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In order to maintain the rapidly growing Vandoren Regional Artist (VRA) program, Vandoren has created a new full-time position, hiring bass clarinetist Rebecca Scholldorf as the VRA administrator. Since its…
German instrument maker Geomega Music is offering custom made string instruments with a unique design feature - the missus. Boss Manfred Gernert offers a service that incorporates pictures of wives…
Marshall continues to add to its range of branded audio products, with the launch of the new Major II Bluetooth wireless headphones. Available from today, and launching in the US…
D’Addario has hooked up with a global recycling scheme called TerraCycle to introduce a string recycling programme. The initiative is called Playback and claims to be the industry’s first string…
D'Addario teamed with the global recycling organization TerraCycle to create Playback, a safe and independent way to recycle instrument strings. Currently, municipal recycling systems in the United States do not…
In late February, we received the following message from NAMM’s Dan Del Fiorentino:NAMM past president and longtime music retailer, George Lukas, passed away last month. George passed away on January…
Hal Leonard and Homespun celebrated their 20th anniversary of working together at the NAMM 2016 show. Homespun has been a respected creator of instructional video and audio materials for over…
Korg has added to its collection of mini pedal board tuners, with the Pitchblack. It features a large LED display, can be battery operated, and is also equipped with…
DJ and audio shows BPM and PRO shows are combining at a new venue this year. Organiser Marked Events has put the two events together to create BPM/PRO, a single event…
China's first key audio show of the year, Prolight + Sound Guangzhou, is almost upon us, taking place from 29th February to 3rd March. The fair will occupy all 13 halls (130,000 sqm)…
The Music Education Expo opens its doors tomorrow for two days of seminars, workshops and show floor activity. This year’s expanded event takes place at Olympia Central with the doors…
Hal Leonard's Adele – 25 is currently available in piano/vocal/guitar and easy piano format with many other editions for ukulele, choral, and band coming soon. The matching songbook to Adele's much-anticipated and…
