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Playback, D'Addario's industry-wide string recycling program, has announced they have reached their milestone of 1 million strings recycled. Playback became the world’s first-ever industry-wide instrument string recycling program, which doubled in…
Korg EDU donated Lag acoustic guitars, a Korg N5EX synthesizerm, and more to D’Addario’s first ever instrument drive earlier this month. The collection accepted used gear to donate to Hungry…
ACT Lighting, Inc., a leading importer and distributor of technology to the entertainment industry, has completed the acquisition of RHC Holdings Corp. ("RapcoHorizon"). This move follows ACT Lighting's recent acquisition of AC…
Guitar Center recently opened its latest retail location, a 10,000-square-foot facility in Daytona, Florida, at 1 Daytona Boulevard. The grand opening took place on Thursday, November 16. The new store…
On November 2, 2017, the D'Addario Foundation partnered with Todd Rundgren's Spirit of Harmony, Instruments in the Cloud, and Lyft to host an instrument collection drive at the D'Addario &…
Audix announced today that songwriter, musician, and performer Andrew W.K. has joined Audix's Artist Endorser roster. W.K experimented with an Audix OM7 dynamic vocal microphone at a recent show.“When my Front…
This past September, nearly 100,000 fans attended Imagine Festival, where they saw artists like Deadmau5, Flux Pavilion, and The Floozies perform under the intense output of CHAUVET Professional Rogue fixtures…
The 51st Country Music Association Awards show, which took place on Wednesday, November 8, used dozens of Shure wireless microphones, including UHF-R and the new Axient Digital systems. The production…
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Musikmesse has opened up its annual trade fair to the merchandising industry with a new format called MerchDays. MerchDays, will be a meeting place for the entertainment merchandising sector, and will…
The National Association for Music Education (NAfME) will take part in a new initiative to broaden the musical resources available to schools. The GRAMMY Music Education Coalition (GMEC) has brought together more than…
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