Trade Regrets: Paul Craft
Nashville Songwriters Hall of Famer Paul Craft passed away this past Saturday at the age of 76.Prior to hitting his stride as a songwriter, he ran Paul Craft’s Music and…
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Hurley and Fender Present ‘Strat: 60 Years of the Stratocaster’
Through a unique blend of artists and musicians – including Donald Edward Hardy, Brandon Boyd, Thomas Campbell, Johnny Marr and Shawn Stussy – Hurley and Fender® will recognize the unparalleled…
Little Kids Rock to Honor Joan Jett at Annual Benefit
Little Kids Rock will host its sixth annual Little Kids Rock Benefit, honoring Joan Jett and her music. The annual event, this year presented by Guitar Center and produced by…
Zildjian Sponsors 10th Year of Berklee Artist-in-Residence Program with Aaron Spears
Zildjian and the Berklee College of Music recently concluded the 10th year of the Armand Zildjian Artist in Residence Program. This year’s guest Zildjian artist was Gospel drumming phenom and…
Grover Pro Announces Partnership With Hammerax
Grover Pro Percussion Inc., Massachusetts-based leaders in high-quality professional percussion products, has reached an agreement with Hammerax® which grants them exclusive rights to worldwide distribution."I have admired the Grover brand…
Kidzrock Fills Education Gap
Rock band programs for teens and pre-teens have been popping up all over the country ever since the release of the movie School of Rock in 2002. Music studio owners…
Waller Leaves Orange Amplification
After 12 years at Orange and 10 years as managing director, Damon Waller has decided to stand down as MD in order to explore personal business goals.
Omacro Boasts Expanded Features and New Members
Following a strong Summer NAMM debut, Omacro has been bringing big MI brands onto their one-of-a-kind product and pricing communication network. Director of Client Success Dana Soza has been working…
JAM Industries Buys Davitt & Hanser (D&H) Distribution from Hanser Music Group
Hanser Music Group has confirmed the sale of its distribution business, Davitt & Hanser, to JAM Industries. The transaction, completed on October 6th, allows Hanser Music Group to focus on…
Hal Leonard Hosts John Williams
On Friday, October 3, John Williams made his first visit to the corporate headquarters of Hal Leonard Corporation – his longtime music print publisher.The relationship between Mr. Williams and Hal…
New Website for Dave Smith Instruments
Dave Smith Instruments recently announced a newly redesigned website. “We’ve made it easier than ever to get the product information and support services that you need as quickly as possible,”…
Registration Open for The 2015 NAMM Show
Registration opened on October 1, 2014 for NAMM members planning to attend the 2015 NAMM Show. The world’s largest trade-only event for the music products industry returns to the Anaheim…
NAMM TEC Awards Celebrates 30 Years and Inducts Nathan East & Ed Cherney into Hall of Fame
The NAMM Foundation will induct revered engineer -mixologist Ed Cherney and bassist Nathan East into the NAMM TEC Awards Hall of Fame during the 30th Annual NAMM Technical Excellence &…
Pro Audio Distribution Names Heffner Director of Sales & Marketing
Pro Audio Distribution, the US distributor of Sontronic microphones and Augspurger monitors, has appointed Glen Heffner director of Sales and Marketing. He will be responsible for the development and growth…
Trade Regrets: George Roberts
On October 2nd, we received the following from NAMM's Dan Del Fiorentino: For all those who have enjoyed Bones West at the NAMM Shows over the years, we have George Roberts…
P. Mauriat Announces ‘Give the Gift of P. Mauriat’
Starting October 1st, P. Mauriat began a rebate promotion called “Give the Gift of P. Mauriat”.“A rebate program like ours may not be pioneering, but we think it continues to…
Arriba Cases Expands East Coast Sales Team
The first company exclusively dedicated to supplying lighting and audio equipment cases, Arriba's success has created a need for the company to expand its East Coast sales team.To keep up with the…
Corner Entertainment Installs Symetrix Jupiter 8s and ARC-WEB Control
Corner Entertainment is a recently-opened entertainment constellation located in Houston, Texas. It features a restaurant (Corner Table) a bar/nightclub (The Oak Bar), and a second wine and mixed drinks bar…
Aphex Moves HQ to Utah
Pro audio brand Aphex® recently announced that it has moved the company to Salt Lake City, in order to increase operational efficiencies by being closer to parent company DWV Entertainment…
Apple Invites Larry Fishman To Speak at Employee Presentation
Larry Fishman founder and President of Fishman, designer and manufacturer of pickups, amplification and other products for acoustic and electric musicians, was recently invited to speak to Apple designers, engineers…
Joe Satriani
MMR caught up with Satch just prior to his recent South American tour to get the 411 on his latest gear.
