23rd Annual MMR Dealers' Choice Awards now open
Every December for more than two decades, the readers of MMR have selected the top instruments and MI products across an array of categories. The Dealers’ Choice Awards honour those…
Thomas Blug touring UK dealers
German guitarist Thomas Blug, will be visiting the UK at the end of this month to give a series of in-store talks and live performances demonstrating the BluGuitar Amp1. Kicking off…
23rd Annual MMR Dealers’ Choice Awards
There is only ONE MORE DAY to cast your nomination for the Dealers' Choice Awards! Every December for more than two decades, the readers of MMR have selected the top…
23rd Annual MMR Dealers’ Choice Awards
Every December for more than two decades, the readers of MMR have selected the top instruments and MI products across an array of categories. The Dealers’ Choice Awards honour those…
New Music Shipping site boosts dealers
UK distributor Music Shipping, has a brand new website offering greater functionality for retailers and end-users alike. The new site www.musicshipping.co.uk lists the entire range of products from Music Shipping…
Retailer Mansons' guitar show returns
The Manson’s Guitar Show will return to the Corn Exchange Exeter on Saturday 3rd October 2015. The event, sponsored by Rocks Organic features leading brands including Marshall, Fender, Ibanez, Orange,…
Musical Innovations Named NAMM’s 2015 Dealer of the Year (Yeah, Tracy!!!)
NAMM honored South Carolina’s Musical Innovations as the 2015 ‘Dealer of the Year’ at the fifth annual NAMM Top 100 Dealer Awards. The Friday evening gala held during Summer NAMM…
25th Profile of the American Music Dealer
Last year’s iteration of our yearly MI dealer count and breakdown was characterized by numbers that were, in some cases, radically different from the years immediately preceding 2014. Far more…
Is Customer Service a Dying Art?
We’ve talked about the return to the notion of craft in this space. Whether it’s beer or cupcakes or bacon, or Malcolm Gladwell’s 10,000 hours that musicians have been taking…
Cymatic Audio Goes Direct for Sales to U.S. Retailers
Cymatic Audio, effective immediately, has created its own North American distribution channel. Industry veteran Tom Sailor has been appointed as their head of operations and sales and marketing for North…
Huge expansion for UK retailer
Long-established Newcastle retailer JG Windows is currently undergoing a huge expansion which it says will make it one of the UK’s destination music stores and possibly the country’s largest. The…
UK drum dealer wins hearing...hearing
The owner of a Scottish music shop has been awarded £17,000 in costs after a customer took him to court claiming she had developed tinnitus because he crashed a cymbal near her…