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News February 19, 2020

Winners of 2020 Yamaha Young Performing Artists Competition Named

[caption id="attachment_70344" align="alignleft" width="460"] The 2019 YYPA Winners[/caption] Eleven exceptional musicians have been named the winners of the 2020 Yamaha Young Performing Artists (YYPA) Competition presented by Yamaha Corporation of…

MMR Staff
Feb 19, 2020
News February 19, 2020

PCA Welcomes Back Thomas as General Manager

Peavey Commercial Audio® (PCA) is proud to announce the rehiring of Shayne Thomas and his appointment to the role of general manager. Thomas will be responsible for overseeing the MediaMatrix®…

MMR Staff
Feb 19, 2020
News February 18, 2020

Powered Excels at Artist for Artist Grammy Party

A special pre-Grammy event featuring live bands at the HEX brand retail store in downtown Los Angeles featured Martin Audio’s powered BlacklineX Powered system that delivered exceptional audio quality and…

MMR Staff
Feb 18, 2020
News February 18, 2020

Reverb Names Wain CTO

Reverb announced that it has appointed Jason Wain as Chief Technology Officer. Wain has more than a decade of technology and leadership experience, most recently serving as Senior Director of Engineering…

MMR Staff
Feb 18, 2020
News February 17, 2020

PMC Launches 'Get Your Sticks Together' Initiative

The PMC welcomes all music retailers with active drum lesson studio programs to get involved and be featured on the PlayDrums.com website. Kicking off the 25th Anniversary year of 2020 for the Percussion Marketing Council,…

MMR Staff
Feb 17, 2020
News February 17, 2020

Waves Audio Announces New Plugin Subscription Plan

Waves Audio has announced Waves Music Maker Access, its new and affordable plugin subscription plan. Waves Music Maker Access offers monthly or annual subscriptions for Waves’ best-selling, award-winning plugin bundles Silver, Gold and Platinum. These…

MMR Staff
Feb 17, 2020
News February 14, 2020

Peavey Sponsors NWC NAMM Canadian Reception at Winter NAMM 2020

Peavey Electronics sponsored the 12th annual NWC NAMM Canadian Reception at the recent NAMM Show in Anaheim, California. Hosted by international communications company NWC in cooperation with NAMM, this reception…

MMR Staff
Feb 14, 2020
News February 14, 2020

ADAGIO Italy Adds K.H.S. Brands 

ADAGIO Italy is taking over the distribution of several KHS owned brands in Italy, which includes JUPITER, XO Brass, ALTUS, AZUMI, MAPEX, WALDEN, HERCULES, LANIKAI and KOHALA. M. Casale Bauer…

MMR Staff
Feb 14, 2020