Not only this, our PSM1000 system was exclusively relied upon for all wireless ear monitor mixes. 16 mixes and over 50 belt packs were used for all of the acts.

Shure artists Brad Paisley, Luke Bryan, The Band Perry, Dierks Bentley, Vince Gill, and Little Big Town all used the UR system with various capsules.

Speaking of Little Big Town, a HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to them for winning Single of the Year for “Pontoon” and finally getting the award they have been working towards for 13 years, Vocal Group of the Year!

Other artists that used Shure UR handheld transmitters included Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Willie Nelson, Eli Young Band, Taylor Swift, Hunter Hayes (who won Best New Artist), Brantley Gilbert, Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney, Kelly Clarkson, and Carrie Underwood.

As usual, I was able to attend both rehearsal and the show to hang with the crews and the greet the artists.  I was also pleased to have fellow Shure Associate Bill Ostry visiting from our Market Development team. It’s always a pleasure to have Associates come down to visit and get a taste of all of the action in Nashville.

There are plenty of YouTube videos of the performances from the show online.  Check out them all out, including a very special duet with Kelly Clarkson and Vince Gill.

Ryan

What’s so great about hypercardioid and subcardioid polar patterns, you ask? The hypercardioid works well on loud stages, isolating the voice from monitor bleed even better than a supercardioid. On the flip side, the subcardioid, with its wider pickup angle, is suited to quieter stages.

Chris Lyons explains the particulars here:

So far, the KSM9HS has joined Kenny Chesney, Drive-By Truckers, and Cage the Elephant onstage.

Check out the KSM9 product page on shure.com for more information.

NEWSFLASH: KSM9HS is a ProSoundNetwork AES Best Of Show Award Winner! We’re thrilled!

This years’ CMT Music Awards was held at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on Wednesday, June 6.  Shure pitched in a healthy supply of wired mics to be used on the show and Clair Nashville brought in the wireless systems.  Endorsers Luke Bryan, The Band Perry, Rascal Flatts, Little Big Town, and Brad Paisley all used Shure UHF-R wireless systems with various capsules for their performances.   Other artists who used Shure included Zac Brown Band, Toby Keith, and Kenny Chesney.

I brought in a pair of SRH750DJ headphones for monitor engineer Jason Spence to try out and he was very impressed with their response.  I also caught Brad Paisley backstage and he commented that he’s been loving his amp sound lately with just pair’s of SM57′s on them.

Little Big Town performed their new smash hit “Pontoon” on top of a real Pontoon, complete with a slide off the back and plenty of folks on board having a good time being on national television (See pictures below)

The end of show performance featured Rascal Flatts singing their latest “Banjo” with a quick segue into Journey singing their trademark “Don’t Stop Believing.” The entire audience were on their feet!  A great way to end a great show.

However, that was not the end to my week.  The CMA Music Fest would carry me through the weekend.  (Stand by, I’m going to bring you that blog right after these messages…..)

Ryan

Wireless World

Rascal Flatts and Journey backstage

Jason Spence

Little Big Town

Loading The Stage

My Creds

Red Solo Cup

The Stage

Outside the Arena