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News September 15, 2015

Paiste Supports Global Rockstar

The renowned cymbal maker Paiste supports the world’s largest online music contest Global Rockstar. The annual contest offers local music stars a global stage to present their work, as well as…

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Sep 15, 2015
News September 15, 2015

Simon Joins Korg’s Sales Team

Ari Simon has joined Korg USA’s experienced force of field sales professionals and will take on the Mid-Atlantic Territory (New Jersey / Pennsylvania / Delaware / Maryland / Virginia /…

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Sep 15, 2015
News September 15, 2015

GC Names Crowson Sr. VP of Marketing

Guitar Center has appointed Frank Crowson to the position senior vice president of marketing for the Guitar Center brand. Crowson’s appointment is the result of an extensive search by Guitar…

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Sep 15, 2015
News September 15, 2015

ABRSM events boost music teachers

This autumn ABRSM will be hosting a number of events in the UK to support music teachers. Building on the success of last year’s roadshow, ABRSM and Music Mark are…

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Sep 15, 2015
News September 15, 2015

SOCIAL MEDIA 101: Keep it current

If you’re wondering how to improve your Twitter and Facebook engagement, one simple way is to connect your posts to current events. That doesn’t mean making crass connections with humanitarian…

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Sep 15, 2015
News September 15, 2015

Orange launches mystery product competition

Orange Amps has organised a competition giving entrants the chance to win the first versions of its next 'mystery' product. Five winners will get the first five of the new…

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Sep 15, 2015
News September 15, 2015

Paiste backs Global Rockstar competition

Paiste is supporting the world’s largest online music contest  - Global Rockstar. The annual contest offers local music stars a global stage to present their work, as well as various…

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Sep 15, 2015
News September 14, 2015

Shure Hosts Second Annual Golf Outing

On June 27, 88 golfers and 110 dinner guests came together to support the Merit School of Music at the Second Annual Shure Invitational Golf Outing. The event was held…

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Sep 14, 2015
News September 11, 2015

TOP TEN: Worst DJ handles

Impossible to vouch for the authenticity of all of these, but this lot are available if a special little someone is having a birthday party soon...      10: DJ Osteoporosis9: DJ…

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Sep 11, 2015
News September 11, 2015

Collings signs D'Addario NYXL exclusive

D'Addario has partnered up with Collings Guitars, which will exclusively use D'Addario's NYXL strings on its electric models. Introduced last year, D'Addario's NYXL strings feature a newly engineered, break-resistant, high-carbon steel core…

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Sep 11, 2015
News September 11, 2015

SOCIAL MEDIA 101: Be consistent

The second of our short series of social media hacks, looks at the importance of treating your all your profiles as you would your brand... Choose a consistent name across all…

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Sep 11, 2015