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Peter LaPlaca, president/PJLA Music Sales of Barrington, Illinois recently announced the expanded responsibilities of David Hayes, Southeast USA sales representative for Sax Dakota and Phaeton Trumpets. Hayes will be coordinating…
Effective immediately, the German cable manufacturer Cordial assigns overall responsibility for distributing their cable products for the MI sector in the USA to Davitt & Hanser. Davitt & Hanser is…
Sweetwater has hired longtime Roland representative Bob Bailey, who will have two roles. He will fill the newly created position of executive director of GearFest, and he will also be…
Steinway Musical Instruments has promoted Ron Losby to the position of CEO The move is effective immediately. Losby, a 30-year Steinway veteran, served as president of Steinway Americas since 2008.…
Sakae is continuing to build a roster of UK and international talent backing its drum range, adding Area 11 drummer, Leo Taylor. His signing follows hard on the addition of…
Guitar Center has announced today that Darrell Webb will retire from his positions with the company, effective upon the naming of his successor as Chief Executive Officer. Guitar Center expects…
JHS has appointed Paul Smith to the newly created position of operations director. The new role will encompass overall board level responsibility for the company’s Sales and Marketing departments in…
The Avedis Zildjian Company has announced that Victor Filonovich has been appointed category manager, Cymbals, effective immediately. Filonovich joins Zildjian from Latin Percussion and brings over 25 years of experience…
Dean Tassio has joined TEAC as the company's new director of U.S. sales. In his new position, Tassio will be responsible for overseeing sales of the TEAC USA Division of professional…
Audix has announced that Chris Doss has joined the company as vice president of Sales and Marketing. Doss will oversee the sales and marketing department with direct responsibility for the…
TASCAM has named Joe Stopka to the position of director of business development. In his new position, Stopka will be responsible for pursuing and developing new business opportunities for the…
Genelec has appointed Dave Maclaughlin to the position of education sales director. Based in Florida, Maclaughlin will be in charge of educational sales for the entire U.S., as well as a…
