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This year, D’Addario will power the 2018 AFROPUNK Brooklyn Battle of the Bands, where emerging artists will compete for the chance to play at the AFROPUNK Festival at Brooklyn’s Commodore…
After meeting together at Summer NAMM 2018 in Music City- Nashville, Kyser Musical Products, Inc. and G7th, The Capo Company - direct competitors in the capo market - have made…
Shure Incorporated has announced promotions for two key executives. Brian Woodland has been named Vice President of Business Development. Woodland joined Shure in 2002 and has held positions of increasing…
Roland is pleased to announce “Thomas Dolby Live in Roland Cloud,” a historic first-ever concert streamed live in Roland Cloud. Free and open to all, the performance by electronic music…
There were few “universals” to be drawn from this month’s retailer survey (sent out to over 400 MI dealers), but “consistency” seems to be one of them. Just under 40…
At this year’s Nike GO NYC 5K, the race used a colorful fast-moving lightshow at the finish line featuring 20 CHAUVET Professional Maverick MK Pyxis fixtures, supplied by 4Wall Entertainment.…
Currently the excitement at Casio is all about their latest CT-X3000 and 5000 series of portable keyboards. Debuted at the 2018 Winter NAMM Show, the new models feature Casio’s AiX…
It feels like just yesterday when Alfred Music’s Ron Manus was onstage at RPMDA in 2017 accepting the Dorothy Award. “I am never speechless, but winning the Dorothy Award has…
On my tenth anniversary of attending the NAMM Fly-In, I thought it was the perfect opportunity to reflect on the experience and the importance of this yearly NAMM event. Here…
At the recent Summer NAMM Show in Nashville, Gibson was once again on-hand, after having opted out of the Anaheim gathering a few months ago. Anyone who reads this column…
Peter Drucker, a leader in the development of management education, promoted business value as the primary goal of a firm. Business value expands the concept of value beyond economic value…
I thought I could take a look at how music education is faring in schools without having to reference politics. I tried, but I couldn’t do it. That’s largely because…
