Them’s the Breaks
The upcoming 2024 NAMM Show will represent a break – pun unintended, but it stays (Don’t worry; It’ll make sense shortly…) – in my heretofore uninterrupted 23-year streak of never…
Market Profile: Greater Los Angeles - MI in the City of Angels
The second largest metropolitan area in the United States, Greater Los Angeles is also home to some of the world’s most significant suppliers of musical instruments and gear. From legacy…
Live Wires: MI Retailers on Instrument Cable Sales in 2024
With over 65 percent (66.7%) of participating dealers in this month’s survey reporting sales level with those from last winter, ¼” instrument cables would seem to be – perhaps unsurprisingly…
Shure Expands Spectrum and Regulatory Affairs Team Globally, Adds New Team Members in Europe
Shure is expanding its Spectrum & Regulatory Affairs capabilities. Led by Prakash Moorut, Global Head of Spectrum & Regulatory Affairs at Shure, the team has added two additional experts in…
Nicolas Wilfer Succeeds Hans-Peter Wilfer at Warwick Germany
[caption id="attachment_86181" align="alignleft" width="460"] Nicolas and Hans-Peter Wilfer[/caption] Since 1982, Hans-Peter Wilfer has personally been involved in the design of all Warwick instruments along with managing manufacturing and has always…
Music & Arts Celebrates the New Year with 'Grants, Growth & Gratitude' 2024
Music & Arts, one of the nation’s largest musical instrument retailers and lesson providers, in conjunction with The Guitar Center Music Foundation, announces the latest offering of its semi-annual advocacy…
Visual Productions to Unveil Purple Cloud Remote Management Software at the 2024 NAMM Show
[caption id="attachment_86177" align="alignleft" width="460"] Visual Productions new Purple Cloud Management System will be unveiled at the ACT Entertainment NAMM 2024 booth (#11513)[/caption] Visual Productions will present the new Purple Cloud…
The ZIO Analog Bass Preamp + DI: Total Tone Control
Source Audio, the effects pedal company from Woburn, Massachusetts has released the ZIO Analog Bass Preamp + DI. The Bass ZIO is an ultra-low noise, all-analog tone shaping tool voiced…
Ninja Leadership: Flipping the Script with Empathy
It is my hunch that if you were to question most folks in the music business, they would say that being an owner or manager was not their first plan…
Trade Regrets: Martyn How
Rotosound is saddened to announce that James How's eldest son, Martyn, has passed away at his home on the first of January. From an early age, Martyn How, was involved…
Bob Moog Foundation Features Patrick Moraz At NAMM 2024
The Bob Moog Foundation is excited to announce that it will feature its The Story of Moraz: The Life of a Music Genius exhibit at the 2024 National Association of…
Dean Guitars Unveils Exile Select Floyd Natural Black Burst
Dean Guitars® newest addition to the Exile Select Series, the Exile Select Floyd Fluence Natural Black Burst, builds upon the already impressive Exile lineup by adding a powerful array of new…