Best & Worst in Show at Winter NAMM 2019
Best New Way to Get Attention New to the NAMM Show for 2019 were a number of digital billboards placed throughout the campus and inside the Convention Center. This opportunity,…
Status Cymbals: The State of the Cymbal Market in 2019
Of all the tools available to help drummers express individuality and personal style, cymbals are remarkably effective (If you can’t hear the difference between a crash hit from Charlie Watts…
The 2019 NAMM Show: Annual Gathering Maintains Momentum, Increases Global Reach
“This year, I believe we were all blown away by the effort our exhibitors put into the show,” says NAMM president and CEO, Joe Lamond. “The new product launches were…
Get Your Kicks: Bass Drum Pedals
A bass drum pedal is basically just a footboard and a beater – how complex can things get? As any drummer (or MI retailer with knowledge of this market segment)…
Strategies to Engage and Keep Your Best Employees
For those of you who had the opportunity to attend my winter NAMM talk with the same title as this column, consider this a concise summary. For everyone else, here’s…
The App-Phishing Hack: The Modern Day Form of Mugging
App Phishing is a very sophisticated operation that is currently making its way into people’s lives. Hosted by a well-organized team of people with several false fronts, this scam can…
Jim Dunlop: 1936-2019
On February 8, Jim Dunlop – founder of Dunlop Manufacturing and an innovator of electric guitar accessories – passed away at the age of 82. Be it a pedal, pick,…
Nothing Fake About the End of the Copyright Extension
The insouciance of the wealthy in the Trump era evokes the la-dee-da of Gatsby, Tom, Daisy, and Myrtle in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel of the excesses of American lives…
Flogging Molly Takes CHAUVET Professional Fixtures on Tour
Flogging Molly’s "Life Is Good" tour features a colorful lightshow designed by Peter Therrien of JDI Productions that’s anchored by a collection of CHAUVET Professional fixtures. “For me, the biggest…
Hytech pTrumpet Wins ‘Best Teaching Tool for Intermediate Students’ from 'SBO Magazine'
St. Louis Music and Warwick Music Group have announced that the Hytech pTrumpet has won NAMM’s “Best Teaching Tool for Intermediate Students” in the annual School Band & Orchestra "Best Tools…
Name Tweak for Shure Distribution
Microphone specialist Shure, has tweaked its official business name Shure Distribution UK becoming Shure UK and increasing the focus on its core brand. The name change comes as a result…
Apogee Ships HypeMiC
Apogee Electronics and UK distributor Sound Technology have launched the HypeMiC, a premium USB microphone featuring studio-quality analogue compression. HypeMiC offers three settings of compression to use on vocals, voice-overs,…