2014 AES Educational Foundation Awards
The Educational Foundation of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) has announced the recipients of the 2014 AES Educational Grants for Graduate Studies in Audio Engineering. The announcement was made by…
Trade Regrets: Yoshi Kobayashi
Yoshi Kobayashi, the former Import Manager for Yamaha Corporation of America, passed away on September 13th at the age of 85. Kobayashi began working for Yamaha in 1958 and was tasked with supervising the…
Trade Regrets: Ruth Charles
Music retailer, teacher, and philanthropist Ruth J. Charles passed away on September 4. She was 89.Ruth was born in Birmingham, Michigan, June 26, 1925. In 1947, she and her late husband, Dick,…
Ovation Names Wallace as Brand Manager
KMC Music has appointed Darren Wallace as brand manager for Ovation Guitars. As a master luthier, Wallace has been an integral part of Ovation’s product design and development throughout his…
Music & Arts Adds Two New N. Houston Locations
Music & Arts recently opened two new locations in the North Houston, Texas areas of Humble and Tomball. The roughly 3,000 square foot Music & Arts stores offer a large…
Flammia to Manage Commercial Channel for PreSonus
PreSonus has announced that Tony Flammia has accepted the position of commercial channel manager. In his new position, Flammia will work closely with PreSonus/WorxAudio Loudspeaker Division managing director Hugh Sarvis…
ZVEX Runs "Auction for Andy" at Reverb.com
The MI industry mourned this loss of ZVEX Effects' Andrew Richardson last week. In an effort to pay tribute to Richardson, his colleagues have set up an auction through Reverb.com…
'Bass Drum Control' from HLC Celebrates 50 Years with Aniv. Edition
Nineteen sixty-four saw The Beatles debut on The Ed Sullivan Show, Lyndon B. Johnson win a landslide re-election, and Colin Bailey release Bass Drum Control. This book has become a…
Guitar Center Grabs Top Honors at Content Marketing Awards
[caption id="attachment_50283" align="alignleft" width="960"]Pictured L-R: Joe Pulizzi, Founder, Content Marketing Institute; Dustin Hinz, VP of Brand Experience & Entertainment Marketing, Guitar Center; Lee Diskin, Manager of Video Production, Guitar Center;…
Jim Bailey Joins Renkus-Heinz
Renkus-Heinz has announced the appointment of industry veteran Jim Bailey to a newly created product marketing position. Bailey comes to Renkus-Heinz after serving as general manager of Aphex, a manufacturer of…
GitaarBizz Appointed as New Guild Distributor
Guild Guitars has named GitaarBizz as the new Guild distributor for Germany, Austria, and the Benelux. Industry vet Ruud Elbers founded GitaarBizz in 2013, after an 18 year stint as…
TMP to Distribute Audiofly in the US
TMP Pro Distribution has announced an agreement with Audiofly to be the exclusive distributor for their full line of Performance Series IEMs to the MI and Professional markets in the…