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Evan Rubinson took over the reins of Armadillo Enterprises in early 2017, succeeding his father, the late Elliott “Dean” Rubinson – a much-loved and missed industry icon. Drawing upon a…
As of January 1 of this year, John D’Addario III assumed the title of CEO in addition to his previous role as president of D’Addario & Co. As son of…
For decades, the Percussion Marketing Council (PMC) has heralded May as International Drum Month, but for 2020, the PMC is taking their plans farther than ever before.
This month’s survey – sent out to over 300 MI dealers – shines the spotlight on Artist Series, Signature Drumsticks. While apparently a pretty static market sub-segment (60.6 percent of…
The line I hear most often about the unexpected passing of Neil Peart is, “Man, this one really hurts.” And that’s right – it does really hurt. Losing an icon…
As you read through this issue of MMR you’ll run across the newest installment of award-winning retailer Menzie Pittman’s excellent “Small Business Matters” column, which discusses – from a dealer…
The music store, in addition to being a sales center and place of education, is also an excellent locus of scuttlebutt, a place where news and rumor can happily overlap,…
Recognizing that L-ISA technology is in ever-increasing demand, L-Acoustics is rolling out L-ISA Auditoria in strategic locations around the globe.
A few years ago, the Denver-area company was exploring new digital consoles, so Signal Marketing’s Don Heisler introduced the Equalized Productions team to PreSonus.
Anchoring De Man’s versatile rig were 12 Maverick MK3 Profile CX and 26 STRIKE P38 fixtures from CHAUVET Professional, supplied by Splendit.
Drum Workshop Inc. (DW) announced its PDP dealers of the year at NAMM 2020. The awards recognized the best dealers for sales, growth and brand champion.
Fishman is pleased to announce the promotion of Matt Schow to Engineering Manager
MusicMedic, an online resource for Woodwind repair tools and supplies, is excited to announce an exclusive UK distribution deal with Dawkes Music.
Gig Gear LLC — maker of accessories designed specifically for music and audio production pros as well as all other live event and entertainment production professionals — has named Backstage…
Neutrik is a long-term sponsor of the JLB, which uses Neutrik exclusively. This sponsorship of the JLB, plus the fact that the company’s connectivity products are used extensively at the…
Timeless Communications announces that Jeff Donnenwerth has joined the sales team as an Executive Advertising Account Manager.
On the afternoon of Saturday, May 2, the RPMDA Convention attendees will travel a short distance to the fairgrounds by bus to the 51st edition of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage…
This year’s annual Percussion Marketing Council (PMC) Membership Meeting and Percussion Industry Gathering launched the PMC’s 25th Anniversary celebration and provided a roadmap of market expansion initiatives for 2020.
The band is still in need of trombone and trumpet players who can read down grade 4/5 charts and bring their own instruments.
A deftly executed lighting design by Tim Jansen and the Schallmeister team featured a collection of CHAUVET Professional Maverick and Rogue fixtures.
The Knox Presbyterian Church in Toronto, Ontario recently installed new Danley Sound Labs SBH-Series loudspeakers. The AV integration department at local music store Sherwood did the installation.
In celebration of their 25th anniversary, PreSonus has announced the new River City Sessions performance series.
Farmingdale, New York-based Group One Limited, the U.S. distributor for a number of premium professional audio and lighting brands, has named iConic Solutions Group as its newest independent manufacturers representative…
Celebrities of the international scene will be presenting a musical memorial for guitar legend Randy Rhoads at Musikmesse 2020. The memorial show, "Randy Rhoads Remembered" on April 2, will be…
Following a very successful Winter NAMM 2020, JHS is delighted to announce its appointment as exclusive UK & ROI distributor for Los Cabos Drumsticks, from Canada’s largest and best selling…
The lab at the university’s Aversa campus is exploring the relationship between temperature, audio and visuals, and to do this in a scientific way the researchers required a space where…
Providing the cornerstone to Old Barn Audio’s solution was a roster of LED fixtures from CHAUVET Professional that included eight Rogue R1X Spot, eight Rogue R2 Wash, 12 Ovation E-160WW…
On the last evening of NAMM 2020, Lloyd Schwartz passed away. He served as Tech 21's “Solutions Architect” for just over 27 years.
Choreographed and narrated by Harris himself, the show was performed recently at The University of Texas’ Bass Concert Hall in Austin using ME-500 personal mixers from Allen & Heath.
Technotrix, Inc. deployed a comprehensive Martin Audio MLA system to solve well-known acoustic problems at the challenging Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom in Chicago.
Accentuating the intricate architectural qualities of the château during this event was a collection of wireless, battery powered CHAUVET DJ lighting fixtures installed by Benson’ Audiovisuel.
At the annual gathering of the global music products, pro audio and entertainment technology industry, The 2020 NAMM Show, the Lightpower Collection gifted The NAMM Foundation a donation of $10,000.
The winners of the contest included Josh Cohen (1st place), Kirby Barber (2nd place), and Samual Smith (3rd place).
The following was posted on Vater.com: It is with great sadness that we announce the untimely passing of Ron Vater [1/25/1957-1/25/2020].
Reverb has named David Mandelbrot chief executive officer, effective January 28, 2020.
Check out videos from the recent industry gathering in Anaheim, California at MMR-TV.
Educators who could not attend the Conn-Selmer Grant Writing and Funding Strategies workshop in December are invited to purchase a video link of the workshop’s livestream.
Neumann monitors have been confirmed as the monitor of choice across all the new spaces, continuing a long-standing and successful partnership between LIPA and Neumann parent company Sennheiser.
Endowing the stage with brightness and color to give it a tour-like feel for the 100,000 or so show attendees was a powerful rig supplied by 4Wall Entertainment that featured…
When one of the systems they auditioned—Martin Audio’s Wavefront Precision Compact (WPC)—was fired up recently for a Sam Fender gig at Plymouth Pavilion, a venue he describes as “a nightmare”…
