NEW YORK, NEW YORK: Earlier this year, songwriter, and motivational speaker Jana Stanfield was backstage at New York City's renowned Carnegie Hall, preparing for her gig as an opener for guitarist Mike Rayburn, widely known as 'the World's Funniest Guitar Virtuoso.'
While unpacking the few pieces of live audio gear she travels with - dual Lectrosonics
UR100 and UM100 UHF belt-pack receiver/transmitter wireless systems - she once
again heard familiar praises directed towards her wireless systems of choice.
"The sound technician at Carnegie Hall said, 'Lectrosonics? I love this
gear!'" recalls Stanfield. "He said, 'This is great wireless equipment,'
then shows it to another technician, saying, 'This is what they use in the
movies.' Cool, huh?"
Stanfield and her company, Keynote Concerts, provide music-based
motivational events - "concerts with a message,"- and have built quite
a
successful business in doing so. Rayburn, who calls his show 'Classically
Trained... Comically Derailed,' is a deft, tasteful guitar player with a
quick, witty tongue. Together, the duo graced the stage of Carnegie's Zankel
Hall via their individual mettles of music, humor, and stirring messages.
Clearly, Stanfield, along with Rayburn, who also employs Lectrosonics
wireless systems in his act, is a proud Lectrosonics user. After years of
using - and breaking - other wireless systems, Stanfield made the switch to
Lectrosonics with the encouragement of Bill Johnson, owner of Bill Johnson's
Western Connection in Phoenix, Arizona. For 20 years, Johnson has marketed
and sold the Lectrosonics line to the motivational speaker market.
"I heard from Bill and other speakers that Lectrosonics was the best,
and I
bought the systems from him," Stanfield explains. "I use a flesh-colored
Countryman ISOMAX Stealth earset microphone with a wireless pack for my
voice and a wireless pack for my guitar, which I wear on my guitar strap. I
think the best thing about the Lectrosonics gear is its 'dropability.' I've
tested them on concrete and marble floors around the world, and played with
this system in countries including Australia, Thailand, New Zealand, Bali,
and Canada. So far, I've dropped it in three-fourths of those countries."
Rayburn, who was encouraged to purchase the same Lectrosonics wireless
systems by an elated Stanfield, cites several reasons why switching to the
UR100/UM100 gear was such an important decision. "First of all," he
begins,
"It's hard to get something that sounds good and is small enough to travel
with. I'm in a different place each night, so it has to be durable. It's
reliable, sounds great, and I've never had anything to go wrong with my
transmitters and I've had them for three years."
Offering 256 synthesized UHF frequencies, the Lectrosonics UM100 belt-pack
transmitter gives users unprecedented transmission quality and is perfect
for environments where radio interference can be a problem. The lightweight,
aluminum-constructed UM100 features wide range input limiting, dual LEDs for
accurate gain adjustment, a dual-band compander, and a variable
low-frequency roll-off. A small, yet rugged alloy antenna and a contoured,
wire belt clip is also included.
Lectrosonics Wireless Mic Systems Share the Stage
at Carnegie Hall with both motivational speaker, Jana Stanfield (shown) and
guitarist/comic, Mike Rayburn.
According to Stanfield, a performer working in the realm of motivational speaking
almost requires having a wireless system like her Lectrosonics rig. "If
I'm going to the other side of the world to perform, I can only take two bags,"
she explains. "One is my Calton guitar case, which I check on an international
flight. The other bag holds everything else I need for the trip - clothes, shoes,
a few CDs, and my two wireless systems, all of which has to be under 50 lbs.
This gear is so small that it hardly takes up any room and adds virtually no
weight."
Finally, an all-battery operation combined with impeccable build quality
make the UM100 a no-brainer for Carnegie Hall-worthy artists such as
Stanfield and Rayburn. "I don't have to worry about plugging it in while
in
different countries," explains Stanfield with a sense of relief. "And
finally, I know that if someone says to me, 'We're having a problem with
your sound,' I know it's not my wireless. I can say to them, 'I use this
equipment all around the world, and I never - ever - have a problem with
it."
Often, illustrates Rayburn, a motivational speaker doesn't know what to
expect of their next performance venue. Because of that, arriving with a
fail-proof wireless system goes a long way to reducing audio-induced
headaches. "Every night is a different system," Rayburn explains.
"One
minute you have a professional sound company and an arena system, the next
you're in a hotel meeting room with a small Mackie mixer and a couple of JBL
speakers. What you want to do in those situations, as simply as possible, is
limit the variables. If you have something you can really count on, like the
Lectrosonics systems, it just makes life easier."
Lectrosonics Wireless Mic Systems Share the Stage
at Carnegie Hall with both guitarist/comic, Mike Rayburn (shown) and motivational
speaker, Jana Stanfield.
Well respected within the film, broadcast and theater technical communities
since 1971, Lectrosonics wireless microphone systems and audio processing products
are used daily in mission-critical applications by audio engineers familiar
with the company's dedication to quality, customer service and innovation. Lectrosonics
is based in Rio Rancho, New Mexico.
lectrosonics.com
