Strategies to Engage and Keep Your Best Employees
For those of you who had the opportunity to attend my winter NAMM talk with the same title as this column, consider this a concise summary. For everyone else, here’s…
The App-Phishing Hack: The Modern Day Form of Mugging
App Phishing is a very sophisticated operation that is currently making its way into people’s lives. Hosted by a well-organized team of people with several false fronts, this scam can…
Jim Dunlop: 1936-2019
On February 8, Jim Dunlop – founder of Dunlop Manufacturing and an innovator of electric guitar accessories – passed away at the age of 82. Be it a pedal, pick,…
Nothing Fake About the End of the Copyright Extension
The insouciance of the wealthy in the Trump era evokes the la-dee-da of Gatsby, Tom, Daisy, and Myrtle in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel of the excesses of American lives…
Flogging Molly Takes CHAUVET Professional Fixtures on Tour
Flogging Molly’s "Life Is Good" tour features a colorful lightshow designed by Peter Therrien of JDI Productions that’s anchored by a collection of CHAUVET Professional fixtures. “For me, the biggest…
Hytech pTrumpet Wins ‘Best Teaching Tool for Intermediate Students’ from 'SBO Magazine'
St. Louis Music and Warwick Music Group have announced that the Hytech pTrumpet has won NAMM’s “Best Teaching Tool for Intermediate Students” in the annual School Band & Orchestra "Best Tools…
Name Tweak for Shure Distribution
Microphone specialist Shure, has tweaked its official business name Shure Distribution UK becoming Shure UK and increasing the focus on its core brand. The name change comes as a result…
Apogee Ships HypeMiC
Apogee Electronics and UK distributor Sound Technology have launched the HypeMiC, a premium USB microphone featuring studio-quality analogue compression. HypeMiC offers three settings of compression to use on vocals, voice-overs,…
Barnes and Mullins Adds New Canadian Reed Brand
Barnes and Millins has taken on UK distribution of Canadian brand, Legérè Reeds. The Légère company was founded in 1998 when Dr Guy Légère, a Scientist and amateur clarinetist, and Dr…
Gregory Porter to Close Musikmesse Festival
Gregory Porter is the big name act added to this year's Musikmesse Festival, performing at the Grand Finale with the Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt orchestra on 6 April. For the first time,…
Trade Regrets: William Boyce, Jr.
William Clifton “Bill” Boyce, Jr., who distinguished himself as a highly successful piano retailer throughout his remarkable 60-year career in the music products industry, passed away peacefully in his sleep…
Newly-Restored Alexandra Palace Theatre Chooses L-Acoustics Kara System
In December, after 80 years of slumber, Alexandra Palace Theatre opened again following several years of careful restoration. As part of the process, a complete technical infrastructure had to be…