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News April 21, 2016

‘Ernie Ball: The Pursuit of Tone - Mike Ness’

Tune in to AT&T AUDIENCE Network for “Ernie Ball: The Pursuit of Tone ‘Mike Ness’” on Friday, April 22 at 8:00 p.m. PM ET/PT (DIRECTV Ch 239/U-verse Ch 1114). Watch…

MMR Staff
Apr 21, 2016
News April 21, 2016

Music China 2016 Expands to 10 Halls

Preparation for Music China 2016 is in full swing with 90 percent of the exhibition area reserved. As this leading musical instrument trade event in Asia continues to gain momentum…

MMR Staff
Apr 21, 2016
News April 21, 2016

Daisy Rock Guitars Seeks New Distribution Partner

After a long and fruitful partnership, the distribution deal between Daisy Rock Girl Guitars and Alfred Music came to an end on March 31st. "I am so grateful for my…

MMR Staff
Apr 21, 2016
News April 21, 2016

Sennheiser previews MK4 mic at NAB

Sennheiser is previewing a new digital version of its MK4 recording mics at this year’s NAB show in Las Vegas. With Apogee A/D conversion and mic preamp technology, the MK4…

MMR Staff
Apr 21, 2016
News April 21, 2016

GHS adds Bajo Quinto strings

GHS Strings has introduced a new line of Bajo Quinto, Cuerdas Negras black coated stainless strings. The Mexican Bajo Quinto looks like an oversized acoustic guitar: it’s five pairs of…

MMR Staff
Apr 21, 2016
News April 21, 2016

Alfred joins Peaksware group

Alfred Music has become part of Peaksware Holdings, a group of companies which includes music notation technology firm MakeMusic. The two firms -  Alfred and MakeMusic - will continue to operate independently…

MMR Staff
Apr 21, 2016
News April 21, 2016

Focusrite wins UK trade award

Focusrite has been awarded the 2016 Queen's Award for Enterprise for International Trade.  The Award follows seven consecutive years of sustained growth in global business and market share for Focusrite…

MMR Staff
Apr 21, 2016
News April 20, 2016

Alfred Music Joins Peaksware

Alfred Music has announced that it is joining the Peaksware Holdings, LLC portfolio of companies which includes MakeMusic, bringing together the leaders in educational music publishing and music technology. Alfred Music…

MMR Staff
Apr 20, 2016
News April 20, 2016

LOUD Names Robinson Director of Sales

LOUD Technologies Inc. (LOUD) announces the appointment of Loren Robinson to the position of director of sales, Independent Accounts (North America) for the Mackie and Ampeg brands. Robinson comes to…

MMR Staff
Apr 20, 2016
News April 20, 2016

Steinway unveils big move into online arena

Steinway has announced what it is calling its “most significant product innovation in over 70 years” - a player piano that can be controlled by an app to produce entirely accurate…

MMR Staff
Apr 20, 2016
News April 20, 2016

Washburn backs acoustic launches with new videos

Washburn has released a number of new product videos highlighting the new Heritage and Woodline series acoustic guitars. Both product ranges were launched at the Winter NAMM show and form…

MMR Staff
Apr 20, 2016