Sam Ash Indianapolis Wins 2016 Nuvo Best of Indy Award
The Sam Ash Music Indianapolis store won the Nuvo Best of Indianapolis award Best Gear & Instrument Shop for the third consecutive year. Voters headed over to Nuvo.net/bestofIndy to choose…
J.W. Pepper & Son Announces Acquisition of RBC Music Company
J.W. Pepper & Son, Inc. announced the acquisition of RBC Music Company, Inc., a full-service sheet music distributor. RBC Music has its own publishing division and serves band, orchestra, choir…
Audio-Technica Opens New Warehouse and Distribution Center
Audio-Technica has announced it has opened the Audio-Technica SEDC (Southeast Distribution Center) in Moncks Corner, South Carolina. The SEDC Distribution Center’s warehouse occupies 56,000 square feet, has seven loading docks and was…
OKnob Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign
Option Knob, Inc. is joining the fight to help breast cancer awareness by creating a limited edition Pink OKnob Classic designed to raise donations for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. For…
SPOTLIGHT: Piano and keyboard market
MMR has taken a temperature reading of the US piano and keyboard market, producing a wide range of results among dealers. The results from this survey – particularly the individual…
Ovation and Rogue Fixtures In Style At NY Fashion Week Event
Hearts Fashion Gala, which raises money for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation at New York Fashion Week, illuminated with Ovation and Rogue fixtures from Chauvet. Produced by Eric Rosette of Rosette…
Klotz Communications Celebrates 75th Graphite Two Console Sale
Klotz Communications announced the sale of its 75th Graphite Two console to a new broadcaster in Myanmar. The Monnect Group in partnership with Shwe Than Lwin Media is building Myanmar’s…
Peaksware’s Gear Fisher
This past summer, one of the most significant names in music publishing, Alfred Music, was acquired by Boulder, Colorado-based Peaksware, parent company of MakeMusic, among others. MMR recently had the opportunity…
Piano & Keyboard Sales In 2016
The results from this survey – particularly the individual comments – display a disparity of opinion unlike any MMR dealer poll so far this year. For piano & keyboard retailers,…
Reimagining The Keyboard: Alternative MIDI Controllers for Expressive Performance
The 12-note musical keyboard has remained largely unchanged since the 14th century. Arguably this is because they got it right the first time. Even today it fits the needs of…
The Coming Millennial Moment
There has been much fretting published about what the world will look like when it’s run – as it inevitably will be – by members of the Millennial generation. The…
D’Addario Fretted Holiday Bundles
D’Addario Fretted Holiday Bundles offer combinations of their strings with their accessories – at a holiday-friendly price. These bundles are specially packaged and available for a limited time only, while…