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The National Museum of African American History and Culture and The National Museum of American History recently held premieres of the “Black Lightning” television program and the animated Batman film “Gotham by Gaslight,”…
Music & Arts has announced the unveiling of their newest musical instrument store and lessons facility, located in Scottsdale, Arizona.
The D'Addario Foundation has announced the results of its first grant application cycle of 2018.
U.S. Drum Supply has redesigned its website to feature its Fat Wear products and hardware for drums, including its Fat Hoops, the company's die cast hoops that offer a wood grain…
Showtime Sound LLC, Kevin Hart's regular production company, recently met the challenge of a special in-the-round setup for his New Year's Eve appearance at Orlando's 10,000-seat CFE Arena with help from CHAUVET Professional…
The 8331 and 8341 Compact Coaxial Monitors (known as “The Ones” along with the larger 8351) from Genelec have received a NAMM Technical Excellence & Creativity (TEC) Award for Outstanding…
Ibanez has announced a collaboration with FourChords Guitar Karaoke app. FourChords is a guitar learning app whose advanced technology gets beginners playing faster.
Bari Woodwinds enjoyed its most successful NAMM ever this year from January 25 to January 28 in Anaheim, California.
QSC founders Pat Quilter, John Andrews and Barry Andrews were honored at the 2018 Winter NAMM Show with the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Milestone Award for 50 years of…
The D'Addario Woodwinds product and engineering team hosted a successful two-day facility tour for approximately 50 dealers, customers, and members of the press during NAMM last week in Anaheim, California.
American Way Marketing (AWM) has announced that Tim Ricci has joined the company as vice president.
On January 31, we received the following news from NAMM's Dan Del Fiorentino: It's with a heavy heart that I report the passing of Stan Kitchen.
Broadcast live on January 28, the 60th Annual Grammy Awards featured multiple performing artists who used 20 channels of Sennheiser’s digital wireless technology and four channels of its analog wireless…
Christ the Rock Community Church in Menasha, Wisconsin, recently installed a new sound reinforcement system, featuring Ashly Audio’s nX-Series. Scott Tomashek, director of A/V design engineering at Camera Corner Connecting…
The NEBULA S15-N Musical Instrument Loudspeaker from Bag End boasts a NEBULA finish that is super durable, water tight, abrasion resistant, UV resistant, chemical resistant.
The reborn Dyna-Sonic snare drum from Rogers Drums is a ten-lug drum based on the design and styling of the rare, original wood shell snare model.
These new Hi-tech Onyx Reeds from Fiberreed offer an Easy attack with a warm low register and a powerful second and third octave.
Each Railhammer Reeves Gabrels pickup features an alnico 5 magne that gives it a warm and lightly compressed sound.
“The Hug” tuba stand from Tuba Essentials is a stand that can hold full size, 3/4 size tubas, euphoniums, and baritones.
Piano Styles for Beginners, a new instruction book by Mark Harrison, teaches beginning pianists to play and improvise in today’s popular keyboard styles.
Ah, the joys of visiting your favorite music store. Parsing through any new clearance items, ogling at the guitars hanging on the walls with pride, and... visiting the in-house café?
It seems like such an obvious idea – the upsides are clear for all to see – you’d assume that folks must have developed this sort of thing decades ago:…
Chocolate and peanut butter, fish and chips… Here’s another couple of things that seem to go together well: musical instruments and vinyl records.
Chuck Surack is, of course, best known as the founder of Sweetwater Sound (although he’s involved in a number of other business ventures, as well), but he’s every bit as…
For some long-time attendees, Musikmesse Frankfurt has appeared to be “in decline” in recent years.
Virgin Musical Instruments has a motto - “Keeping music simple” – but making music easy and accessible for other people in real life is by no means any small feat.
Instrumental Music Center of Tucson, Arizona didn’t start strictly with a love of music, but rather a love for music in their community.
Microphones are big business. NAMM’s sales statistics for 2016 show the overall category is the fifth largest overall in revenue, just behind fretted and wind instruments, pro audio, and the…
Peavey Electronics Corporation is an American MI icon – one of the world’s largest audio equipment manufacturers and suppliers, and the brand behind a number of legendary amplifier and sound…
First things first: Massachusetts’ East Cambridge Piano – one of the oldest piano dealers in the Boston area – is not located in the city of Cambridge, but rather in…
In business we often think of “service” as the interaction between the customer and a retailer during a sales transaction, and today most businesses approach it just that way.
While Paul Simon wrote and sang the hit song, “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover,” there are only three ways to leave your business.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania’s newest and most luxurious piano retailer, Fort Pitt Piano Company, celebrated their grand opening on November 1, 2017.
In early January it was confirmed that Gibson Brands would not be attending the 2018 Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim.
D’Addario & Company, Inc. is the largest manufacturer and distributor of musical instrument accessories in the world. We are currently looking to hire a Percussion Artist Marketing Manager.
Lighting specialist Chauvet has opened a wholly-owned subsidiary located in Paris.
JHS and Import Music have joined forces to distribute Vintage, Encore and Santos Martinez fretted instruments and Odyssey brasswind in the extended region of Mexico, Central America, Caribbean Islands and South America.
Mike Belitz, president and CEO of Ultimate Support Systems, has acquired Radial Engineering.
Yamaha Corporation of America has recognized Music Exchange and Classic Pianos with the company's annual "Dealer of the Year" awards.
Reverb.com recently announced that its new record marketplace Reverb LP is now in open beta.
