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People October 21, 2015

SLM Names Grossman National Sales Manager

St. Louis Music (SLM) has appointed Richard Grossman to the newly created position of national sales manager. "Richard will work closely with our outside team to help them manage the extraordinary…

MMR Staff
Oct 21, 2015
People October 10, 2015

AM&S Names Blecher National Sales Manager for dBTechnologies

American Music & Sound (AM&S) has announced the appointment of Ken Blecher as national sales manager for dBTechnologies. dBTechnologies, headquartered in Bologna, Italy, is one of the industry’s forerunners in…

MMR Staff
Oct 10, 2015
People September 15, 2015

Simon Joins Korg’s Sales Team

Ari Simon has joined Korg USA’s experienced force of field sales professionals and will take on the Mid-Atlantic Territory (New Jersey / Pennsylvania / Delaware / Maryland / Virginia /…

MMR Staff
Sep 15, 2015
People September 15, 2015

GC Names Crowson Sr. VP of Marketing

Guitar Center has appointed Frank Crowson to the position senior vice president of marketing for the Guitar Center brand. Crowson’s appointment is the result of an extensive search by Guitar…

MMR Staff
Sep 15, 2015
People September 9, 2015

Fishman Appoints Pennebaker As Artist Relations, Nashville

Fishman has appointed musician and Artist Relations veteran James Pennebaker to represent the company in Nashville. In his new capacity, Pennebaker will represent Fishman and its products as part of…

MMR Staff
Sep 9, 2015
People September 2, 2015

Presidential Campaigns and the Arts – It’s on US!

I finally made it! I did something I’ve always wanted to do! I went to Iowa where presidential candidates were courting caucus-goers at the Iowa State Fair. Believe me, it…

MMR Staff
Sep 2, 2015
People September 1, 2015

PMC Announces Board Appointment of Sarah Hagan, of Zildjian

The Percussion Marketing Council (PMC) Executive Committee is pleased to announce the appointment of Sarah Hagan to its Advisory Board. A drummer and former teacher, Hagan joined Zildjian as a marketing…

MMR Staff
Sep 1, 2015
People August 31, 2015

Roland Corporation New Hires

Roland Corporation U.S. announces several key changes to its sales team that will enable the company to offer more focused dealer support and new perspectives on product development.  Bob Bailey has…

MMR Staff
Aug 31, 2015
People August 23, 2015

Ashly Audio Hires Czarnecki as Applications Engineer

Ashly Audio has hired Ed Czarnecki as its applications engineer. Czarnecki will report to Scott Leslie, Ashly’s executive vice president, and will wear many hats in his new position. Among…

MMR Staff
Aug 23, 2015
People 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