Enough with ‘It’s Back!’
After an unbroken streak of NAMM Shows – both “normal” and Summer NAMM – from 2002 to 2020, my batting average has been less than All-Star caliber of late. Immediately…
Grow Your Woodwind Sales Through Quality Woodwind Repair & Specialty Selling Skills
My name is Lisa Canning and I have been a pro wind instrument retailer for 43 years now operating both a brick-and-mortar location and an ecommerce business. I have developed…
NAMM Show 2025: ‘The Future of NAMM’
"This year’s Show is now the new model of where we go from here,” says NAMM president and CEO John Mlynczak. “We absolutely got the right mix of people there.…
Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan: The Times They are a Changin’
I can hear Timothée Chalamet’s rendition of “The Times They Are A-Changin’” in my ear as I write, starting as a near whisper and building with a slow crescendo. Chalamet…
‘Tonal Quality, Resonance, and Durability’: Advancements in Concert Toms & Symphonic Concert Bass Drums
Concert percussion instruments have benefitted from a number of innovative design and material improvements in recent years and educators, student musicians, and professional performers are more able to find the…
Pearl Drums Partners with Musicians Institute and Nate Morton
Pearl Drums is proud to announce a dynamic new partnership with the Musicians Institute (MI), solidifying MI as a premier showcase center for Pearl's flagship Masters and Reference series drum…
ADJ Expands Lighting Control Solutions With RDM XS8 DMX & RDM Splitter
Designed to make DMX data distribution easier with less clutter, ADJ Lighting launch the RDM XS8, a 19-inch rack-mount, 8-way DMX and RDM data splitter designed to deliver seamless signal…
American Music & Sound Appoints Erin Parisi to the Internship Program in Partnership with WAVIT
American Music & Sound (AM&S) is excited to announce the appointment of Erin Parisi to their Music Industry Internship Program in partnership with Women in AV/IT (WAVIT). Parisi enters the…
LD Systems ANNY 10 Now Available in Cambodia – Official Partnership with the Kfour Group
Professional sound on the go – now also available in Cambodia! With the new partnership between LD Systems and Kfour Group Co, Ltd, the ANNY 10 mobile Bluetooth PA speaker…
Painting With Light Helps Clouseau Look Vibrant At 40 with CHAUVET Professional
It is said that the creative drive has no reverse gear. Although building on what has been done in the past and echoing themes, it never repeats itself, but instead…
NAMM Show 2025: 'The Future of NAMM'
“This year’s Show is now the new model of where we go from here,” says NAMM president and CEO John Mlynczak. “We absolutely got the right mix of people there.…
Upfront Q&A: Jim Kirlin of Taylor Guitars
With Taylor Guitars’ 50th Anniversary year only recently in the rearview mirror, MMR connected with the company’s editorial director, Jim Kirlin, to review a little of Taylor’s history, how they…