Trade Regrets: Jim Coffin
Jerry Andreas of SKB Corporation got in touch with MMR to tell us of the passing of Jim Coffin on April 9th, 2015.For more than 20 years, Jim was employed…
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2015 Music Products Industry Archive
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Roland Supports Light Up the Blues Concert
On April 25th at Hollywood’s Pantages Theatre, people came together to help raise awareness for autism at the third annual Light Up the Bluesconcert. The sold-out event was attended by celebrities…
Fender Adds First Ever Chief Marketing Officer
Fender Musical Instruments Corporation is hiring its first chief marketing officer (CMO) to lead the company's global marketing strategies and initiatives. Evan Jones is tasked with building deeper consumer connections…
Peavey Supports Racing for Cancer and Indy Family Foundations
Peavey Electronics sponsored the movie premiere of Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles, California, on Thursday, April 17, 2015. The event helped…
May Is International Drum Month
Shannon Larkin, drummer for rock band Godsmack, is the 2015 Celebrity Spokesperson for the International Drum Month (IDM) “Roadie for a Day” prize. One lucky winner will have the opportunity…
SLM to Distribute Ponzol Mouthpieces
St. Louis Music has announced their appointment as the exclusive distributors of this excellent product for the United States and Canada.“The Ponzol line of mouthpieces present a phenomenal option to…
Free Tom from Mapex with MyDentity Kit Purchase
Mapex MyDentity custom drums is offering a free matching tom with any *MyDentity four, five, or six piece kit purchased during the promotional period of May 1, 2015 through June 30,…
Casio to Sponsor 10th Annual ASCAP 'I Create Music' Expo
Casio America, Inc will be a sponsor of the 10th annual ASCAP ‘I Create Music’ Expo, a national conference for songwriters, producers, and music business leaders. Casio’s variety of electronic musical instruments…
Breedlove Offers Customizable Instruments
Breedlove's Custom Sound Studio, inspired by Kim Breedlove, allows players to express themselves and their music through custom heirloom instruments with distinctively crafted sound.Crafting your Breedlove Custom Sound Studio instrument…
No Plans for Additional Plant Closings from Peavey
On April 21, The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Mississippi) confirmed Peavey Electronics is not closing additional plants in Mississippi, despite reports suggesting that the company was moving manufacturing operations overseas:The Associated Press…
GC Opens New Location in Kansas City
Guitar Center recently opened its newest retail location, a state-of-the-art musical instrument and technology center covering more than 7,000 square feet in North Kansas City, Missouri. The grand opening celebration…
MusicNomad’s Case Humitar Humidifier
The Case Humitar Humidifier comes with a custom-designed holster with adhesive backing to securely fit in electric and acoustic guitar cases. The Humid-I-Bar holds ten times its weight in water…
Audio-Technica Provides Microphone Solutions for 2015 CMA's
Caption: 2015 ACM Awards Male Vocalist of the Year winner, and Audio-Technica endorser, Jason Aldean. Photo by Mike Windle/Getty Images. Audio-Technica provided wireless solutions for the 50th Academy of Country Music (ACM)…
GC Pro Supports Audio Alchemist Event
Guitar Center Professional (GC Pro) is preparing for the next event in the series hosted with New City, NY-based firm Audio Alchemist – a professional audio consultancy specializing in product development,…
Celebrate Make Music Day on June 21
Music will fill the air on Make Music Day, June 21, as people take music into the streets, parks and plazas of 700 cities across 120 countries. Make Music Day…
Nate Morton Shares Drum-Cam Footage from The Voice
Thanks to Pearl Artist, Nate Morton and his recently released drum-cam footage, you can now experience the thrill of banging away to the millions of viewers that tune into the NBC show, The…
2015 NAMM Musikmesse Russia and Prolight + Sound NAMM Russia
Russia’s only international music-trade exhibition and its biggest international trade fair for event production technology expands product platforms and professional development opportunities as the show returns to Moscow’s Sokolniki Exhibition…
‘New Concept’ for Musikmesse and Prolight + Sound in 2016
Messe Frankfurt recently sent out the following press release. While it’s admirable that the organization is seeking new ways to keep the annual gathering afloat, what the news amounts to…
