SABIAN Adds to U.S. Sales Force
Having transitioned to a direct-to-retail sales model in 2015, SABIAN has just enlisted a solid team of industry veterans to bolster their U.S. sales effort. Roger Jewell is the new…
Drum Show debut for 3D virtual instrument
Drummers attending this weekend’s London Drum Show (www.londondrumshow.com) at Olympia (21st-22nd November) will be first to get hands-on with a new type of drum interface, which uses cutting-edge 3D virtual…
Stellar line-up for London Drum Show
Next week’s London Drum Show at Olympia will see showcases and masterclasses from some of the world’s most highly regarded drummers across the two-day event. Eight acts will take to…
UFiP cymbals opens new retail network
The Music Shipping is backing its Italian UFiP cymbals range with a major promotion which will see a number of approved stockists apppointed across the UK. The new UFiP programme will…
ROUNDTABLE: Electronic drum market
MMR got together with some of the leading manufacturers and distributors in the electronic drum market to discuss coming trends and current conditions in the sector... Interest in electronic percussion…
Apollo Drums AP522
The Apollo AP522 5 Piece Drum Kit features Poplar 6-ply construction, 10” and 12” mounted toms, a 16” floor tom, 22” bass drum with foldable spurs, and a matching 5…
Zildjian Appoints Czerkawski as CFO
The Avedis Zildjian Company has named Charles “Chuck” Czerkawski to the position of chief financial officer, with responsibility over finance and accounting, human resources, and information technology. Czerkawski reports directly…
US SECTOR FOCUS: Drums and Percussion
Based on this month’s survey – sent out to over 450 MI retailers, globally – electronic drums & percussion represent a fairly static market segment in 2015. While more participants…
The Beat Goes On: Major Players in Electronic Drums & Percussion Discuss Trends in the Market Segment
Interest in electronic percussion had sort of “ebbed and flowed” from the ‘70s through the early 2000s, but in recent years it seems like those types of instruments have solidly…
Electronic Drums & Percussion: Electronic Drums Continue to Appeal to a Niche Market, While Hybrid Kits are Here to Stay
Based on this month’s survey – sent out to over 450 MI retailers, globally – electronic drums & percussion represent a fairly static market segment in 2015. While more participants…
Pa Rum Pum Pum Pum – Kraft Music & The E-Drum
If you asked Ben Kraft, president of Kraft Music, to write about the history of Kraft Music, he’d say that he considers the store to have had two chapters. Chapter…
Shaw adds thrones to growing drum range
Shaw has expanded its range of UK-designed accessories to its British-made drum kits with a new line of drum seats. Available now, the drum thrones are added to a range which already includes drums,…