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For Nigeria's annual gospel concert "The Experience," local sound company GQ Acoustics + Sound knew that only the most powerful and reliable sound system should be used for the event's expected audience of 80,000. Then three times that number actually showed up. "When I first looked at the size of the crowd, it was almost frightening," admits Peter Iriah, GQ's CEO. The event's venue, Tafawa-Balewa Square, with its concrete, reflective surfaces and

GQ Acoustics in conjunction with Meyer Sound (USA) will be holding a Sound Engineering training seminar titled "Comprehensive System Design and Implementation"
Venue at NECA House, Plot A2, Hakeem Balogun Street, Central Business District, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos
Date: August 8 to 12, 2011.
 

In spite of the recent loss of his mother, one of America’s foremost hip hop stars Kanye West alongside T.Pain, his counterpart, recently stormed Lagos with a performance that took away the breath of over 50,000 Lagos fans. The event was the 2007 edition of the annual Star Mega Jam organized by Nigerian Breweries Plc. The sound rental company was GQAcoustics. A review of the show by Nigeria’s largest celebrity magazine, CITY PEOPLE, said it all. "The sound system was excellent.

With a capacity of more than 55,000, Nigeria's Faith Tabernacle is certainly one of the largest church complexes on the continent, if not the entire world. An affiliate of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Faith Tabernacle is located in Ota, some 50 miles inland from the country's largest city, Lagos. The tabernacle opened its doors in 1999, but the massive size; high, open roof structure; and highly reflective walls and floor of the sanctuary precipitated acoustical problems that plagued the congregation for years.