Whirlwind PW-1 Personal Wedge
Whirlwind, manufacturer of everything from cables to concert splitters to electrical distribution systems, and beyond, has released a PW-1 Personal Wedge for the perfect monitor mix. The PW-1 is a…
SoundSynergies STRINGTone
SoundSynergies STRINGTone is formulated to maintain optimal tone and response in-between string changes, and specifically engineered to evaporate in minutes, leaving your strings more resonant, performance- ready, dry-to-the-touch, and incredibly…
GluBoost’s Fill n’ Finish
Fill n’ Finish, one of the GluBoost family of products, is a resilient, flexible and wood finishing product: the ideal, carcinogen-free finish for builds, repairs, and restorations. The product is…
Radial JDX Direct-Drive
The Radial JDX Direct-Drive is designed to simulate the sound of a guitar amplifier while doubling up as a direct box. In other words, with the JDX Direct-Drive on a pedalboard,…
Summer NAMM, Music Making, Politics, and Hammocks
I hope you are reading this in the throes of summertime renewal. Summer NAMM in Nashville wrapped on June 25th, and it was once again a great gathering of professionals…
Music Education at the Top of the Market Looks a lot Like it Does Everywhere Else
The idea of the itinerant music teacher who has piano students over to her cozy home or meets his young charges in the sunlit atelier of a music shop has…
Winners Circle
Since the event debuted six years ago, one of the annual highlights of Summer NAMM has been the Top 100 Dealer Awards. MI retailers have the opportunity to be recognized…
26th Profile of the American Music Dealer
A few years ago, MMR retooled aspects of our auditing methodology, employing more accurate data collection and analysis tools, which resulted in numbers for 2014 that were, at the time,…
‘Bigger is No Longer Better’
Loudspeaker sales in 2016. Loudspeakers would seem to represent a very healthy market segment, with over 83 percent of the 200-plus retailers we contacted for this month’s survey reporting that…
Chauvet Professional at Glastonbury Festival
Fineline Lighing deploys Chauvet Professional Rogue R1 FX-B and Maverick MK2 Spot at the Glastonbury Festival in the UK. From its very beginning, the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts…
Daisy Rock Signs Global Licensing Agreement with KMC
Daisy Rock Girl Guitars, the pioneering line of guitars developed by the visionary artist Tish Ciravolo in 2000, is set to rock again on a global stage, thanks to a…
Musikmesse reorganises team again
Messe Frankfurt has shuffled its pack again, with a reorganisation of its Muskmesse and Prolight and Sound team. “With the strategic step of reorganisation, we are focusing expert knowledge and intensifying…