Kala Guitarlele
Kala Brand Music's new hybrid instrument, the Guitarlele, is a six-stringed instrument tuned to A-D-G-C-E-A, that projects a bright and full tone similar to capoing up on the fifth fret…
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2014 Music Products Industry Archive
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NAMM’s Museum of Making Music Benefit Supports ‘Access to Music’
The Museum of Making Music (MoMM), a division of the NAMM Foundation, raised more than $42,000 at its annual gala benefit, which featured a powerful performance by celebrated slide guitarist…
Fender Shares Strategic Initiatives with Key N. American Dealers
Fender Musical Instruments Corporation held a two-day business meeting the week of Aug. 4 with key North American dealers at the Fender Visitor Center in Corona, California. FMIC interim CEO…
Córdoba Joins Selectron UK’s Catalog
Córdoba Guitars has partnered with Selectron (UK) Ltd. to distribute the in the Uunited Kingdom. “With Selectron’s long history of distributing MI brands to some of the UK’s top retailers,…
TMP Pro to Distribute Westone in US
TMP Pro Distribution has announced an agreement with Westone to distribute the full line of their professional and personal music products in the US. TMP celebrates its 35th anniversary this year, following a…
Micah Eberman Named VP of Brand Engagement at Zoom North America
Zoom North America has named Micah Eberman as its new Vice President of Brand Engagement. Eberman, previously an agency strategist and creative director for the company, will lead Zoom’s marketing…
GC Opens New Flagship Store in Times Square
Last Thursday, August 7th, Guitar Center celebrated the grand opening of its newest retail location at 218 W. 44th Street in the heart of NYC’s Times Square.The new store (GC’s…
Trade Regrets: Pat Hiatt
On Sunday, August 10th, MMR received the following from NAMM’s Dan Del Fiorentino:Pat Hiatt was among the leaders of band instrument repairmen in our industry who helped improve the training…
PMC Announces Drum Roadie for a Day Winner
The Percussion Marketing Council (PMC) has announced the International Drum Month (IDM) “Drum Roadie for a Day” winner: Eric Austin, 23, of Springfield, Illinois. The 2014 IDM grand prize package…
Bethel Music Center Celebrates 30 Years
Bethel Music Center is celebrating its 30th birthday this year. On August 16th, 2014, from 10:00am until 5:00pm, BMC will be holding a party at the store (273 Greenwood Ave in…
Getting the Most Out of Back to School Sales
By the time you receive this issue of MMR, your store likely already has in place plans to attract student and parent customers as kids return to school in September.…
DANSR Marks 10 Year Anniversary
For a couple of decades now, one of the hottest spots for reed players to visit in New York City isn’t a nightclub, bar, studio, or even university. It’s Vandoren’s…
FTC Gives Music Teachers a Regulatory Nudge
Back in April, a little-noticed decision by the Federal Trade Commission was released. It didn’t make the New York Times, but it does have significant implications for MI retailers who…
Amahi Ukuleles Chart New Ground with Exotic Woods
As with most fretted instruments, ukuleles sporting beautiful tone woods carry a distinct advantage in the market. Koa, Rosewood, Zebrawood, and Mahogany - the names and the rich grains that…
How to Make Online Video Work for You
The Internet is on the verge of being dominated by video media – it leads off online news and sports articles, it’s shared on everyone’s Facebook feeds, and it’s searched by…
Brush-men & Bobbleheads
Daniel Pink begins his book, To Sell is Human, with the story of Norman Hall, the last remaining Fuller Brush salesman - on Earth. At age 75, Norman routinely transverses…
Wi Digital Emerges as a Wireless Pioneer
When Wi Digital first introduced their breakthrough product, the AudioLink, they ran into a peculiar problem – customers didn’t believe that the tiny units could actually work. The product, which…
Handheld Recorders Get a Grip on the Market
In the old days, peering into the world of film and audio production could be an intimidating, exotic experience. There were big shoulder-strapped tape machines, strange-looking microphones, and audio techs…
Q&A: Larry Fishman
MMR: One of the new products to make a big splash back at Winter NAMM was Fishman’s Fluence pickup. Can you talk about the origins of the project – what…
NAMM Show: It's All About Community
I am writing having just arrived back home from Nashville and the Summer NAMM Show. If you attended, I believe you will know what the headline above is about. Our…
Gibson's '335' Trademark Battle
It was announced on July 24th – and reported by MMR in this issue (see page 6) – that 16 guitar brands have filed for extensions in order to oppose…
Breedlove Donates Custom Guitar to Sisters Folk Festival
For more than 10 years Breedlove has been providing a custom guitar to the Sisters Folk Festival to be raffled off to raise funds for the Americana Project. The Americana…
Electro-Harmonix B9 Organ Machine
With nine finely-tuned presets emulating the legendary organs of the '60s and beyond, the B9 Organ Machine delivers definitive tonewheel and combo organ sounds. A nine-position switch allows the player…
Vandoren M|O Lite Alto Sax Ligature
The M|O LITE is made out of a synthetic material and offers the quick response and resonance of the standard line of M|O inverted ligatures at a lower price point.
