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Music Products Industry News July 8, 2016

Ludwig Launches New Website

Ludwig announced the launch of their newly designed, mobile-friendly ludwig-drums.com website. This site provides a superior user experience while highlighting “The Most Famous Name On Drums”. Designed for the modern…

MMR Staff
Jul 8, 2016
Music Products Industry News July 8, 2016

Little Kids Rock is Named a Grant Recipient of The NAMM Foundation

NAMM Foundation grant will help support Modern Band Rockfest 2016 and Little Kids Rock-Philadelphia program evaluation. The work of Little Kids Rock has been recognized with a generous grant from The…

MMR Staff
Jul 8, 2016
Music Products Industry News July 8, 2016

Slipknot guitarist Mick Thomson joins the Jackson family.

Jackson is proud to announce a forceful new addition to its artist roster in Slipknot lead guitarist Mick Thomson. Thomson’s arrival heralds the induction of one of metal’s most successful…

MMR Staff
Jul 8, 2016
Music Products Industry News July 8, 2016

Ernie Ball Wins 29 Telly Awards

Ernie Ball has been honored as the winner of 29 awards in the 37th Annual Telly Awards. Ernie Ball brand creates original TV programming content, underscoring the company’s commitment to…

MMR Staff
Jul 8, 2016
Music Products Industry News July 8, 2016

Bose Sound Systems Deployed at Saturday Night Live: The Exhibition

Bose components gave AV systems integrator Design Electronics and designer Premier Exhibitions the power and flexibility to make the iconic television comedy institution available to thousands of visitors in a…

MMR Staff
Jul 8, 2016
Music Products Industry News July 8, 2016

St. Louis Music Introduces StagePRO

St. Louis Music is proud to introduce the StagePRO line of stands, cables and other combo accessories to its family of brands.   Previously known as StagePRO by Hamilton, SLM…

MMR Staff
Jul 8, 2016
Music Products Industry News July 8, 2016

Dinah Miller Goes Rogue On Nada Surf

Lighting designer, Dinah Miller, is keeping up with Nada Surf on the cross-country American leg of its tour with a collection of Rogue and Nexus fixtures from Chauvet Professional. Before a recent performance…

MMR Staff
Jul 8, 2016
Music Products Industry News July 8, 2016

Grupo Adagio takes on Blackstar range in three territory deal

Blackstar has struck a new distribution partnership with Spanish distributor Grupo Adagio in Spain, Italy and Portugal. Alex D'Arcy, Blackstar’s export sales manager, explained: “Grupo Adagio are a dynamic company looking to the…

MMR Staff
Jul 8, 2016
Music Products Industry News July 8, 2016

JHS cuts Fret King prices

JHS has reduced the prices on a number of its Fret King Black Label models. The standard Corona, Country Squire, Eclat and Esprit models have now been reduced by more…

MMR Staff
Jul 8, 2016
Music Products Industry News July 8, 2016

LunaStone lands former TC Group marketing head as CEO

Growing Danish pedal brand LunaStone, has acquired the services of former TC Group VP of marketing Allan Strand, as CEO. Guitarist and engineer, Steen Grøntved, founded LunaStone Guitar Pedals in…

MMR Staff
Jul 8, 2016
Music Products Industry News July 8, 2016

Beaumont seeking further international expansion

The Beaumont Music accessories brand has seen huge growth in the last year, agreeing exclusive distribution rights across Japan with Nonaka Boeki and national distribution across the US with American…

MMR Staff
Jul 8, 2016