NAMM Founation Awards GAMA Grant Support
Guitar & Accessories Marketing Association (GAMA) is one of 21 recipients selected to receive grant support from The NAMM Foundation. The funding will allow GAMA to continue to offer participatory…
Hal Leonard to Distribute Digital Publications from Kendor
Digital products from Kendor Music, Inc. will now be exclusively available via Hal Leonard Corporation’s network of websites, apps and eBooks. Founded in 1954, Kendor Music was the first publisher…
JodyJazz 9* Model Tenor Mouthpiece
[caption id="attachment_48157" align="alignleft"]JodyJazz 9* Model Tenor Mouthpiece [/caption]The new DV CHI Tenor 9* provides a larger facing and now offers the widest tip opening (.125) in the range. The DV…
New 'Print Music Source' Offers Digital Downloads and Printed Products
[caption id="attachment_48155" align="alignleft"]Print Music Source's Bob Dingley[/caption]Print Music Source, a new printed music publisher based in San Antonio, Texas opened its virtual doors on July 20, 2013. The company founded by…
Gretsch’s Anniversary Celebration Comes “Home” To NYC
[caption id="attachment_48153" align="alignleft"]Fred Gretsch and Paul Pigat.[/caption]Events celebrating the 130th anniversary of the Gretsch Musical Instrument Company have been taking place all over the U.S. this year. But it was…
MoMM Gala raises $40K to Help Fund Music Ed Programs
The Museum of Making Music (MoMM) raised more than $40,000 at its August 23 gala auction, which featured a lavish live auction and silent auction, and a powerful performance by…
Alfred Music Supports VH1 Save The Music Foundation
Alfred Music, in collaboration with The ASCAP Foundation, recently delivered over $14,000 of music curriculum and performance music to more than 35 school ensembles across the United States, in support…
Why So Serious?
There’s been much talk in recent weeks – really in the past months – about developments over at Steinway Musical Instruments: sale of the flagship Manhattan Steinway Hall showroom that…
Tesla’s Frank Hannon
[caption id="attachment_48145" align="alignleft"]Frank Hannon[/caption]As founding guitarist of veteran rock act Tesla, Frank Hannon’s playing style has been a defining element behind numerous classic radio staples, including two massive top-10 hits…
Ten Simple Merchandising Tips that Maximize In-Store Sales
[caption id="attachment_48143" align="alignleft"]Display vertically, not horizontally. [/caption]By Tracy Leenman, Musical InnovationsToday’s customer has less and less time for shopping. Most people consider shopping a chore – and a stressful one…
Knowledge of Music's 'Chromatics' Playing Cards
[caption id="attachment_48141" align="alignleft"]Chromatics playing cards continue to expand into the market as an unprecedented learning tool and fast-moving retail item.[/caption]Mark A. Sanderson was well into a career in software engineering…
Gruhn Guitars’ Big Move
[caption id="attachment_48138" align="alignleft"]The new Gruhn Guitars location in Nashville[/caption]"That area is just so noisy now,” says George Gruhn of Gruhn Guitars’ former longtime location at 400 Broadway in downtown Nashville.…