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News August 2, 2013

Zoom Takes Off for a New Beginning

[caption id="attachment_47949" align="alignleft"]Scott Hagen and Scott Goodman of Zoom North America[/caption]Zoom’s history of innovation in handheld recorders is well known to anyone who has sold or used portable machines like…

MMR Staff
Aug 2, 2013
News August 2, 2013

Embracing the ‘Failure’ Necessary for Success

[caption id="attachment_47947" align="alignleft"]MMR president Terry Lowe films Casio's Mike Martin at Summer NAMM.[/caption]I’m talking to Hartley Peavey in the greenroom moments before SNAMM’s Industry Icon event. I reference the theme…

MMR Staff
Aug 2, 2013
News August 1, 2013

D'Addario Honored in Italy

On Saturday, July 20, 2013, the D’Addario family was honored in their hometown of Salle, Italy at the inauguration of the Museo Delle Corde Armoniche.   The museum was created to…

MMR Staff
Aug 1, 2013
News August 1, 2013

Hal Leonard Employees Raise Money for Children’s Hospitals

14 employees from Hal Leonard’s 140-person Milwaukee office constituted the company’s team in the Tri-ing for Children’s Triathlon, a benefit for Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and UW Health…

MMR Staff
Aug 1, 2013
News July 30, 2013

Guitar Center Names Bennett VP

Guitar Center has appointed Christopher Ian Bennett to the newly created position of vice president, communications and corporate Affairs. This announcement comes as part of a new set of initiatives…

MMR Staff
Jul 30, 2013
News July 30, 2013

Accent CS-14CE Cutaway Electric Student Folk Guitar

[caption id="attachment_47939" align="alignleft"]Accent CS-14CE[/caption]The compact OO-style body shape is designed to be easy to hold, with a traditional look. Each guitar is constructed with a select spruce top and is…

MMR Staff
Jul 30, 2013
News July 30, 2013

Gretsch Renown Series

[caption id="attachment_47937" align="alignleft"]The updated Gretsch Renown Series[/caption]New design elements on the newly re-launched Renown Series drum sets include a contemporary low-mass GTS tom mounting system, Gretsch clam-style tom holder, redesigned…

MMR Staff
Jul 30, 2013
News July 29, 2013

AirBound Uses Trusst to Build Portable High Ropes Course

[caption id="attachment_47935" align="alignleft"]A high-ropes course build using Trusst equipment.[/caption]AirBound builds Colorado’s first and only traveling high-ropes obstacle course using 54 pieces of the TRUSST® trussing system. Making its debut at…

MMR Staff
Jul 29, 2013
News July 29, 2013

Steve Morse Takes PreSonus on the Road

[caption id="attachment_47933" align="alignleft"]Steve Morse[/caption]Steve Morse may not be a household name among the younger set but there's hardly a guitarist alive who hasn't been knocked out by his playing. The…

MMR Staff
Jul 29, 2013
News July 29, 2013

Boosey & Hawkes Signs Bela Fleck

Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of two classical works by eminent banjoist Béla Fleck, The Impostor and Night Flight Over Water, to its catalog. Upon…

MMR Staff
Jul 29, 2013
News July 29, 2013

Shure Included In Chicago's '101 Best' Companies to Work For

Receiving the accolade for the sixth time, Shure Incorporated has been named one of “Chicago’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies To Work For” by the National Association for Business Resources…

MMR Staff
Jul 29, 2013
News July 26, 2013

Dean Markley Names Korg UK Distributor

Dean Markley International, Ltd has announced that KORG UK is now the exclusive distributor of Dean Markley product throughout the United Kingdom and Eire. "The addition of KORG UK as…

MMR Staff
Jul 26, 2013