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Burton-based Normans Musical Instruments has struck an apprenticeship partnership with Burton and South Derbyshire College. The dealer began employing apprentices in its warehouse a few years ago when looking for…
JHS has boosted its pro-audio team, appointing Matt Flavell as its new Pro-Audio area sales manager for Southern UK and Ireland. Flavell was formerly part of Sony Music's Digital Operations Team,…
Schimmel recently honored their top North American dealers at a special event in Anaheim, California. The piano company awarded Robert Lowrey Piano Experts of Toronto with the #1 Single-Store Dealer…
The Michael Kelly Guitars Kickstarter campaign for the company’s new line of ultra lightweight guitars has been fully funded two times over in less than 48 hours. After the initial…
Despite some especially temperamental weather, the fifth annual Riot LA Comedy Festival prevailed with some help from the CHAUVET Professional COLORado 1 Solo IP fixtures that were used to light…
Both the Super Bowl LI pre-game and halftime entertainment shows this year used Dante™-enabled RedNet D16 AES, D64R and A16R digital audio interfaces, employed by ATK Audiotek. Last month, ATK…
US dealer Menzie Pittman, owner of Contemporary Music Center in Virginia, provides some observations on how to adapt to change. This year my business, Contemporary Music Center, enters its 28th year and, while…
Daughter of founder, John Skewes, and wife of MD Dennis Drumm, Linda Drumm has been appointed as chairman of distributor JHS. Effective 1st April 2017, the firm says her appointment…
Studiomaster is debuting its latest compact mixers at Prolight + Sound/Musikmesse. The digiLive 16RS and the self-powered digiLive 16P-600 are compact rackmount digital mixers designed to be used in AV installations, small…
Founder and president of US guitar manufacturer Michael Kelly, tells MMR how he found success targeting a niche market. Tracy Hoeft founded Michael Kelly Guitars in 1999 after seven years of working…
Moog is ceasing production of its Minimoog Voyager XL synth. The Voyager was the final synthesizer designed by Bob Moog from start to finish and the culmination of his life's work. The…
CHAUVET Professional has announced that the company will debut their new fixtures at this year’s Prolight + Sound in Frankfurt. The new fixtures include the Maverick MK3 Wash, the Maverick…
