Orange backs Vans Warped tour
Orange Amplification has signed up to be the official amp sponsor of the Vans Warped Tour for the seventh year running which features many Orange Ambassadors.
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NAfME Awards Two, Two-Year Research Projects
As part of an ongoing series of research projects that the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) has funded, the leading association for music educators has awarded two new research…
Countryman Microphones Prove Ideal for Flautist Torres
Nestor Torres, a flautist and musical icon in the jazz community, has announced that he has added the Countryman I2 Flute mic to his arsenal.
On the Case (and/or in the Bag…)
Cases & bags tend to be a pretty steady segment in the market. If a customer purchases an instrument of any value whatsoever and plans to do anything…
EAW Names King Marketing & Communications Manager
Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) has named Louie King marketing & communications manager. King is tasked with managing EAW’s worldwide marketing initiatives including advertising, branding, communications and digital marketing.
DPA Microphones Microphone Base
DPA Microphones launches the Microphone Base, a new stand for its d:screet™ SC4098 Podium Microphone.
50 Dealer/50 State Review & Forecast
Nationwide survey of MI retailers suggests generally ‘mixed’ outlook, although many remain concerned about effects of the recent election (Note: some of the stores contacted responded just prior…
NAMM announces TEC award nominations
The NAMM Foundation has announced nominees for its 32nd Annual NAMM TEC awards for outstanding technical and creative achievement.
The story of Gretsch
MMR’s May issue “Century Club” story highlighted several venerable MI companies on the basis of their unbroken history of family ownership. But there’s another manufacturer that holds the…
The Once and Future Story of The Gretsch Company
MMR’s May issue “Century Club” story highlighted several venerable MI companies on the basis of their unbroken history of family ownership. But there’s another manufacturer that holds the…
Sweet Philly Soul
As the fifth most populous city in America and the second largest on the East Coast, Philadelphia is an economic and cultural force. Additionally the city’s rich musical…
Retail: The Mall of Fame
The growing number of music museums all have a retail component. Is there a connection?
CHAUVET’s Nexus Aq 5x5 Lights Lemaitre at Coachella
Norwegians Ketil Jansen and Ulrik Denizou Lund, better known as Lemaitre, performed at Coachella to the pixel mapped CHAUVET Professional Nexus Aq 5x5 LED panels.
Musikmesse Festival 2016: First Headliners and Venues Announced
The first Musikmesse Festival will be held on the occasion of Musikmesse 2016 and enrich the International Trade Fair for Musical Instruments, Sheet Music, Music Production and Music…
Musikmesse reveals Festival music line-up
Musikmesse's new look, consumer dominated, show continues to take shape and has added a line-up of music acts for its first Festival, which will spread the event throughout…
Harmony Project Gets Boost From Yamaha Institute for Mentoring Program
Los Angeles-based Harmony Project announced that it is working in partnership with the Yamaha Music and Wellness Institute to accelerate nationwide expansion of its innovative ‘Mentoring Through Music’…
Prolight + Sound Shanghai 2015
With Prolight + Sound Shanghai just around the corner, 500 brands and companies from 17 countries and regions are set to reveal their most signature and latest pro…
Porter & Davies expands US backline business
Porter & Davies has expanded the use of its BC drum monitor range to leading US backline companies and retailers.
Selling and Producing MI Gear in (and near) the City by the Bay: San Francisco/Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area is one of the largest, most vibrant, and most economically robust markets in the country.
Swing City Music’s 50th Half a Century of Serving the Musicians of Metro St. Louis
I guess they were Fenders,” says Art Rivasy, Sr., founder of Collinsville, Illinois’ Swing City Music, when asked about the first lines carried by his store 50 years…
Shure Earns IEEE Milestone Award for Unidyne Mic
[caption id="attachment_49164" align="alignleft" width="346"]IEEE and Shure Representatives Standing: (Left to Right): IEEE reps Howard E. Michel, Ed Barrett, Karen S. Pedersen, Robert C. Parro, Norman Phoenix, Mohamad Berri,…
John D’Addario Jr. and Jim D’Addario
2014 Don Johnson Music Industry Service Award WinnersThe copy on the Don Johnson Music Industry Service Award trophy reads, “In Recognition and Appreciation for Your Outstanding Advocacy and…
2014 Don Johnson Award Winners: D'Addario
The copy on the Don Johnson Music Industry Service Award trophy reads, “In Recognition and Appreciation for Your Outstanding Advocacy and Support for Music Education at the Community…
NAMM Foundation Supports Phoenix Rising Music Program
NAMM CEO and president Joe Lamond attended the Grand Opening of the new Phoenix House Rising Music Studio in Santa Ana, Calif., November 4, 2013.
Class of 2013: Electra - A Legend Reborn
Guitar aficionados may recognize Electra Guitars as the defunct brand of handsome guitars endorsed by artists like Peter Frampton and Leslie West back in the ‘70s and ‘80s.…
D'Addario Foundation Supports Music Programs to Offer Free Community Music Instruction
The benefits of music education are too important to be reserved only for those who can afford them. It is this belief that drives the D’Addario Foundation to…
Kala and GITC/YMPCA Partnership
Through expanding its work in the schools and a new partnership with the YMCA, Guitars in the Classroom aims to bring music into the lives of even more…