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String Swing Mic Stand Tablet Holder

This String Swing tablet holder can be positioned with its wing screws allowing the assembly to move easily or lock it in place.

GluBoost MasterGlu

GluBoost MasterGlu is a wicking grade cyanoacrylate (CA) adhesive in the GluBoost family of products.

Blizzard Lighting Snake Eyes Mini

Blizzard Lighting Snake Eyes Mini features a futuristic mini cube-shaped moving head with 6x10-watt CREE RGBW LEDs and 12x RGB strips.

Mega Lite Mega FX H1 Hazer

Mega Lite FX H1 Hazer is designed to enhance the appearance of beams and lighting fixtures.

ADJ Chameleon QBar Pro

The Chameleon QBar Pro from ADJ produces wall-washing effects and can also be used to generate mid-air beams.

Chauvet DJ FXpar 9

The Chauvet DJ FXpar 9 is a compact multi-effect fixture.

Chauvet DJ Intimidator Hybrid 140SR

This Chauvet DJ three-in-one moving head fixture changes from spot to beam to wash.

Berklee Press Announces New Jazz Guitar and Bass Titles

Berklee Press Announces New Jazz Guitar and Bass Titles

Alfred Music’s JP’s Sousaphone and Music Symbol Parade

Each of theses Alfred resources is constructed to teach music concepts and history with colorful animation and characters.

D’Addario’s Evans Drumheads UV1 Drumhead Series

D’Addario’s Evans Drumheads have a newly patented UV-cured coating.

Guitar Storage Carousel Multi-Guitar Stand

Guitar Storage Carousel Multi-Guitar Stand enables guitar enthusiasts to store up to 12 guitars on one display/storage stand that occupies only three feet of space.

SABIAN Big & Ugly Cymbals

SABIAN introduces crash-friendly and hi-hat sizes to the Big & Ugly line. The Big & Ugly line now includes 18” AA Sick Hats, designed to be thin, dry, and controllable.…

Promark ActiveGrip

Promark ActiveGrip is a heat-activated grip coating that is formulated to become tackier as a player’s hands sweat and their body temperature rises without restricting range of movement or technique.

Ibanez SR300E Bass Series

The Ibanez SR300E is a mahogany body designed to create a full, warm tone.

Charvel Guitars Limited Edition Guthrie Govan Signature Model

For fall 2016, Charvel is offering a limited run of the Guthrie Govan Signature model that shares many of the unique features of the original 2014 model, but in a…

Ibanez TMB310 Talman Basses

The Ibanez TMB310 Talman basses combine a passive P/Double J pickup configuration with a retro Ibanez body design.

Breedlove Concert Moon Light

This concert guitar is handcrafted in Bend, Oregon and designed as the lightest guitar body by Breedlove to-date.

Holiday Buying Guide

With Summer NAMM disappearing farther and farther away in your rearview, it’s time to look into stocking up on the products you might have missed out on earlier in the…

Korg Names Kwas Technology Product Specialist

Korg USA has added Nick Kwas to their team as Korg’s technology product specialist.

Holiday Buying Season

With over 80 percent of respondents in this month’s dealer survey reporting that between 16-50 percent of their annual sales take place during the holiday season, you’d be hard pressed…

Be Safe Out There

Music has been in the news a lot lately, often for all the wrong reasons. Working backwards through the year, we’re still not really over the massacre in dance club…

Make Each Customer’s Experience Amazing – Part II

In Part II of Tracy Leenman’s guide to achieving higher levels of customer satisfaction, we pick up with “point 2” of her outline...

Taking Root: Bluegrass Guitar Sales in 2016

Drawing upon country, Appalachian, Irish, Scottish, and jazz influences, Bluegrass music represents a “big tent,” as they say. As deeply steeped in improvisation as jazz, but with a more “down…

Retail: Elements in the Evolution of Strait Music

Clint Strait, vice president and third generation owner of Strait Music, explains how Baldwin Pianos, The Beatles, and best buddies were elemental in the evolution of his grandfathers’ humble piano…

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Visits Sweetwater

Greg Harris, president and CEO of Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum, recently visited Sweetwater for a tour with founder and president Chuck Surack.

‘A Perfect Fit’ - Sabine Grubmüller of Bösendorfer

A storied name in the design and craft of high quality and aesthetically refined pianos, Bösendorfer has been setting the standard for excellence since 1828. Innovative build techniques and meticulous…

In Praise of Conn-Selmer

There's no substitute for dedicated customer service.

The (not so) New Normal

I can state with some authority (as much as helming MMR for a decade or so affords, anyway) that it is absolutely not news that Internet sales present a very…

D’Addario Announced Official String Sponsorship at the Lockn’ Festival

D’Addario was the official string sponsor of this year’s Lockn’ Festival on August 28nin Arrington, Virginia.

Gear4Music half-time sales jump as it readies for Brexit

Gear4Music reported a jump in interim sales as it said the business was well placed to cope with the impact of the UK’s decision to leave the European Union thanks…

JHS adds recycled Bohemian range

JHS continues to grow its range, with the Bohemian range of ‘oil can’ guitars, basses and ukuleles the latest addition to its catalogue. 

Audio-Technica debuting A&H mixer at BPM

Audio-Technica will unveil Allen & Heath’s brand-new Xone:PX5 DJ mixer at this month’s DJ and pro-audio show, BPM.

D’Addario Woodwinds Clinician Program Adds Nine European Countries to Curriculum

D’Addario Woodwinds announced the expansion of their Clinician Program to involve nine new countries, including Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Luxemburg, The Netherlands, Spain, and Sweden.

Sooner Routhier Uses Rogue R1 FX-B For Shinedown

Sooner Routhier and Robert Long of SRae Productions have created an immersive sense of depth and drama to the Shinedown Carnival of Madness stage with help from Chauvet Professional Rogue…

KMC Music Names Shaw Director of Sales

KMC Music recently announced the appointment of industry veteran Terri Shaw to the position of director of sales KMC Division, JAM Industries LTD, with primary responsibility for supporting and expanding…

Roli Acquires FXpansion

Roli, maker of Seaboard Rise, announced the purchased of fellow London-based plugin company FXpansion on September 1.

YCA Names Mikkelsen Social Media Manager

Yamaha Corporation of America (YCA) announced that Brandon Mikkelsen has been appointed as the company’s new social media manager, effective immediately.

Supro launches Keef-inspired 1660 Supreme

Supro Amps has added another all-tube model to its range, this time launching the 1660 Supreme based on the sound of Rolling Stones icon, Keith Richards. 

Keyboard benders make acquisition

Bendy keyboard manufacturer ROLI has acquired music software specialist FXpansion.

D'Addario adds Calftone to drum head line-up

D'Addario’s Evans Drumheads has struck a blow for vegan drummers everywhere, with the launch of a new type of synthetic drumhead called Calftone, designed to mimic the sound, look, and feel of…