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People March 31, 2014

Levy’s Appoints Booth as N. American Sales Manager

Levy’s has announced the appointment of Glen Booth as North American sales manager.Booth, a life-long and accomplished guitarist, is a graduate of Mohawk College in Applied Arts (music) and Recording…

Christian Wissmuller
Mar 31, 2014
People March 30, 2014

Magnatone Expands, Hires Stan Morgan as GM

A funny thing happened to Stan Morgan on the way to retirement from St. Louis Music.“It was weeks before the NAMM Show, and I called and asked him to come…

Christian Wissmuller
Mar 30, 2014
People March 17, 2014

TC Group Americas Appoints New Senior Clinician

TC Group Americas has recently appointed Russell Gray as Senior Clinician - Guitar and Bass, for the MI market.Russell Gray is an accomplished Toronto based guitar player currently performing with…

Christian Wissmuller
Mar 17, 2014
People March 10, 2014

Ashly Audio Appoints Van Der Logt as New Sales Manager

Spurred by growing demand in foreign markets, Ashly Audio has appointed industry veteran Mike van der Logt of 4M4You, to serve as its sales manager for Europe, the Middle East,…

Christian Wissmuller
Mar 10, 2014
People March 4, 2014

Takuya Nakata, President of Yamaha Corporation

In May of 2013, Takuya “Tak” Nakata succeeded Mitsuru Umemura as president and representative director of Yamaha Corporation, Japan. Since 2010 Nakata had held the reigns of Yamaha Corporation of…

Christian Wissmuller
Mar 4, 2014
People March 3, 2014

Universal Percussion Named 2013 Remo Distributor of the Year

In 2013 Universal sold more Remo products than any other distributor in the country. In recognition of this achievement Remo vice president Bob Yerby and sales representative Brian LeVan presented…

Christian Wissmuller
Mar 3, 2014
People March 2, 2014

New Appointments at Harman Professional

Harman Professional has appointed Noel Larson to the role of director of marketing for its Signal Processing Business Unit. In this role Larson will be responsible for marketing and product…

Christian Wissmuller
Mar 2, 2014
People February 25, 2014

Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy Joins Gator Artist Family

Notable Metal and Progressive Rock drummer Mike Portnoy has recently joined the Gator Cases family as an officially endorsed artist. Portnoy is a founding member of Dream Theater, with whom…

Christian Wissmuller
Feb 25, 2014
People February 25, 2014

Rush’s Alex Lifeson Joins PRS Acoustic Signature Artist Family

PRS Guitars recently announced the new Private Stock Alex Lifeson Thinline acoustic guitar, new for 2014. The Alex Lifeson signature PRS acoustic is slightly thinner than the company’s Angelus Cutaway…

Christian Wissmuller
Feb 25, 2014
People February 24, 2014

Fishman Appoints Wilson as International Sales Manager

Fishman has appointed Iain Wilson as international sales manager.In this capacity, Wilson’s primary role will be the development of strategies to increase sales in each of Fishman’s current export markets…

Christian Wissmuller
Feb 24, 2014
People February 21, 2014

Kloc Named President and CEO of Buffet Group USA

Buffet Group has appointed François Kloc as president and CEO of Buffet Group USA. Kloc has served as Vice President of Buffet Group USA since January 2011 and has been…

Christian Wissmuller
Feb 21, 2014
People February 16, 2014

Jupiter Appoints Richardson Woodwind Brand Manager

Jupiter Band instruments has announced the addition of John Richardson to their brand management team as their woodwind brand manager starting in mid-FebruaryRichardson comes to KHS America from Miles Ahead…

Christian Wissmuller
Feb 16, 2014