3/29/2019

How A Live Event Production Company Operates

By Sarah Reed


When it comes to producing concerts and other events, there are different ways in which to do so. In most cases, a live event production company takes care of most of the work. As such, this article provides information on the tools and techniques used to produce such an event.

Whether hosting a ballet, concert, modern dance, theatrical operatic or other production, there are a lot that goes into creating a successful event. For example, most require communications equipment, sound, transport, packaging, staging, special effects and other work. Most often, each of these areas are taken care of by different companies or individuals while others use a single production company which sets up all aspects of the event.

Sound amplification is most likely the first big wave which became popular when added to film in 1927. Whereas, visual presentations at concerts and shows did not become popular until the 1950s and 60s. While sound and visualization technology first become popular in the movie industry, both are now part of most live performances.

Sound reinforcement has been around for quite some time. A professional sound reinforcement system is a professional audio system. The first system to be developed in this regard was in 1927 for a movie theater when the first talking film, the Jazz Singer was originally released. After which, the first outdoor public address system became first large-scale sound system in history.

Bill Graham assisted the historic Fillmore in San Francisco, California when a sound system was needed which could be changed out quickly. During that time, Bill Graham also founded FM productions, one of the first producers of concerts of live performances in the area. The production company became very popular with musicians involved in the Bay Area music scene, including the Grateful Dead.

The production company and a number of San Francisco based musicians became embroiled in a heated debate over the best type of sound system available. For some, it was an array or split array of speakers while others believed horn loaded speakers provided more clarity and better highs and lows in the music. As a resolution, the Grateful Dead and others began providing the sound equipment for each performance.

The production companies in existence today have a lot more going for them than those in the beginning days of live productions. For, there are now basic standard policies and procedures which most of these companies agree are the best in the business. While this is the case, there are also a number independent production outfits whom follow the original stylings of Bill Graham productions.

Bill Graham was a concert promoter from the 1960s until 1991 at which time a helicopter crash took the promoter's life. As a child, the promoter escaped the Nazi invasion in Germany when being sent to France. After which, the young boy became a foster child living in Bronx, New York.

Bill attended high school and college in New York and obtained a degree in business. Then, in the early 1960s, Graham relocated to the Bay Area of California and started a career promoting and producing live events. The first group to hire Bill Graham was a group of politically inspired comics, The San Francisco Mime Troupe in the early 1960s, a group that is still active and performing on a regular basis.




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