Interview: RPMDA President Carol Wilbur
The Retail Print Music Dealers Association (RPMDA) will host its annual conference April 30 – May 3 in Dallas. The conference, a diverse collection of retailers in charge of print…
Levy’s Appoints Booth as N. American Sales Manager
Levy’s has announced the appointment of Glen Booth as North American sales manager. Booth, a life-long and accomplished guitarist, is a graduate of Mohawk College in Applied Arts (music) and…
Magnatone Expands, Hires Stan Morgan as GM
A funny thing happened to Stan Morgan on the way to retirement from St. Louis Music. “It was weeks before the NAMM Show, and I called and asked him to…
TC Group Americas Appoints New Senior Clinician
Russell GrayTC Group Americas has recently appointed Russell Gray as Senior Clinician – Guitar and Bass, for the MI market. Russell Gray is an accomplished Toronto based guitar player currently…
Ashly Audio Appoints Van Der Logt as New Sales Manager
Spurred by growing demand in foreign markets, Ashly Audio has appointed industry veteran Mike van der Logt of 4M4You, to serve as its sales manager for Europe, the Middle East,…
Takuya Nakata, President of Yamaha Corporation
In May of 2013, Takuya “Tak” Nakata succeeded Mitsuru Umemura as president and representative director of Yamaha Corporation, Japan. Since 2010 Nakata had held the reigns of Yamaha Corporation of…
Universal Percussion Named 2013 Remo Distributor of the Year
In 2013 Universal sold more Remo products than any other distributor in the country. In recognition of this achievement Remo vice president Bob Yerby and sales representative Brian LeVan presented…
New Appointments at Harman Professional
Harman Professional has appointed Noel Larson to the role of director of marketing for its Signal Processing Business Unit. In this role Larson will be responsible for marketing and product…
Dream Theater’s Mike Portnoy Joins Gator Artist Family
Dream Theater’s Mike PortnoyNotable Metal and Progressive Rock drummer Mike Portnoy has recently joined the Gator Cases family as an officially endorsed artist. Portnoy is a founding member of Dream…
Rush’s Alex Lifeson Joins PRS Acoustic Signature Artist Family
PRS Guitars recently announced the new Private Stock Alex Lifeson Thinline acoustic guitar, new for 2014. The Alex Lifeson signature PRS acoustic is slightly thinner than the company’s Angelus Cutaway…
Fishman Appoints Wilson as International Sales Manager
Fishman has appointed Iain Wilson as international sales manager. In this capacity, Wilson’s primary role will be the development of strategies to increase sales in each of Fishman’s current export…
Kloc Named President and CEO of Buffet Group USA
Buffet Group has appointed François Kloc as president and CEO of Buffet Group USA. Kloc has served as Vice President of Buffet Group USA since January 2011 and has been…