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News September 2, 2015

Will the UK ever have another music show?

The sudden cancellation of the Musical Instruments and Technology Show has again made the prospect of a major UK consumer show seem remote, but does it really need one? At…

MMR Staff
Sep 2, 2015
News September 2, 2015

Labour leadership frontrunner backs music and the arts

Labour leadership favourite Jeremy Corbyn has pledged that his Government would undo the damage caused to music and the arts by Conservative funding cuts, with a programme of reinvestment. National funding…

MMR Staff
Sep 2, 2015
News September 2, 2015

New Music Shipping site boosts dealers

UK distributor Music Shipping, has a brand new website offering greater functionality for retailers and end-users alike. The new site www.musicshipping.co.uk lists the entire range of products from Music Shipping…

MMR Staff
Sep 2, 2015
News September 1, 2015

AM&S to Represent dBTechnologies in the U.S.

dBTechnologies has named American Music & Sound (AM&S) as its exclusive distributor for the United States. Based in Los Angeles, California, AM&S is part of music business giant Jam Industries…

MMR Staff
Sep 1, 2015
News September 1, 2015

PMC Announces Board Appointment of Sarah Hagan, of Zildjian

The Percussion Marketing Council (PMC) Executive Committee is pleased to announce the appointment of Sarah Hagan to its Advisory Board. A drummer and former teacher, Hagan joined Zildjian as a marketing…

MMR Staff
Sep 1, 2015
News September 1, 2015

Musical Instruments and Technology Show cancelled

After a morning of rumours surrounding the future of the event, Hamerville has confirmed that it has cancelled the Musical Instruments and Technology Show, due to take place in Manchester in…

MMR Staff
Sep 1, 2015
News September 1, 2015

Ovation resumes US production in Hartford

Anyone intrigued about Drum Workshop’s plan for the Ovation guitar brand it acquired from Fender earlier this year, will be interested by news that US production is about to resume…

MMR Staff
Sep 1, 2015
News September 1, 2015

Ovation resumes US production

Anyone intrigued about Drum Workshop’s plan for the Ovation guitar brand it acquired from Fender earlier this year will be interested by news that US production is about to resume again.…

MMR Staff
Sep 1, 2015
News August 31, 2015

IN THE HOTSEAT WITH...Nigel Hill, Yamaha Music London

Guardian of Yamaha's flagship London retail outlet, once Chappell of Bond Street, former orchestral musician. Equally revererential towards Rachmaninov and Steve Guppy...        Name: Nigel Hill Job Title: General Manager, Yamaha Music, London What does that involve? Day to…

MMR Staff
Aug 31, 2015
News August 31, 2015

Roland Corporation New Hires

Roland Corporation U.S. announces several key changes to its sales team that will enable the company to offer more focused dealer support and new perspectives on product development.  Bob Bailey has…

MMR Staff
Aug 31, 2015
News August 28, 2015

TOP TEN: Rejected Gibson product expansion ideas

A top secret mole has revealed to us a list of scrapped brand expansion proposals from a Gibson Brands meeting...     10: The Les Pool - sold maple neck comes with extendable…

MMR Staff
Aug 28, 2015
News August 28, 2015

NEW POLL: Is product innovation more difficult in MI?

Our latest poll asks whether the industry is atypically limited in being able to achieve new product innovation. Perhaps because of the traditional manner of instruments, with some of the…

MMR Staff
Aug 28, 2015