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News May 5, 2020

AMR Welcomes Pirkle As Chief Science Officer 

Audio Media Research™ (AMR), a next-generation audio technology company focusing on advanced audio and music technologies and product development, is pleased to announce that Will Pirkle has joined the company…

MMR Staff
May 5, 2020
News May 5, 2020

GC Skips Bonds Payments

According to an article published by Bloomberg on April 27, Guitar Center, Inc. (GC) is in talks with its creditors after missing payments on two of its bonds. Anonymous sources relayed to…

MMR Staff
May 5, 2020
News May 4, 2020

Post Malone’s Recent Tour Employs L-Acoustics

Post Malone’s second leg of his North American trek in early February used an L-Acoustics K1/K2 loudspeaker system, supplied and deployed by Detroit-based provider Thunder Audio. The standard PA configuration…

MMR Staff
May 4, 2020
News May 3, 2020

Trade Regrets: Ray Hennig

On May 2, NAMM's Dan Del Fiorentino sent the following message: Ray Hennig the Texas music retailer who sold Stevie Ray Vaughn his first Fender Stratocaster passed away on April…

MMR Staff
May 3, 2020
News May 1, 2020

Mass Hysteria Streams Recorded Show Powered ChamSys

Mass Hysteria recently performed in Nantes, France for a livestreamed set, featuring a Romain Dronne designed lightshow powered by a ChamSys MagicQ MQ80. Part of the Chirac Design team, Dronne…

MMR Staff
May 1, 2020
News May 1, 2020

Genelec Hosting Louspeakers Webinar on Tuesday, May 5

On Tuesday, May 5 from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. ET Genelec will be hosting an exclusive online tutorial, “G*Connect Webinar: Choosing the right loudspeakers,” hosted by Andy Bensley, regional…

MMR Staff
May 1, 2020
News April 30, 2020

Trade Regrets: Joe Keith

On April 30 we received the following from NAMM's Dan Del Fiorentino: Long time music retailer and RPMDA past president Joe Keith passed away yesterday.   Joe felt that the…

MMR Staff
Apr 30, 2020
News April 30, 2020

L-Acoustics Creations Appoints Fichte Business Manager

For 35 years, L-Acoustics has provided the pro audio industry with premium solutions for live events worldwide. L-Acoustics Creations, a new division of the company, brings this concert-grade technology to…

MMR Staff
Apr 30, 2020