COMMENT: We're looking good
Like someone who has come out the other side of a messy divorce, I get the sense that UK MI retail is starting to feel good about itself again and…
Huge expansion for UK retailer
Long-established Newcastle retailer JG Windows is currently undergoing a huge expansion which it says will make it one of the UK’s destination music stores and possibly the country’s largest. The…
FBT boosted by US reports
Italian audio-specialist FBT has been on the receiving end of some glowing reports on the live circuit over in the US, as it looks to extend its international business outside of…
New TC VoiceLive processor
TC Helicon has introduced a new version of its VoiceLive 3 guitar and voice processor in the form of VoiceLive 3 Extreme. VL3X has four times the built-in memory for…
Second UK trade mag closes
UK trade mag MI Pro is closing its print issue, just weeks after the closure of near rival Music Industry News. Despite a heritage of more than 15 years in the trade,…
ZMI Named Los Cabos Drumsticks U.S. Distributor
ZimMusicInc. has been named the U.S distributor for Canadian stick manufacturer, Los Cabos Drumsticks. “We can’t be more excited to be working with the folks at Los Cabos and making…
SVM/Dream Cymbals plan live event
Dream Cymbals and Soar Valley Music are backing the cymbal brand with an event at Birmingham's Glee Club at the end of the month. The Birmingham Dream Day event takes…
Gear4Music floats at 143p
Ambitious UK online retailer Gear4Music successfully floated on the London AIM last week, with shares opening at 143p. The IPO, which saw its entire capital of just over 20,000 shares…
SLM Purchases the E.K. Blessing Company
St. Louis Music (SLM) has acquired E.K. Blessing from Verne Q. Powell Flutes. Founded in 1906, E.K. Blessing is one America’s most historic brands of concert and marching band instruments and…
West Uses DiGiGrid
Producer, engineer, mixer, songwriter and performer Joe West (Keith Urban, Emmylou Harris, Justin Timberlake) is part of the growing trend of music professionals using theDiGiGrid DLS audio interface to enhance…
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Why your store needs to be on the move
It was nice to read something about Guitar Center recently that didn’t focus on its debt problems for a change.And it is something that affects all retailers in the MI…