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Yamaha Drums will be hitting the road on the company’s Innovation Tour, visiting three prominent drum dealers, to share the philosophy on how Yamaha has consistently built professional-sounding…
At the upcoming Summer NAMM Show in Nashville, the Recording Academy Producers & Engineers Wing® will host an informative panel on Friday, July 19, 2019, at 1 p.m. titled…
Taylor Guitars has been awarded the “Best In Class” and “Plan Sponsor Of The Year” Awards for 2019 by PlanSponsor Magazine for the company’s U.S. 401(k) plan it offers its…
Luthier Manuel Rodriguez III recently checked in with MMR about his voyage to Fiji.
With just over half (51.2 percent) of participants in this month’s dealer survey (sent out to over 300 retailers) reporting sales in 2019 as being level to the…
The National Association for Music Education (NAfME) has announced the new federated music education association relaunched in the nation’s capital, the DC Music Education Association (DCMEA).
Under new ownership Spector Musical Instruments (SMI) has named a new management team for the brand.
Guitar Center (GC) celebrates the opening of its newest retail location – a 19,000-square-foot facility in Pearl City, Hawaii (1000 Kamehameha Hwy. Pearl City, HI 96782).
Taylor® Guitars has announced the hiring of longtime music industry veteran Craig Yamek as a key accounts manager within its North American sales organization.
Taylor Guitars is excited to announce the successful planting of 1,500 West African ebony trees in Cameroon’s Congo Basin region in an effort to help preserve the future of…
Only 13 months after launching, Key Leaves won an award for “Best Instrument Care Tool” from School Band & Orchestra Magazine at the 2019 National Association of Music…
Founded by Rick and Lori Taylor in 2000, the Healing Rooms Apostolic Center (HRAC) in Santa Maria, California recently added an Allen & Heath S7000 Digital Mixing System…
When celebrities, athletes, and CEOs cross the line into bad behavior, they risk losing a lot of things, not the least of which are product and brand endorsements.
While China continues to fight back against its slowing economy with significant tax cuts and ambitious growth targets, a number of the country’s markets are still drawing more…
Yamaha Drums today announced the signing of Carrington Brown, the Metro D.C.-based studio and live drummer for GRAMMY-winning artist, H.E.R., and many others.
New to the NAMM Show for 2019 were a number of digital billboards placed throughout the campus and inside the Convention Center. This opportunity, spearheaded by MMR’s parent…
115,301 registered attendees visited this January’s gathering in Anaheim – up slightly from last year’s total of 115,085 – and the Show hosted over 2,000 exhibiting companies (also…
During the 2019 Roland International Press Conference, held Thursday, January 24, 2019, on the first day of The NAMM Show in Anaheim, California, Roland and BOSS presented their…
Taylor Guitars has announced four executive promotions in Sales and Finance on the heels of a record year at the company.
Taylor® Guitars has announced four executive promotions in Sales and Finance on the heels of a record year at the company.
Remo announced that as of January 1, 2019, Hal Leonard will serve as a principal distribution and marketing partner for Remo in the United States, with shipments to…
While there are plenty of awards and accolades that organizations or publications hand out to specific instruments, brands, and music-related gear, the DCAs are uniquely significant. Unlike honors…
As the dealers represented in this report are privately held, the data being presented in “America’s Top Chains” was supplied by the companies, themselves. In other instances, MMR…
Much has been written (especially by me) about the decline of the recording studio business. As the ability to make high-quality multitrack recordings moved from expensive, high-tech and…
The School of Music at the University of North Florida recently purchased two Yamaha U1 TransAcoustic upright pianos to help support its latest undergraduate degree program in Music…
Now in its 17th year, Music China has opened its doors in Shanghai with exhibitor sales up thanks to an increase in hall space.
Ortega Guitar’s updated and upgraded version of the KT-WALKER Acoustic Bass is the KT-WALKER-V2.
Check out our annual holiday buying guide of new products for prepping your store for the winter, all sorted by price point.
MMR recently chatted with representatives from five key suppliers of these types of instruments to get their take on the state of this market segment and expectations for…
