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p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none}Disturbed guitarist Dan Donegan and bassist John Moyer are currently using the Rocktron Banshee 2 and…
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none}Korg has launched a campaign aimed at helping users get the most from their new electronic…
Founder of Kanstul Music Instrument Co., Ziggy Kanstul, passed away on October 31. Cutting his teeth at the FE Olds Company beginning back in the early '50s, Kanstul became an expert…
Drum & Percussion Sales in 2016 With nearly as many dealers participating in this month’s survey reporting lower sales of drum, percussion, and related gear in 2016 compared to last…
Music’s age of glorious excess, the one epitomized in the hard-rock parody “This Is Spinal Tap”, or in the less-celebrated and already-cancelled HBO series “Vinyl,” has been over for some…
What if you stopped and talked to a stranger sporting a music logo? The other day my path crossed a person who was entering a dance studio, carrying a Fender…
In Part II of MMR’s coverage of the unique product launch that took place on September 9, we are placing the spotlight on their DJ-inspired releases. Introducing the Roland DJ…
Boning Up on All That’s New for Tonebone With a history tracing back into the late 1970s, Tonebone has long been the go-to brand for any number of professional, performing…
In 1935, Otto Lagervall, an inventor, entrepreneur, and musician, created a folding music stand that was unlike anything else on the market at the time. This breakthrough was key to…
I began my career delivering Lowrey organs in the summer of 1984. From the day I started I was told, “You missed it.” Industry data shows I missed the heyday…
I’m writing this issue’s editorial from the Music China show in Shanghai and, just as in previous years, what I’m struck by – not just at the Expo Centre, where…
‘Start-up’ Drum Kits in 2016 First things first: for the purposes of this roundtable, “entry-level” doesn’t refer to full drum kits (minus hardware, cymbals, throne – yes, yes...) that can…
