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News February 27, 2017

DANSR Appoints Fenoglio as Vandoren Brand Manager

DANSR, Inc. has promoted Michael Fenoglio, to Vandoren brand manager. Fenoglio has been with DANSR since 2013 with responsibilities in Artist Relations and Sales and Marketing. For the past two years,…

MMR Staff
Feb 27, 2017
News February 27, 2017

Hal Leonard Acquires Sheet Music Plus

Hal Leonard has announced that they have acquired Sheet Music Plus, a leading e-commerce website for music publications. Sheet Music Plus will continue to operate as an independent business led…

MMR Staff
Feb 27, 2017
News February 27, 2017

Yamaha adding to Indonesian manufacturing capability

Yamaha plans to invest approximately $43 million developing another musical instrument manufacturing factory in Indonesia. The Japanese music giant has established a new subsidiary in Indonesia: Yamaha Musical Products Asia (YMPA).Yamaha Musical Products…

MMR Staff
Feb 27, 2017
News February 24, 2017

NAfME Opposes Rescinding of Transgender Guidelines for Schools

The National Association for Music Education's (NAfME) CEO and Executive Director Mike Blakeslee and President Denese Odegaard released the following statement expressing NAfME's opposition to the Trump Administration's rescinding of Title IX guidelines…

MMR Staff
Feb 24, 2017
News February 24, 2017

Tyson knocks out new vintage PAF clones

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Feb 24, 2017
News February 24, 2017

Shure auctioning McCartney and Who mics for charities

Shure has partnered with both Paul McCartney and The Who to auction a one-time production of 600 serialised graphic painted versions of its iconic SM58 microphones. All proceeds generated will go directly…

MMR Staff
Feb 24, 2017
News February 24, 2017

Stranglers drummer joins Dream team

Dream Cymbals has extended its roster of UK artists with the addition of Jim Macaulay current drummer for punk/new wave icons, The Stranglers. Formerly of Birmingham Rock band Envy & Other…

MMR Staff
Feb 24, 2017
News February 23, 2017

Chauvet Professional Rig on Louis The Child Tour

An immersive lightshow was created for Louis The Child designed by Kendall Clark and programmed by Andrew Roman, using all Chauvet Professional fixtures supplied by Creative Production & Design (CPD) of…

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Feb 23, 2017
News February 23, 2017

Avid at the BAFTA Film Awards

Avid® customers were recognized at the British Academy Film Awards 2017, hosted by the British Academy of Film & Television Arts (BAFTA®) in London on Sunday, February 12. The film…

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Feb 23, 2017
News February 23, 2017

Riversong Guitars at the GRAMMY Awards

Riversong Guitars were backstage at this year's GRAMMY Awards in Los Angeles. Founder/CEO Mike Miltimore and sales manager Tony Graham were also in attendance.  Riversong had on hand their award winning line of guitars including the Tradition…

MMR Staff
Feb 23, 2017