PreSonus AudioBox iTwo Studio Recording Kit
This special all-PreSonus system combines a USB bus-powered interface for Mac, Windows, and iPad with Studio One(r) Artist DAW software (Mac and Windows), Capture(tm) Duo recording software (iPad), monitoring headphones,…
Guitar Recorded Versions: Slash and Keith Urban from Hal Leonard
The Slash Guitar Anthology (HL00691114 / $24.99) presents 23 tunes by the Guns'n'Roses and Velvet Revolver superstar in notes and tab from throughout his career. Includes: “Anastasia,” “Beggars and Hangers…
Seymour Duncan NYC Bass Pickups
The NYC pickups use a dual coil J-type pickup design with a double row of exposed Alnico pole pieces. The four-conductor cable allows for three wiring modes which provide a…
JazzDeck by NorCal Jazz
The JazzDeck™ "textbook in a box" is designed to help players of all levels build confidence and sharpen their chops as jazz soloists. Comprised of 54 high-grade playing cards color-coded…
Korg SDD-3000 Delay Pedal
The original KORG SDD-3000 rack-mount digital delay from 1982 has been meticulously reproduced and is now available as the SDD-3000 Pedal. The pedal features eight distinct delay types (SSD-3000, Analog,…
Kaces Redesigned Percussion Line
Kaces percussion line includes a broad selection of everyday "bread and butter" profit-building items such as marching drum stick quivers, snare drum porters, bell kit porters, snare and bell kit…
Taylor Guitars 150e
Taylor’s newest addition to the 100 Series is the 150e, a 12-string Dreadnought guitar. The 150e is Taylor's most affordable 12-string guitar to date. Crafted from a layered sapele back…
Roland Releases First Complete Reproduction of Iconic SH-101 Synthesizer
Roland has announced the worldwide release of the SH-101 PLUG-OUT Software Synthesizer for the SYSTEM-1. The new software synthesizer is a complete reproduction of the iconic SH-101, right down to…
Chauvet DJ’s New Freedom Series Battery-Powered Wash Lights
For Chauvet DJ, “Freedom” means more than simply doing away with power cords and DMX cables. Now, users of the company’s popular battery-powered, Freedom Series wash fixtures can shed the…
Hal Leonard and Propellerhead Expand Distribution Deal into Canada
Hal Leonard Corporation has been selling Propellerhead Software products to the MI trade in the US since 2011, and became an exclusive distributor last August. Because of this, the companies…
JHS to Distribute Graph Tech in UK
John Hornby Skewes and Co. Ltd. began distributing the full range of Graph Tech Guitar Labs products in the UK from 1st August 2014. Graph Tech Guitar Labs produce some of the industry's most innovative and reliable…
Sennheiser and Full Compass to Co-Sponsor Recording Clinic
Sennheiser and Full Compass Systems have announced that they are co-sponsoring a special audio recording clinic on Thursday, September 11th at the Full Compass facility in Madison, Wisconsin. The event…
New PRS S2 Series' Models
On the first anniversary of the S2 Series, PRS is adding three new models to the lineup: the S2 Mira Semi-Hollow, S2 Custom 22 Semi-Hollow, and the S2 Singlecut Semi-Hollow.…
Zivix JamStik
The Zivix JamStik digital guitar connects wirelessly to Apple devices, introducing a number of industry firsts in this compact instrument. The JamStik’s first-to-market technology uses an infrared light sensing fretboard…
Roland Announces Full AIRA Update
Roland has announced that the entire AIRA family has been updated with exciting and useful new features requested by users from around the globe. Easy to install and free for all…
The Music People to Distribute Denon and Marantz
TMP Pro Distributionis has announced a distribution agreement with Denon Professional and Marantz Professional to be their exclusive national distributor in the U.S. TMP Pro Distribution has built an expansive…