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News January 24, 2014

Joe Lamond and Skip Maggiora at NAMM

NAMM president & CEO Joe Lamond with Skip Maggiora of Skip's Music at Thursday night's Chairman's Reception in Anaheim.

MMR Staff
Jan 24, 2014
News January 23, 2014

Remo Focuses on Growing Music Therapy Industry

Remo will soon be exploring new distribution channels outside of the traditional music industry, announced the company's president, Brock Kaericher, at the annual Remo international sales meeting Thursday.“We've realized that…

MMR Staff
Jan 23, 2014
News January 23, 2014

Roland's Nunney Receives Dealers' Choice Award

Kim Nunney, president & CEO of Roland U.S. accepts the MMR Dealers' Choice Award for "Pro Digital Piano Line of the Year" (The Roland FP-80) on Wednesday night in Anaheim.

MMR Staff
Jan 23, 2014
News January 23, 2014

D'Addario's Robert Polan on the Rico Acquisition

MMR: Can you remind our readers about the 2004 acquisition of Rico? What was the catalyst for the move?Robert Polan: In 2004, we were approached by Rico and their parent…

MMR Staff
Jan 23, 2014
News January 22, 2014

MDA 'Show and Tell' Event

“The face time you get with people, the quality of the interaction, it’s just great,” says Jon Harris of Harris Teller about Tuesday’s annual Music Distributor Association’s “Meet and Sell”…

MMR Staff
Jan 22, 2014
News January 22, 2014

Rick Carlson of Kala Brand Music

Kala's Rick Carlson with one of the company's new offerings at 2014 Winter NAMM Media Preview.

MMR Staff
Jan 22, 2014
News January 22, 2014

Conn Selmer Names O'Neal Ludwig Category Manager

Conn Selmer recently added Timothy O'Neal to the Ludwig Marketing team in the position of category manager (Combo), effective immediately. O'Neal will be responsible for the planning, development and implementation of…

MMR Staff
Jan 22, 2014
News January 21, 2014

9 Exterior Signage Options

Whether travelling by foot or speeding by in a vehicle, the single most visible element of your business to the passing potential customer is, in most cases, your exterior signage.…

MMR Staff
Jan 21, 2014
News January 21, 2014

80 Years of Hammond Organs

The name “Hammond” is as hallowed as that of any guitar maker in the MI business, responsible for the soul of generations’ worth of hits thanks to its classic B3…

MMR Staff
Jan 21, 2014
News January 21, 2014

TC Electronic Continues Guitar Products Push

Back in 1976, two brothers – Kim and John Rishøj – set out to design an effects pedal for guitarists that would address a common problem with such devices: considerable…

MMR Staff
Jan 21, 2014