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Los Cabos Drumsticks is giving back to the community with a donation to the Canadian Cancer Society. Since 2010, Los Cabos Drumsticks has manufactured and sold pink drumsticks as part…
This year’s Children’s Winter Games was held in Lake Placid, New York, and featured an array of fixtures from ADJ. Having worked with the historic Olympic Centre on countless competitions,…
Douglas Penstone-Smith has joined Yamaha Corporation of America as vice president of retail and e-commerce. He reports directly to Matt Searfus, corporate vice president of integrated marketing. In the newly-created…
Yamaha Corporation of America (YCA) has announced that Dean Speers has joined the company as District Manager in the company’s Sales Group. He reports to Dan Rodowicz, senior director, Institutional…
Versuz, the largest nightclub in Belgium, has added a happy new twist to the pop-up nightspot concept with Moose Bar. Taking the party to the people, Moose Bar is opening…
Guitar Center has opened its latest retail location, a 10,000-square-foot facility in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (1240 Hwy 17 N, North Myrtle Beach). The grand opening took place on…
A new study from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts reveals that even a modest investment in music education, paired with a commitment from the school to…
Wiz Khalifa’s Coachella performance featured the ChamSys MagicQ MQ500 desk, selected by his longtime lighting designer Jason Bullock. “Coachella is a very important festival for all artists involved, so there…
Allen & Heath’s Turkish distributor HEC PRO recently completed a four-year project to construct its new four-floor HEC PLAZA “experience” center in Istanbul. As part of HEC PRO’s portfolio, Xone…
The Grove Community Church of Riverside, California has installed a new sound system built on L-Acoustics’ Kara(i) and Kiva II platforms. “The Grove definitely takes a more Contemporary approach to…
KORG has taken the heart of their Brew Music campaign and created a new Happy Hour series - an intimate gear event that provides musicians with the opportunity to test-drive…
On May 20, we received the following from NAMM's Dan Del Fiorentino: Charles R. Walter, a pillar in the piano business for nearly 60 years, passed away on Friday. He was 92. …
