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Founded in 1879—22 years before NAMM was formed—MMR has documented the companies, products, retailers, leaders and ideas that shape the global music products industry. This is MMR's living digital NAMM archive.
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The global music products industry can expect to see thousands of business opportunities and expanding member benefits on arrival to Anaheim for the 2016 NAMM Show.
Precision. When asked, Basilios Strmec, President and Owner, explains that if there’s one thing that Hailun excels at above all others, it’s the ability to make parts that…
After twenty-six years of conducting employee interviews, you could say I’m almost starting to get the hang of it. So here are five things I look for when…
You know it when you see “it,” and when you don’t. A school that has “it” is different than one that doesn’t.
Ongoing technological innovations continue to allow digital pianos & keyboards to create more “realistic” sounds and provide greater ease of use for the player.
This October 31st may just be another Halloween to you, but to a substantial slice of musicians out there it’s also the third day of the AES Show,…
With the start of each new school year comes the inevitable bubbling-up of calls for donations of instruments or funding to local school music programs.
With Prolight + Sound Shanghai just around the corner, 500 brands and companies from 17 countries and regions are set to reveal their most signature and latest pro…
It’s been a busy summer for guitarist Jennifer Batten. Best known for her work with Michael Jackson and Jeff Beck, Jennifer has just wrapped up a 26-city Sam…
From October 14 – 17, Music China will be jam-packed with more than a thousand of concurrent forums, conferences, indoor and outdoor shows and live performances to jazz…
Music China has revealed more about the various elements of its upcoming show in Shanghai in October.
This year’s NAMM Musikmesse Russia and Prolight + Sound event saw a 12 per cent increase in attendance.
Russia’s only international music-trade exhibition featured more than 160 extensive business and public events programs that were highly received at NAMM Musikmesse Russia 2015 and Prolight + Sound…
Willcox Guitars had a strong showing at the recent Summer NAMM Show in Nashville, thrilling convention-goers with artist booth performances and the exhibition of their premium instruments.
On Sunday, September 6, NAMM’s Dan Del Fiorentino got in touch with the following sad news:
While fans and retailers of electric guitar impatiently await the next “guitar hero” to revitalise that segment of the market, acoustic guitar sales continue to climb. MMR spoke…
While fans and retailers of electric guitar impatiently await the next “guitar hero” to revitalize that segment of the market, acoustic guitar sales continue to climb (see our…
With nearly half of the participants in our recent survey – sent out to over 400 MI retailers – reporting that acoustic guitar sales are “up,” and with…
Create natural harmonics with any open string, while fingered notes still sound as played.
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…
The overheated fine-art world is supposedly cooling off, with prices coming down off the blistering highs of recent years.
Everett Joseph “Vic” Firth hit the ground running and never let up speed.
I finally made it! I did something I’ve always wanted to do! I went to Iowa where presidential candidates were courting caucus-goers at the Iowa State Fair. Believe…
Well, here we are in the fall season, and just when you have a good, young employee trained efficiently, they’re off to college, and the training starts all…
