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News February 26, 2016

Now Marshall adds wireless headphones

Marshall continues to add to its range of branded audio products, with the launch of the new Major II Bluetooth wireless headphones.  Available from today, and launching in the US…

MMR Staff
Feb 26, 2016
News February 26, 2016

D'Addario backs string recycling programme

D’Addario has hooked up with a global recycling scheme called TerraCycle to introduce a string recycling programme. The initiative is called Playback and claims to be the industry’s first string…

MMR Staff
Feb 26, 2016
News February 25, 2016

D'Addario Launches First-Ever Guitar String Recycling Program

D'Addario teamed with the global recycling organization TerraCycle to create Playback, a safe and independent way to recycle instrument strings. Currently, municipal recycling systems in the United States do not…

MMR Staff
Feb 25, 2016
News February 25, 2016

Trade Regrets: George Lukas

In late February, we received the following message from NAMM’s Dan Del Fiorentino:NAMM past president and longtime music retailer, George Lukas, passed away last month.  George passed away on January…

MMR Staff
Feb 25, 2016
News February 25, 2016

Hal Leonard & Homespun Celebrate 20 Years Together

Hal Leonard and Homespun celebrated their 20th anniversary of working together at the NAMM 2016 show. Homespun has been a respected creator of instructional video and audio materials for over…

MMR Staff
Feb 25, 2016
News February 25, 2016

Korg adds Pitchblack to mini tuner range

Korg has added to its collection of mini pedal board tuners, with the Pitchblack.     It features a large LED display, can be battery operated, and is also equipped with…

MMR Staff
Feb 25, 2016
News February 25, 2016

New venue for combined BPM and Pro shows

DJ and audio shows BPM and PRO shows are combining at a new venue this year. Organiser Marked Events has put the two events together to create BPM/PRO, a single event…

MMR Staff
Feb 25, 2016
News February 24, 2016

Guangzhou Prolight show looms

China's first key audio show of the year, Prolight + Sound Guangzhou, is almost upon us, taking place from 29th February to 3rd March. The fair will occupy all 13 halls (130,000 sqm)…

MMR Staff
Feb 24, 2016
News February 24, 2016

Music Education Expo starts tomorrow

The Music Education Expo opens its doors tomorrow for two days of seminars, workshops and show floor activity.  This year’s expanded event takes place at Olympia Central with the doors…

MMR Staff
Feb 24, 2016
News February 23, 2016

Hal Leonard Adele's 25

Hal Leonard's Adele – 25 is currently available in piano/vocal/guitar and easy piano format with many other editions for ukulele, choral, and band coming soon.  The matching songbook to Adele's much-anticipated and…

MMR Staff
Feb 23, 2016
News February 23, 2016

Vandoren Clarinet Reed Mix Card

Vandoren already offers clarinetists a variety of reeds to choose from beyond the Traditional reed – the V12, 56 rue Lepic, and the new V21. To help players find their…

MMR Staff
Feb 23, 2016
News February 23, 2016

Grund Audio GP Series Loudspeakers

 With four models—the GP-08A, GP-10A, GP-12A, and GP-15A—the new Grund Audio Design GP loudspeakers are all 2-way systems featuring a 1-inch compression driver mated with an 8-, 10-, 12-, or…

MMR Staff
Feb 23, 2016