Breaking industry news, announcements, and developments from across the music products world.
This year, 160,000 fans gathered at the 2017 Pa’l Norte Festival to see artists like The Killers, Placebo, MIA, The Offspring, Kaskade, Maná, Jason Derulo, and Enanitos Verdes, who were all illuminated…
GEARSECURE has added Tony Scott of the TonyScottGroup to its board of technical advisors. At GEARSECURE, Scott will advise the company on key strategic initiatives in conjunction with its late 2017 product…
On July 11, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union's (RWDSU) newly unionized Guitar Center workers at four stores in New York (NY), Chicago (IL), Danvers (MA), and Las Vegas (NV),…
Shure Incorporated has announced an expanded, global role for Mark Humrichouser, as vice president of its Americas and Asia/Pacific Sales organizations. In this role, Mark leads the Sales, Marketing, Customer…
D'Addario has announced the launch of its NYXL #Commit campaign, which will offer new print and digital advertising featuring Tosin Abasi, Nile Rodgers, and Chris Sholar. The new print campaign…
Steve Gordon has released his new book, The 11 Contracts That Every Artist, Producer, and Songwriter Should Know, to assist musicians with the legal aspects of the music business. Gordon…
Pearl has introduced six new Awakenings Tongue Drums, including three eight-note and three nine-note drums tuned to pentatonic scales. Named after the tongue-shaped area where players strike the drum, Pearl…
Traveler Guitar has added another model to their hollow body acoustic/ electric line with the AG-450EQ. At 32“ long, the AG-450EG is the shortest full-scale acoustic travel guitar on the…
Hamer Import Series Guitars has announced that six reissued classic Hamer Import Series guitars, including the Vector Flame (VECF-HB), the Standard Flame (STDF-CS), the Sunburst Archtop Flame Top (SATFW-DCB), the…
Drawmer has released the new MPA-90 two-channel class D power amplifier, a fan-free amp with guts capable of delivering 90W per channel (into 4 Ohms) or 180W bridged. Like Drawmer’s…
EMMA Electronic has released the ON-1 Okto-N.js Analog Octave/Fuzz/Synth pedal, the first new model from EMMA Electronic in nearly 10 years. The ON-1 Okto-N.js works as two pedals in one,…
The Bomb pedal from Whirlwind is a simple unit that features one knob that dials volume boost and gain. The pedal uses a 9-Volt internal battery for power and is…
