“Ernie Ball: The Pursuit of Tone ‘Buddy Guy’”
Tune in to AT&T AUDIENCE Network for: “Ernie Ball: The Pursuit of Tone ‘Buddy Guy’” on Friday, March 25 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT (DIRECTV Ch 239/U-verse Ch 1114). Watch as…
YCA Names MacDonald Director of Marketing, Band & Orchestral Division
Yamaha Corporation of America (YCA) has announced that Lisa Steele-MacDonald has been appointed as the company’s director of marketing for the Band & Orchestral division. She reports to Garth Gilman,…
Sam Ash Music Attends Taylor Guitar University
Sam Ash Music has had its biggest Taylor Guitar University in the company’s history. 40 members of the Ash team including eight of the regional managers plus EVP Howie Mendelson, National…
Gibson Selling Nashville Real Estate
Gibson Brands has put its 1.62-acre real estate portfolio near downtown Nashville up for sale. According to The Tennessean, commercial real estate firm CBRE is handling the listing, which includes 1.12 acres…
Sweetwater Files Suit Against Hello Music
Sweetwater has filed suit in United States Federal District Court against Hello Music, for copying verbatim a large number of images and copy blocks from Sweetwater’s online pages. According to…
DW signs global Kickport deal
Drum Workshop has inked a deal for worldwide distribution, marketing and artist relations for KickPort International products. DW will take over operations for the line, while manufacturing arrangements will remain…
Macclesfield indie facing closure
Long-standing Macclesfield independent Margin Music, has admitted it may not not be around for much longer. The shop has been open for 30 years, but owner Mary Kirkpatrick fears rising costs…
SPOTLIGHT: Make it personal - part two
In the first part of this article, we looked at simple personal monitor mixing systems (PMMs for short) that let musicians hear themselves better. Now, we’ll examine the plethora of modular,…
Gibson raising funds through property sell-off
Gibson Brands has put its 1.62-acre real estate portfolio, near downtown Nashville up for sale. According to The Tennessean, commercial real estate firm CBRE is handling the listing, which includes…
Aguilar Amplification and La Bella Strings Announce Clinic with Bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma
Aguilar Amplification and La Bella Strings are pleased to announce a clinic with bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma. With his funk-driven approach to modern Jazz and bold improvisational sense, Tacuma is widely…
Alvarez Produces Blues Guitars Video
Alvarez released an online video that features the incredible blues guitars from the new genre-specific Jazz & Blues Series. The video presents a candid interview with Chris Meikle - head…
New Lennon guitar forms Martin Musikmesse focus
Martin Guitar will unveil a second commemorative John Lennon model at Musikmesse, to follow up on the D-28 75th Anniversary Limited Edition model introduced in January. The firm will also…