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News March 31, 2014

Levy’s Appoints Booth as N. American Sales Manager

Levy’s has announced the appointment of Glen Booth as North American sales manager.Booth, a life-long and accomplished guitarist, is a graduate of Mohawk College in Applied Arts (music) and Recording…

MMR Staff
Mar 31, 2014
News March 30, 2014

Magnatone Expands, Hires Stan Morgan as GM

A funny thing happened to Stan Morgan on the way to retirement from St. Louis Music.“It was weeks before the NAMM Show, and I called and asked him to come…

MMR Staff
Mar 30, 2014
News March 30, 2014

NAMM Foundation’s Best Communities for Music Education


The NAMM Foundation awards school music education programs with the announcement of 2014’s Best Communities for Music Education (BCME). This year, the NAMM Foundation designates 376 districts as Best Communities…

MMR Staff
Mar 30, 2014
News March 30, 2014

D’Addario Names Navarro Percussion Junior Product Specialist

D’Addario has appointed Elijah Navarro to the newly created position of percussion junior product specialist. 

In this new role, Navarro will support all product activities for the percussion brands, including…

MMR Staff
Mar 30, 2014
News March 23, 2014

Harman Professional Names Prosound Distributor for Albania

Harman Professional has appointed Prosound of Tirana as distributor in Albania for its AKG, BSS, Crown, dbx, JBL Professional, Lexicon, and Soundcraft product lines. As Prosound is also the existing…

MMR Staff
Mar 23, 2014
News March 23, 2014

Hal Leonard to Distribute Sony Pro Audio

Hal Leonard Corporation has announced a new deal with the Sony Pro Audio division to distribute its DWZ digital wireless systems to US retailers who reach the music instrument, school,…

MMR Staff
Mar 23, 2014
News March 23, 2014

2014 NAMM D.C. Fly-In

NAMM members prepare to hit Washington D.C., making case for comprehensive school music education programs. Leaders of the music product industry, celebrity artists, and other industry influencers join together encouraging…

MMR Staff
Mar 23, 2014
News March 21, 2014

Shure Wireless Systems Used on 2014 Timberlake Tour

Justin Timberlake has again selected Montreal’s Solotech as the audio provider for his “20/20 Experience” world tour. The sound company has designated Shure as its primary wireless supplier.The tour employs…

MMR Staff
Mar 21, 2014
News March 19, 2014

Sennheiser Celebrates DJ Headphones with Remix Competition

[caption id="attachment_49360" align="alignleft" width="885"]LLuciano, DJ, producer and founder of Cadenza Records, has provided his track “Fran Left Home” for the Sennheiser competition[/caption]To welcome their new range of professional DJ and…

MMR Staff
Mar 19, 2014