News

Breaking industry news, announcements, and developments from across the music products world.

14,476 Articles
Updated daily
News August 21, 2015

TOP TEN: Terrible drummer jokes

OK, you've probably heard most of these, and they're not the most original. With apologies to drummers everywhere. But if you're an actual drummer, let's face it, you're not going to…

MMR Staff
Aug 21, 2015
News August 21, 2015

Former Peavey designer joins Blackstar team

Blackstar Amplification has announced the addition of Paul Stevens to their team as the new senior design engineer.  Stevens has worked in MI for nearly a quarter of a century,…

MMR Staff
Aug 21, 2015
News August 21, 2015

POLL RESULTS: Should MI brands diversify?

With some of the industry's heavyweight brands venturing outside of their core markets into consumer electronics and home audio, we asked whether such diversification was a good and perhaps necessary…

MMR Staff
Aug 21, 2015
News August 21, 2015

New agency beefs up Guild PR and marketing

Expect a PR and marketing assault from the continually rejuvenating Guild Guitars, which has just taken on Omelet as its first PR and marketing agency.  “Guild is more than just…

MMR Staff
Aug 21, 2015
News August 19, 2015

SABIAN Announces 2015 PASIC Scholarship Winner

SABIAN congratulates Liam Robbins of St. Johns, Newfoundland, winner of the 2015 SABIAN/PASIC Scholarship.  In his second year at Memorial University, the fluently-bilingual Robbins has won a number of academic…

MMR Staff
Aug 19, 2015
News August 19, 2015

Stevens Joins Blackstar as Senior Design Engineer

Blackstar Amplification has announced the addition of Paul Stevens to their team as the new senior design engineer.  Stevens has worked in MI for nearly a quarter of a century,…

MMR Staff
Aug 19, 2015
News August 18, 2015

D'Addario and 92Y Launch New On-Demand Series

Since 2008 Benjamin Verdery has talked guitar with some of the instrument's finest players, as part of 92Y's celebrated Art of the Guitar concert series, which he directs. Now some…

MMR Staff
Aug 18, 2015
News August 17, 2015

D’Addario Launches Players Circle

D’Addario has just launched Players Circle, the only customer rewards program in the musical instrument accessories sphere.  The online rewards program is the digital evolution of a concept Jim D’Addario,…

MMR Staff
Aug 17, 2015
News August 17, 2015

Chauvet Enlivens European Elvis Event

Elvis Presley has been gone for the best part of four decades, but his legend is very much still alive. As one of the most successful artists of all time,…

MMR Staff
Aug 17, 2015
News August 14, 2015

NEW POLL: Can manufacturing return from the Far East?

The news that Spanish guitar specialist Manuel Rodriguez is bringing back at least some of its production to its homeland, prompted us to ask whether the days of Chinese dominance of…

MMR Staff
Aug 14, 2015
News August 14, 2015

MIA Awards deadline tomorrow

Self-nominations for the MIA Awards close tomorrow, Friday 21st August.  All categories can be entered via the Awards website at www.miamusicawards.com, apart from the Future Publishing ones, which need to be emailed to paulmc@mia.org.uk.Here are…

MMR Staff
Aug 14, 2015