Amptweaker Launches Custom Pedal Shop
Amptweaker has launched a custom shop and also announced that pedal lovers can order fully custom Double Jr pedals. This system allows the player to choose any two of Amptweaker’s…
CHAUVET DJ Wins Sixth Straight Dealers’ Choice Award
CHAUVET DJ has again been named Lighting Line of the Year in the 2018 MMR Dealers’ Choice Awards. This marks the sixth consecutive year that the company has received this honor, which is…
Shure Names Humrichouser VP of Global Sales
Shure Incorporated is announcing the promotion of Mark Humrichouser to vice president of Global Sales. In this capacity, Mark leads the Company’s Global Sales team, which oversees Shure’s worldwide sales…
Veteran UK Retailer Sold
UK site Music Instrument News reports that veteran UK retailer, Dawsons, has been sold to a private equity firm. The site says the firm, which was founded in 1898 and…
Yorkville Sound Enlists United Sales Associates to cover Southern Territories
Yorkville Sound, leading manufacturer and distributor of pro audio systems and musical instruments will be represented by United Sales Associates (USA) in select Southern territories. The USA team will represent…
26th Annual Dealers’ Choice Awards
While there are plenty of awards and accolades that organizations or publications hand out to specific instruments, brands, and music-related gear, the DCAs are uniquely significant. Unlike honors determined by…
A Tale of Two Strangely Similar Retailers
Two iconic American brands have been in the headlines lately, both for the same reason. Guitar (and lots else – we’ll get to that shortly) maker Gibson entered Chapter 11…
Buffet Crampon USA Hosts School Music Dealer Summit
Buffet Crampon USA hosted their first School Music Dealer Summit Meeting on November 14 and 15 at Buffet Crampon headquarters in Jacksonville, Florida. School music dealers from around the country…
GC Holds Week-long Celebration for the Remodel of its Flagship Hollywood Store
The redesigned Guitar Center Hollywood store features a vibrant new mural on the façade of the store, symbolizing an extension of the Guitar Center brand and L.A. music scene, created…
New Global Sales Head for Elixir
Elixir Strings has named Krista Krouse as global sales leader heading up the strategic sales growth of the Elixir Strings business worldwide. “I couldn’t be more energised to strengthen and grow…
Staccato Outburst: Snare Drum Sales, Trends, and Best Practices in 2018
It’s the 2 and 4 that provides the “snap” for the backbeat in popular music, the defining sound of the classic military marching beat, and an integral catalyst behind any…
Practice Makes Perfect: When Retail and Rehearsal Studios Combine
Photo courtesy of Gavin Whitner Much has been written (especially by me) about the decline of the recording studio business. As the ability to make high-quality multitrack recordings moved from…