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Yamaha Corporation of America, Institutional Solutions Group (ISG), welcomes music industry veterans H. French Forbes III and Domenic Cicchetti as regional managers for the southeast and northeast regions, respectively.
Industry veteran Frank Fendorf passed away on June 3.
St. Louis Music (SLM) has appointed Phil Baughman to the position of product manager of E.K. Blessing.
Finnish startup Jamifind, wants to bring musicians together through its website by encouraging them to practice and create music more actively and help music hobbyists find the right teachers for…
IMS Technologies and Christopher™ Speakers are proud to announce that rock icon Mark Slaughter has signed on as an endorser and as a retailer for these dynamic referencing speakers.
In late May, NAMM, along with 91 music industry leaders and artists made up a delegation of advocates furthering the case that all children deserve quality, comprehensive school music education…
Singular Sound, creator of the BeatBuddy, has reduced the price of its BeatBuddy Mini to $99.
The Music and Drama Education Expo is now accepting proposals for workshops, seminars and keynote sessions for its 2017 conference programme.
Martin is debuting two new Dreadnought guitars at Summer NAMM, as part of its centenary celebration of the model.
A new TV and cross-media channel devoted entirely to guitars is launching later this year.
Ambitious start-up firm ElectroPhonic Innovations is launching a Kickstarter campaign for its range of guitars with built-in amplification.
The North American distributor for Zoom Corporation (Japan) recently announced the Grand Opening of their new corporate office Thursday, June 9 at 2040 Express Drive South, S 500, Hauppauge, NY…
Sweetwater will present GearFest ’16, a celebration of musicians and the instruments and audio gear they use to make and record music, on Friday, June 17 from 9 a.m. to…
Elation Professional has announced that industry professional Jean Lariviere has joined the company’s sales team as rental and production market manager.
VIProducer, a new UK company that provides exclusive access to the creative processes, techniques and minds of music's biggest producers, has released Just The Bundle Volume 1, developed with Grammy-nominated DJ/producer…
Boutique amp specialist Mojotone has launched the Studio One Amplifier Kit.
Mark Guiliana is the latest addition to the London Drum Show Line up, performing on the main stage in association with Sabian.
StompLight International, creator of the world’s first line of artist-controlled lighting effect pedals is unveiling a host of changes to its offering at Summer NAMM, including new DMX compatibility, lower…
Jens Kruger and Greg Deering have developed the new patent pending Deering Smile™ banjo bridge.
On May 25th, NAMM's Dan Del Fiorentino contacted us with the following sad news:Today I learned of the passing of our friend Dick Knaub. His son informed me that Dick…
Continuing their commitment to educational outreach, Vandoren is sponsoring a variety of music camps for the summer of 2016. Through the following camps, guest Vandoren Artists will offer their guidance…
When customer and music producer Avli Avliav recently purchased three Spectrasonics virtual instruments, ILIO surprised him by hand-delivering Omnisphere 2, Trilian, and Stylus RMX to him at his studio.
Ernie Ball announced the introduction of a new artist web series, Ernie Ball String Theory, as the cornerstone of its revamped website.
Adoro worship drum sets now available in the United States after recently opening a branch office in Kansas City, MO.
JHS will not be running its annual dealer open day this year, but will instead be offering a number of special offers and T&Cs throughout June.
Fred W. Gretsch was presented with an honorary Doctor of Music degree from Elmhurst College at the school’s Spring Commencement on May 28, 2016.
RS Berkeley Musical Instruments is proud to have participated in The Rolling Stones 'Musician To Musician" Initiative in Cuba. The company has donated band and orchestra instruments and accessories to…
Taylor Guitars recently received a “Best Acoustic Guitar” category award during the 17th Annual mipa/ Musikmesse International Press Awards.
The Boston Conservatory has named its first-ever full time faculty position in hip-hop dance. Dancer, choreographer, singer, actor and director Duane Lee Holland Jr. will join the Boston Conservatory’s Dance…
The Drum Program at Musicians Institute and The Musicians Foundation are pleased to announce that Paramount, CA drummer Gabriel Donate Jr., (who specializes in rock and funk genres) has been named the winner of the…
City Winery in Nashville hosts D'Addario Soundcheck experience for Music Makes Us Students.
Talented guitarist Jeonghun Kang has been named as winner of the Spring 2016 D’Addario Guitar Scholarship.
LDS production team relied on 14 DPA mics working together to create an immersive audio experience at the LDS Church History Museum.
In recognition of a record breaking Q1 sales performance, St Louis Music held a celebratory lunch on April 22nd as a thank you to its employees.
Roland U.S. was the co-sponsor for the recent BRIDGES benefit gala and concert in Seattle, in support of the Children’s Music Foundation (CMF).
Perri’s will be at the Summer NAMM 2016 with a selection of special seasonal show offers for all dealers visiting their booth.
Norwegians Ketil Jansen and Ulrik Denizou Lund, better known as Lemaitre, performed at Coachella to the pixel mapped CHAUVET Professional Nexus Aq 5x5 LED panels.
Yamaha’s new Recording Custom Series of drums debuted, at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, on the Acura Stage, and drum sets from the entire Yamaha drum series line…
The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) and representatives from its membership will traveled to Sacramento to join arts leaders and music educators to ask members of the California Assembly…
The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) is honored to announce the final selections for 2016’s Top 100 Dealer Awards.
