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Conn-Selmer Artist Joel Miller Wins Juno
Conn-Selmer roster artist Joel Miller recently won the 2013 Juno Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album. This year’s awards were celebrated and announced at the Brandt Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, where Miller also performed with his group. Miller, who received the award for his album Swim, said that he was “thrilled and honored to accept this award and to be recognized for the time, work and artistry that I put into my album.”
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Lava Cable Moves to Larger Facility
Lava Cable, LLC recently moved into a new 5,000 square-foot facility in Owasso, Oklahoma. The new facility is larger than Lava’s previous facility and will foster growth and enable Lava Cable to triple its output capacity. The larger space provides for better organization and work flow.
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Vater Welcomes Endorsing Artist Chad Sexton of 311
Vater recently welcomed Chad Sexton of 311 to the Vater Artist Family. Sexton actually began his career using Vater sticks (the 3A in wood tip to be exact). Sexton and 311 are currently gearing up for their 11th consecutive summer tour, “Unity Tour 2013”, which will run from July 2nd-August 4th. Sexton is currently using a custom prototype […] Read More...
Rotosound Signs Whitesnake, Rivals Sons, and More
Rotosound recently announced the signing of several new endorsing artists, including Grizzly Bear’s Chris Taylor , Whitesnake’s Michael Devin, and the Rival Sons’ Scott Holiday.
New to Rotosound is Chris Taylor, bassist with up and coming American band Grizzly Bear. The band is playing major festivals all over the world following their critically acclaimed Shields album released in 2012. Scott Holiday, guitarist with Rival Sons now uses and endorses the NEW Rotosound RFB-1 Re-Issue Fuzz Pedal. The band was voted ‘Best New Band’ by listeners of Planet Rock radio and won Breakthrough Act Of The Year at the Classic Rock Roll of Honour award ceremony last year.
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Gretsch Welcomes Matt Sorum
Gretsch has announced the addition of Matt Sorum to its artist roster. Sorum is best known for his work with bands like The Cult, Guns N’ Roses, and Velvet Revolver. He is currently working on a solo project (singing and playing guitar), as well as getting ready for upcoming shows with his band, Kings of […] Read More...
TC Electronic Teams Up With Motorhead’s Phil Campbell
TC Electronic recently added Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell to its TonePrint artist roster. Phil created three TonePrints that infuse the Motörhead spirit into both rhythm and lead sounds. Phil’s TonePrints for delay, vibrato and chorus are available to guitarists immediately and completely free of charge at the company’s website or through their app for iOS and Android.
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Pearl Welcomes Dr. Eric Willie
Pearl/Adams is recently announced the addition of Dr. Eric Willie to its Concert Percussion Artist Roster. Dr. Willie serves as Associate Professor of Percussion at Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, Tenn., where he teaches applied percussion, directs the Classical and Pop Percussion Ensembles, and arranges for the TTU Golden Eagle Drum Line. In addition, he […] Read More...
Roland On Stage with American Idol
Led by Music Director Ray Chew, the American Idol house band backs up every Idol performer on live television, covering an enormous range of musical styles throughout the year. Russell Graham and drummer Rex Hardy Jr. rely on Roland instruments for top-level sounds and versatility.
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Eddy Finn Teams with Canadian Distributor Counterpoint Musical Services
Eddy Finn Ukes has entered an exclusive distribution agreement with Canadian distributor Counterpoint Musical Services, expanding the breadth of retail opportunities for dealers in all provinces of Canada.
Verbiage from their international website states the following: “Counterpoint Musical Services is a Canadian company dedicated to serving Canadian music retailers with fast, efficient, and friendly personal service. We strive to ship all orders placed by noon on the same day. Think of us as your warehouse: we have no minimum orders, you can order as little and as often as you need.
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Rodgers Announces Top 10 Sales Awards and Higher Revenue
Rodgers Instruments Corporation President Duane Kuhn has announced the winners of the Top 10 Performance Awards, presented to the leading retail distributors of Rodgers organs around the world. Thanks to the efforts of U.S. dealers, Rodgers domestic revenues rose substantially in 2012.
“To our domestic dealers, I want to say thank you for an 11% increase in domestic revenues,” Mr. Kuhn said. “This increase is totally different than results reported industry-wide for 2012.”
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Audiofly Announces U.S. Headquarters Move
Audiofly recently announced its move to a new U.S. headquarters. Audiofly USA is responsible for North and South American sales and marketing efforts. The brand is headquartered in Australia by a corporate team that generates business protocols and financing, as well as creates and maintains the brand image and messaging for the company. With a background rooted firmly in the music industry, the Audiofly Australia team is comprised of product innovators, audio engineers, and designers.
Korg Named Blackstar Distributor in Canada
Korg USA has announced that, as a result of its efforts thus far to build the brand in the U.S., it has been appointed the exclusive distributor for Blackstar products in Canada, effective immediately.
