Breaking industry news, announcements, and developments from across the music products world.
At last year’s NAMM show I spoke on a panel for Guitar & Accessories Marketing Association (GAMA) about ways of reviving and creating fresh interest in guitar. That moment afforded…
The German television program Let’s Dance has added even more color and glamour to its presentation by expanding its lighting rig to include 12 CHAUVET Professional Maverick MK1 Hybrid fixtures. Lighting designer David…
During the late and most decidedly unlamented Great Recession, automobile dealers found themselves taking it especially hard on the chin. Over the course of what is now semi-officially known the…
Almost no one can deny that in 2018, having your store represented on social media is essential. And with the ever-changing algorithms on Facebook, regular posts just don’t get the…
Audio-Technica has announced the appointment of a new distributor for both its consumer and professional audio products in South Africa. Effective from 1st September 2018, Pro Audio (located near Johannesburg),…
On August 25 and 26, D’Addario representatives were backstage at the AFROPUNK festival, sampling product, signing up Players Circle members and talking to the artist community about D’Addario and the D’Addario…
The National Association for Music Education (NAfME) has announced their endorsement of Senator Jon Tester’s (D-MT) Guarantee Access to Arts and Music Education (GAAME) Act (S. 3391), which was released…
When David Foster’s “The Hitman” tour passed through the Ravinia Festival outside of Chicago, OSA International had double the responsibility as the gear provider for the Martin Audio MLA system…
Russell Scarborough, proprietor of Russell’s Music World in Norfolk, Virginia, has purchased the entire inventory of Spizz Cymbals from Universal Percussion, the developer and original distributor of Spizz. These boutique…
Rainforest Lumina at the Singapore Zoo currently uses 175 COLORado 1 Solo and 147 COLORado 2 Solo fixtures from CHAUVET Professional. “We used the COLORado 2 mostly on the high…
Darkglass Electronics has added to its pedal range with the new Hyper Luminal Hybrid Compressor. The pedal digitally models the side-chain circuits in some of the best known compressors and has…
JHS has secured exclusive distribution Danelectro electric guitars, Snark tuners, Honeytone mini amps and Billionaire effects in France. The deals come into effect from 1st September. Danelectro saw the introduction of the brand new '59X/XT and…