Retail Ready for Its Close-Up
Marshall McLuhan’s famous dictum, “The medium is the message,” rings as true for retail as it does for media. While the Internet-era nostrum that “content is king” remains plenty valid,…
König & Meyer at 65
A global leader in the design and manufacture of music stands and accessories, Germany’s König & Meyer – most commonly referred to simply as “K&M” – has been celebrating its…
Sustained Growth and the Customer Experience
New business is falling out of the sky. All you have to do is accept the great margin and write up the deal. Well maybe it wasn’t quite that easy…
Finding Keys to Success in a Struggling Segment
As any longtime reader of MMR knows, the past few – well, unfortunately, many – years have represented something of an uphill struggle for those who supply and sell pianos…
Keeping Up with Keyboard Workstations
"It’s a Swiss Army knife for keyboard guys.” Ed Diaz, a member of Roland Corporation’s keyboard product team, cuts straight to the chase when describing the keyboard workstation. While it…
The New Role of Women in MI
This year, the 52-year-old National Association of Music Dealers (NASMD) will inaugurate the first woman president in the history of the organization. Rosi Johnson, CEO of Mississippi Music in Hattiesburg,…
Paging Don Draper - Your Time's Up, Bub
There is a belief, which is just not true, that women are just in bad occupations and if we just put them in better occupations, we would solve the gender…
Chauvet DJ Scorpion Script
The Scorpion Script laser effect is a compact 532mn/50mW green laser that comes with its own detachable keyboard to display custom text. Use the keyboard to type out any customized…
MusicNomad Band & Orchestra and Piano & Keyboard Care
MusicNomad’s additions to its instrument care products include: Valve Oil, T-Slide Trombone Lubricant, Bore Oil, Silver Polish, Lacquer Polish, Polishing cloths for Piano/Keyboard, Brass and Woodwind, String Instrument, Piano ONE…
Seymour Duncan Pickup Booster
The Pickup Booster pedal returns with a few extra twists and a new look. With its class A, low-noise circuit design, the Resonance Switch allows those with single-coils to flip…
Alesis Pro X Hi Hat
The Pro X Hi Hat is a patented dual-cymbal hi-hat controller with true open, half open, closed, “chick”, and splash triggering capability. Designed to offer authentic hi-hat playability and trigger…
"Elegy" by Gary Gazlay from Kendor Music
Written as a tribute to the composer’s parents, this Grade 2 original for horn features an expressive melody that’s expanded through a series of simple variations marked by rallentandos. A…
Zoom iQ6
The compact and lightweight iQ6 turns any Lightning-equipped device into a field recorder. It features two unidirectional condenser microphones in an X/Y configuration—the same elements used in the Zoom H4n…
TC Electronic PolyTune 2 Mini and PolyTune 2 Noir
The new PolyTune 2 Mini takes TC Electronic's innovative polyphonic tuning technology and fits into the company's recent "Mini" pedal enclosure. The pedal features an upgraded display with 109 ultra-bright…
Decibel Eleven™ Dual Voltage Hot Stone™ Power Supplies
The Hot Stone Deluxe features eight isolated and two split outputs for a total of 10 that can be used simultaneously. Two of the outputs are high powered 400mA sections…
Electro-Harmonix Nano Looper 360 Pedal
The small NanoLooper 360 offers a total of 360 seconds of loop recording time which can be divided into 11 different loops. With uncompressed audio, 24-bit A/D/A and a44.1kHz sample…
The Aggressor from MOD Kits DIY
The Aggressor is high gain distortion pedal kit that delivers contemporary distortion. The distortion effect goes from subtle break up to over-the-top distortion at maximum gain. The Aggressor features true…
Fender '68 Custom Vibrolux Reverb
The ’68 Custom Vibrolux Reverb Amp pays tribute to the classic look, sound, and performance of Fender’s late-’60s “silver-face” amps. In a new twist, both channels boast reverb and tremolo,…