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Peter LaPlaca, president/PJLA Music Sales of Barrington, Illinois recently announced the expanded responsibilities of David Hayes, Southeast USA sales representative for Sax Dakota and Phaeton Trumpets. Hayes will be coordinating…
Korg has sprung a number of new product launches, including an update to its popular MicroKorg S synth and a new ARP Odyssey module. First introduced in 1972, the ARP…
US amp brand Supro, distributed in the UK by JHS, has been boosted by the backing of up and coming guitarist, Ryan McGarvey. McGarvey played with Eric Clapton at his…
Next year’s Frankfurt Musikmesse has been boosted by the news that Meinl is returning to the show. Following a year’s break Meinl, which has traditionally been one of the show’s…
Effective immediately, the German cable manufacturer Cordial assigns overall responsibility for distributing their cable products for the MI sector in the USA to Davitt & Hanser. Davitt & Hanser is…
Roland has found a new way of launching products, with a unique 24-hour online music festival it is calling ‘The Future. Redefined.’ More than 30 new Roland musical instrument products…
Gibraltar Hardware has launched a new range of customisable DJ workstations called Gibraltar DJ (GDJ). Engineered by Gibraltar Hardware in California, the range is designed to offer DJs smart, adaptive…
FBT UK is running a competition for visitors to this year's BPM Pro exhibition with the prize of a free trip to FBT's HQ in Recanati, Italy. During the trip the…
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has vowed to reverse £42.8m of Tory cuts to UK music and arts education. Speaking in Edinburgh, he said a Labour government would restore £42.8million in…
The 2016 Melbourne Guitar Show built strongly on the success of 2015 with an overall 20 per cent jump in attendance and exhibitors. Organised by the Australian Music Association, over 5,500…
The National Association of Music Merchants’ (NAMM) Museum of Making Music (MoMM) announces its Annual “Play it Forward” Gala, which will take place Saturday, September 17, 6:30 – 10:30p.m. Inspired…
The Avedis Zildjian Company released a new and improved Access Tool for the Zildjian Gen16 Acoustic Electric Cymbal System. The new Gen16 Access Tool improves the user experience by using…
