Breaking industry news, announcements, and developments from across the music products world.
Dedicated to “individuals who have made a significant contribution to The Music Business”, the Guitar Center RockWalk recently welcomed Everett “Vic” Firth – world famous timpanist for the Boston Symphony…
Lone Star Percussion of Dallas, TX, earned a special award from Zildjian at the recent NAMM show in January. The dealer received the “2015 Outstanding Sales Performance” award, marking a…
Rosetti has launched D&A Guitar Gear’s new six-legged Hydra stand in the UK. It uses three gravity-activated locking heads in order to secure three guitars, basses or other stringed instruments.…
The global digital keyboard market was valued at $1.82 billion in 2015 and is projected to grow at a annual rate of 2.52 per cent to reach $2.06 billion by…
The potential scale of an impending contraction in the UK retail sector has been laid bare for the first time by the British Retail Consortium after it predicted the loss…
KHS America, home of Jupiter Winds, Mapex Drums, Majestic Percussion, and XO Professional Brass in the U.S. has announced the extension and expansion of their partnership with the Pacific Crest…
Harman’s JBL marque has launched a new line-up of monitor system controllers for music recording, post production and broadcast control rooms. There are two models and one bundle which work…
Stones Music has taken on distribution of the popular finger cleaner/conditioner from New Zealand, Boogie Juice, in the UK. Boogie Juice is supplied in a felt-tip style container and is…
Eponymous John Hornby Skewes founder John Skewes, has formally announced his retirement from the business after 56 years. After a period working the fledgling pro-audio industry, Skewes founded JHS in…
ADJ Group has announced that Juan “JC” Faxas has joined the company as audio product director. Faxas will develop and expand ADJ’s audio product lines to meet the needs of…
In order to maintain the rapidly growing Vandoren Regional Artist (VRA) program, Vandoren has created a new full-time position, hiring bass clarinetist Rebecca Scholldorf as the VRA administrator. Since its…
German instrument maker Geomega Music is offering custom made string instruments with a unique design feature - the missus. Boss Manfred Gernert offers a service that incorporates pictures of wives…