Fender Launches Accelerator Tour
Fender unveiled the Fender Accelerator Tour, a new initiative that provides emerging musicians the support and resources they need to grow their fan base and promote their music.Extending through June,…
Sennheiser Delivers At Juno Awards
Sennheiser lit up the Juno Awards of 2015, held at the FirstOntario Centre in Hamilton last month. The Juno Awards, which represent the pinnacle of Canadian recognition for technical and…
Rock House Complete Ukulele Course
Rock House announced the release of a new Ukulele course by John McCarthy. This new book course includes the following:72 Page BookDesigned by John McCarthy, this complete ukulele course has…
Carley Wolf is Latest Silvertone Guitars Artist
Samick Music Corporation, Inc. is proud to announce the addition of Carley Wolf to the Silvertone family of artists.“It's an honor to welcome Carley Wolf of The Ghost Wolves to the…
Weber Fine Instruments Bitterroot Aesthetic Package
Weber Fine Acoustic Instruments introduces the 2015 Bitterroot Aesthetic Package, available for all body styles of Weber’s handcrafted mandolins, sopranolins, mandolas, octave mandolins, and mandocellos. The Bitterroot Series embodies tradition,…
SpiderCapo XXL
The SpiderCapo XXL model can capo fingerboards as wide as 2 &11/16 inches, and up to eight strings simultaneously. It is fully adjustable to fit any E Bass or guitar,…
ZON Guitars Sonus BG4 Billy Gould Signature Bass
Designed in collaboration with Bill Gould, bassist for the band Faith No More, this bass features a tulip wood body, ZON’s proprietary bolt-on, composite neck, and two custom-wound Bartolini pickups.One…
Fishman ToneDEQ
The new ToneDEQ Acoustic Preamp with effects from Fishman is the complete performance solution for acoustic musicians. ToneDEQ combines a high quality preamp, 4-band EQ, dual effects section, tone controls,…
eMedia MagicScore Notation Software
MagicScore is a music notation software. Compose, print, arrange, and convert notation to audio with MagicScore. Use it to write sheet music, guitar tabs and chord charts. MagicScore is the…
CHAUVET DJ’s SlimBEAM Quad IRC
Consisting of three tilting RGBA LED modules on a compact base, the new SlimBEAM Quad IRC can be used not only as a color accent for uplighting walls and room…
Radial Engineering Trim-Two
Radial Engineering Ltd.’s Trim-Two is a passive stereo isolator designed to simplify the use of laptop computers for keyboard players, DJs, and audio-visual presenters by providing a ready access volume…
2015 NASMD Convention – STEAM, not STEM
It's great to see so many familiar faces each year,” says outgoing NASMD president George Quinlan, Jr. “Almost like a family reunion for many of us! We also saw many…
MI Retailers Give Environmentally Sound Business Practices the (Green) Thumbs Up
Retailers responded in great number and with enthusiasm to this month’s survey on the topic of “going green” and its impact within the world of MI.As environmental issues are inexorably…
Chauvet Lights It Up Blue for World Autism Awareness Day
Chauvet “went blue” to help fight a disorder that affects 1 in 68 babies born in the U.S. every year, and the company, along with PLSN editor and noted LD…
ESP Guitars at 40
In the 1970s, Japan had the world’s third-largest gross national product. The country was experiencing an economic boom, driven by an increase in exports. Right around this time, Hisatake Shibuya…
New GC in Columbia, S.C.
Guitar Center recently announced the grand opening of its newest retail location, a state-of-the-art musical instrument and technology center covering 12,000 square feet in Columbia, South Carolina. The grand opening…
Gibson Brands Acquires HarmonyCentral.com
Gibson Brands has acquired HarmonyCentral.com. According to Gibson CEO and chairman Henry Juszkiewicz, “The industry needs a neutral, entertaining, informative site where musicians can exchange opinions and knowledge, ask questions,…
Trade Regrets: Denver Spence
On April 12, MMR received the following from NAMM’s Dan Del Fiorentino:Denver Spence joined the music industry in 1968 after having been involved with his school marching bands and school…
Is the Price Right?
Do music instrument manufacturers sacrifice quality and profits by going green? This is a two-pronged question that is becoming imperative as more and more companies seek to become environmentally friendly…
Drum Workshop’s Chris Lombardi
One of the more significant events in the world of MI in 2015 was the announcement in early January that Fender’s subsidiary, KMC Music, had sold its drum and percussion…