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2021 LIVE SOUND YEAR IN REVIEW | Jeff Hawley
MICHAEL BROWN-CESTERO MATT LAWRENCE MICHAEL LAWRENCE ALAN MACPHERSON GREG MCVEIGH ALEX ORDOÑEZ PATRICK SULLIVAN
Well , 2021 was definitely one for the books . COVID has continued to disrupt all aspects of daily life and has particularly impacted the live sound industry , now with global supply chain and logistics woes thrown into the mix . But despite all of the turmoil , there are certainly many positive stories and big trends afoot that churches of all shapes and sizes should pay attention to as we roll the calendar over into 2022 . I spoke ( separately ) with a few of my industry friends to get their take on where we ’ re at and where we ’ re all likely going . Enjoy !
[ WM ] If you could describe the live sound industry in 2021 in one word , what would it be ?
Michael Brown-Cestero , QI , CTS-I , AIA ( President , Embassy Holdings / Managing Director , cavlo ): Resilience .
Matt Lawrence ( Sales Manager , Live Sound - Avid ): Recovery .
Michael Lawrence ( Application Support Specialist , Rational Acoustics / Technical Editor , Live Sound International ): Adjustment .
Alan Macpherson ( CEO , Americas , L-Acoustics ): Tsunami .
Greg McVeigh ( Guesthouse Projects ): Unfulfilled .
Alex Ordoñez ( Marketing Manager , Group One [ Calrec , DiGiCo , KLANG , Solid State Logic , etc .]): Strength .
Patrick Sullivan ( President , American Music & Sound [ Allen & Heath , Kurzweil , NORD , etc .]): Change .