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News January 11, 2017

Smith & Dulka Promoted to VPs at Hal Leonard

Hal Leonard has announced the promotions of two long-term employees: Brad Smith and Trish Dulka. Brad Smith has been promoted to vice president – Musical Instrument Products (MI). Smith joined Hal Leonard…

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Jan 11, 2017
News January 11, 2017

Delorge Named Music & Arts ‘Educator of the Year’

​In December of 2016, Amy Delorge from Biddeford, Maine was named the Music & Arts Music Educator of the Year. Delorge has 26 years of teaching experience and is currently the…

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Jan 11, 2017
News January 11, 2017

GTC debuting new style of guitar effect

GTC Sound Innovations is launching its new hand-controlled guitar effects unit, Revpad at this year’s NAMM. Revpad comprises a multi effects unit including both digital and analogue effects controlled by the…

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Jan 11, 2017
News January 11, 2017

Unity outlines NAMM offering

Unity Audio will be exhibiting its flagship active studio monitors at the this year’s NAMM alongside a range of new monitors for a variety of audio functions.  The sealed cabinet…

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Jan 11, 2017
News January 10, 2017

Reverb Appoints Abel Director of Marketing

Reverb.com has hired Dan Abel, former content partnerships manager at YouTube, to lead the company’s marketing efforts. In the past year, Reverb.com has more than doubled its sales and as director…

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Jan 10, 2017
News January 10, 2017

Gear4Music continues sales surge

Strong own-brand and international sales helped Gear4Music record a surge in like-for-likes in the run-up to Christmas. Following continued strong growth in the UK and Europe, the online retailer achieved…

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Jan 10, 2017
News January 10, 2017

Sennheiser prepares NAMM live launches

Sennheiser and Neumann will expand their live performance and monitoring portfolios at NAMM with the introduction of several new products. Visitors to Hall A, Booth No. 6577, will be the first to…

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Jan 10, 2017
News January 10, 2017

Tascam makes ART statement

Tascam UK has taken over the UK distribution of ART pro audio products.  ART (Applied Research and Technology) has over thirty years’ experience of designing and manufacturing signal processing equipment…

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Jan 10, 2017
News January 9, 2017

SLM Appoints Grossman Director of Sales for Hamilton Stands

St Louis Music (SLM) has announced that Richard Grossman, national sales manager for SLM has been given the additional responsibilities of the position of director of sales for Hamilton Stands.…

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Jan 9, 2017
News January 6, 2017

Thomastik-Infeld cello strings hit right note

Thomastik-Infeld says that its Versum cello strings, distributed exclusively in the UK by Barnes & Mullins, are proving popular with leading cellists since their launch at the beginning of 2016. The…

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Jan 6, 2017
News January 6, 2017

Soar Valley gives up carriage costs for January

Traditional and World Music wholesaler Soar Valley Music is offering carriage-free trade orders throughout January. Specialising in African Djembes and Brazilian Samba, as well as trad instruments such as Cajóns, Bodhráns, Whistles,…

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Jan 6, 2017
News January 6, 2017

Two new Martin signatures set for NAMM debuts

Martin Guitar will debut the new Dwight Yoakam DD28 Signature Edition and D-28 John Prine Signature Edition at the upcoming NAMM 2017 show. The D-28 John Prine (below) is limited to…

MMR Staff
Jan 6, 2017