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The Sound Start Foundation has announced that Terry Lewis has been named as Executive Director, following the organization’s remarkable growth over the past three years. A highly respected music industry veteran…
Dave Mustaine is the legendary guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, and founder of the multi-platinum selling and Grammy® Award-winning band, MEGADETH. His new Gibson Dave Mustaine Flying V™ EXP Artist model delivers…
The 380-seat McLaughlin Theatre at St. Ignatius Prep is long on charm and character. With an interior modeled after the legendary Chicago theatres of the late 19th century, it provides…
The Squier® 40th Anniversary Collection ($599.99 USD, £499.00 GBP, €599.00 EUR, $1249.00 AUD, ¥94,600 JPY) celebrates the brand’s Ruby anniversary with the Gold Edition boasting anodized aluminum pickguards, Fender-designed alnico single-coil pickups and…
Belgian guitarist Isaac Delahaye says music is “in his genes,” and, looking at his history, there’s no denying that. Raised in a musical family, Delahaye spent his childhood and teenage…
[caption id="attachment_81319" align="alignleft" width="460"] CEO Jung Hoon Choi in the SOUND360 control room[/caption] Genelec’s Smart Active Monitors are helping to make SOUND360 stand out from the crowd in South Korea,…
The D’Addario Foundation is honored to announce the launch of the Bridge Fund, a new initiative focused specifically on bridging the gap between access to music education and the Black…
California Vibrations (Cali Vibes) was held over three days at Marina Green Park in Long Beach, CA, with over 60,000 attendees gathering in the 75-degree California sun to celebrate reggae…
Band & Orchestra mallet sales are driven, in large part, by school music programs at all levels. As such, it’s not terribly shocking that a large swath of participants in…
[caption id="attachment_81311" align="alignleft" width="460"] Anne Rohosy[/caption] Recently Gibson Brands, Inc. hired Anne Rohosy, previously a top executive at Levi Strauss & Co., Nike Inc., and Liz Claiborne, among others, to…
The late Charlie Watts of The Rolling Stones never played his hi-hat in unison with the snare drum, many hip-hop acts rely on a consistent eighth-note pattern to drive the…
Introduced at the recent “Armadillo All Access” event in December of 2021 (see the January 2022 issue of MMR), Luna’s line of kalimbas is already a runaway hit for MI…
