful album; as Weigold jokes
in hindsight, the only downside
was a notable lack of ducklings in
the Ontario Place Channel next
to the venue’s well-worn loading
dock. Otherwise, she praises her
longtime partners at PRG for their
unparalleled support and her
fellow crew members for another
job well done.
Both McLellan and Rowland
mention Meaghan McEachren,
the A2 on the tour, as being
indispensable – especially with
the higher stakes at Bud Stage.
“The show just doesn’t happen as
smoothly without her,” McLellan
reinforces.
Ultimately, Caesar had the
thousands in attendance eating
out of his hands on both nights,
and even had guests like Kardinal
Offishall and Sean Leon elevate
the excitement on the first. Both
proved that the artist’s seemingly
meteoric rise from a first-ever
show in 2016 to back-to-back
nights on an iconic stage has
been well-earned, and as Row-
land told Professional Sound at the
tail end of his interview: “Hopeful-
ly we can talk again after he sells
out Scotiabank Arena!”
If the artist continues on his
current tangent, that won’t be
too far off...
Andrew King is the Editor-in-Chief
of Professional Sound.
Subs:
• 24 x d&b audiotechnik B2s (6 stacks in cardioid configuration)
Front Fills:
• 8 x d&b audiotechnik Q7s
Amplification:
• 8 x d&b audiotechnik D80 Amplifiers
FOH:
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1 x Avid S6L-32D Control Surface
1 x Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 V1 USB Interface
1 x Meyer Sound Galileo Galaxy 816 AES Network Processor.
1 x Lectrosonics Venue 6-Channel Modular Receiver (470.1-691.1
MHZ)
Monitors:
• 1 x Avid S6L-32D Control Surface
• Waves Plug-Ins
• 14 x Shure PSM1000 Receivers
• 8 x Sennheiser 6000 Mic Transmitters
• 4 x Shure UR4D Wireless Receivers (Backline)
Microphones:
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Telefunken M82
Telefunken M80s
Telefunken M81s
Beyerdynamic M88
Beyerdynamic TGD58C
Neumann 184s
Neuman 102s
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