Beijing, China (March 5, 2018) —The focus on music as an essential part of education in China, not an extra, is well-known around the world. Recently, Prime Connections International (PCI),...
Beijing, China (March 5, 2018) —The focus on music as an essential part of education in China, not an extra, is well-known around the world. Recently, Prime Connections International (PCI), distributor of QSC in Asia, recently partnered with British-based organization RSL, purveyor of the Rock School educational system, to bring the power and appeal of Rock School to China. Two important special events were held — a training seminar on digital mixing for the Rock School franchisees and a performance by bands featuring young talent led by renowned drummer Paul Elliott — utilizing TouchMix-8, TouchMix-16 and TouchMix-30 Pro compact digital mixers, four KLA12 active line array loudspeakers, four KW181 active subwoofers, as well as a number of K10.2 and K12.2 active loudspeakers.
Rock School, the first organization to offer certificates and qualification tests in contemporary music styles, teaches music interactively and socially by bringing school-age students into bands to rehearse together and ultimately give a public performance. To evangelize this method, PCI, RSL, and RSL’s distributor Liangqin Jiamu first held the summit for Rock School distributors from over 100 cities in China, at which Mr. Bin Wang of PCI spoke about the benefits of digital mixing with session recording functionality.
“With the function of recording and playing back the track for a specific band member, TouchMix solves the problem of having to suspend the rehearsal or gig because of the absence of any one member,” noted Mr. Bin Wang. “And at any time, a band member is able to practice his or her own performance under the background of recorded tracks of other performers, simply by muting his or her own track and playing along live.”
Mr. Wang then asked the attendees about the most crucial