PALM® + Musician Expo 2010 attracts global attention

PALM® Expo to cover 10,000 sq. meters. Featuring the largest product display ever. Stronger seminar and conference programme this year.

This June India’s only and biggest expo on professional audio, music production, musical instruments, live sound, lighting and install sound – PALM® 2010, opens it doors to the entire music and pro sound industry to its 10th successive Show staging from 3-5 June 2010 at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon (E), Mumbai. Diversified Communications takes pride in this achievement. This milestone is being celebrated as much by the manufacturers, distributors, dealers across India. The trade and industry identify with the PALM® Expo in unity since 2001, when the platform was created with their support. This year the PALM® promises a better event after the acquisition of PALM® Expo by Diversified Business Communications producers of events, publications and eMedia and headquartered in Portland, Maine, USA. The existing team will host the 10th PALM®R Expo bringing international experience from Createasphere, Burbank USA, a diversified company also serving the pro audio community.

Running in parallel with the PALM® Expo and Musician Expo is the Cinema India Expo. The entertainment industry in India is flourishing and the Live stage and television entertainment has incorporated and embraced the latest technologies and equipment to deliver the audience a much more professional and glamorized feel. A lot of effort and investments are being made in deploying equipments for Live Sound, Audio Visual systems, Lighting for stage, TV shows, Music concerts etc.

The PALM® expo serving as a platform for nine long years has been active in bringing new technologies and professional hi-end gear to the Indian market where professionals from across India and overseas can meet to exchange ideas and network over the three stimulating days of the Expo. Spread over 10,000 sq. mts with exhibit displays in hall 1 and hall 5, the noisy hall. The Expo features a wide range of equipments; from film mixing consoles, monitoring systems, microphones, recording hardware and softwares and plug –ins.

Anil Chopra, Managing Director, Diversified Communications India, says “We will continue to involve ourselves with the Indian distributor community for pro audio and musical instruments and reaffirm our primary interest in developing the market, bringing to you the latest technology from the international community that is committed to its presence in India. The PALM® and Musician Expo platform will first-and-last provide an affordable and realistic platform that contributes in all ways in creating a show that will display the emotion to serve the industry that we belong to and have dedicated ourselves to this last decade. I am glad to see Diversified joining our mission with a similar commitment and I can assure all exhibitors will experience the warmth and spirit of the PALM® as a festival and celebration of Indian talent and the serious intention to expand and enlarge the distribution and penetration of musical instruments and recording technologies, live sound and AV integration.”

“PALM® Expo 2010 will once again feature the PALM® IRAA music technical awards. In respect to the IRAA awards, the process of selection of award winning work for music recording and soundtracks involves a committee and systematic evaluation. We are going to pay special attention to the conference programme that shall feature some of the eminent personalities in the pro audio industry. The market in India is upgrading rapidly. We are responding to the demand from rental companies, integrators and sound production engineers to see and hear knowledgeable presentations.” affirms Chopra.

Manuel Dias, Project Director, says “The 10th PALM® expo boasts of the largest display of professional audio which encompasses over 500 leading brands in music recording, sync sound, dubbing, 5.1 surround mixing, monitoring along with it the PALM® represents the live segments consisting of Line arrays, stage monitors, mixers, trussing equipments, Lighting, Live mixing consoles. The PALM® Expo 2010 is redesigned with a more spacious entrance and registration and user friendly for information on exhibitors and conference programme. We feature once again the PALM® bar and high quality catering and also the international lounge for overseas exhibitors who can avail of these facilities as an option. The show will feature training sessions and workshops and demos of the latest products showcased in 2010.

In the Lighting segment you could find on display the different gobos, moving heads, foggers, Lasers and many more. Since LED lighting is revolutionizing the lighting industry a lot of LED lighting will be on display used in illuminating clubs, discos, stage, auditoriums. It is the only expo that showcases vast range of lighting products including exterior and interior lighting, LED’s, fibre optics, lamps and lighting control.

The Musicians and music lovers can have a gala time in the Musical Instruments section where a large display of guitars, pianos, drums, guitar amplifiers will be on exhibit from all the leading distributors of MI in India. Being the only international and biggest music fair that boasts the largest gathering of musicans who congregate at the leading platform from all across India exhibiting the complete spectrum of Musical instruments, music software and accessories.

Audio Video Systems is another segment that offers solutions for AV Integration, Install Sound and AV install, video projection technologies, display equipment, audio + video conferencing equipment and technology, wireless systems, control systems, systems integration and many more.

The seminar and conference sessions involves topics and subjects chaired by highly trained and experienced professionals who have contributed to and excelled in the industry. The seminar and conference sessions revolve around the passion of engineers for learning more and excelling in sound, that drives thousands and thousands of highly motivated professionals occupied in every sphere of sound engineering, be it post production studios, film post and dubbing studios, television studios, Live sound for stage and auditoria. They aspire to interact and satiate the need for information and knowledge. “The PALM® presents an excellent opportunity for pro audio companies to sponsor their product in the seminar programmes over three days. The seminar focusing on technical presentations will surely attract a considerable response from the PALM® website promotion as well from our extensive marketing initiatives that include emails, brochures and telemarketing” says Anil Chopra.