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News June 10, 2015

New TC VoiceLive processor

TC Helicon has introduced a new version of its VoiceLive 3 guitar and voice processor in the form of VoiceLive 3 Extreme. VL3X has four times the built-in memory for…

MMR Staff
Jun 10, 2015
News June 10, 2015

Second UK trade mag closes

UK trade mag MI Pro is closing its print issue, just weeks after the closure of near rival Music Industry News. Despite a heritage of more than 15 years in the trade,…

MMR Staff
Jun 10, 2015
News June 9, 2015

ZMI Named Los Cabos Drumsticks U.S. Distributor

ZimMusicInc. has been named the U.S distributor for Canadian stick manufacturer, Los Cabos Drumsticks. “We can’t be more excited to be working with the folks at Los Cabos and making…

MMR Staff
Jun 9, 2015
News June 9, 2015

SVM/Dream Cymbals plan live event

Dream Cymbals and Soar Valley Music are backing the cymbal brand with an event at Birmingham's Glee Club at the end of the month.  The Birmingham Dream Day event takes…

MMR Staff
Jun 9, 2015
News June 9, 2015

Gear4Music floats at 143p

Ambitious UK online retailer Gear4Music successfully floated on the London AIM last week, with shares opening at 143p. The IPO, which saw its entire capital of just over 20,000 shares…

MMR Staff
Jun 9, 2015
News June 8, 2015

SLM Purchases the E.K. Blessing Company

St. Louis Music (SLM) has acquired E.K. Blessing from Verne Q. Powell Flutes. Founded in 1906, E.K. Blessing is one America’s most historic brands of concert and marching band instruments and…

MMR Staff
Jun 8, 2015
News June 8, 2015

West Uses DiGiGrid

Producer, engineer, mixer, songwriter and performer Joe West (Keith Urban, Emmylou Harris, Justin Timberlake) is part of the growing trend of music professionals using theDiGiGrid DLS audio interface to enhance…

MMR Staff
Jun 8, 2015
News June 8, 2015

Got UK and international news? Let us know

The launch of MMR Global means a new outlet for international musical instrument market news and a chance to get your story in front of the service's rapidly growing online…

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Jun 8, 2015
News June 8, 2015

Why your store needs to be on the move

It was nice to read something about Guitar Center recently that didn’t focus on its debt problems for a change.And it is something that affects all retailers in the MI…

MMR Staff
Jun 8, 2015
News June 5, 2015

Listen Technologies to Host Training/Certification Sessions

Listen Technologies Corporation is offering two certification courses for contractors and system integrators in Florida around the 2015 InfoComm Show – one just before the show, on Tuesday, June 16,…

MMR Staff
Jun 5, 2015
News June 5, 2015

More new UK retail

Amid the closure of some long-established music stores in the UK, there are still new stores opening. Sleepy Midsomer Norton in Somerset has a new store in the form of…

MMR Staff
Jun 5, 2015
News June 5, 2015

New Nord from Sound Technology

Sound Technology has launched the latest range of three Nord Stage keyboards in the UK. The Nord Stage 2 EX 88 and Stage 2 EX HP76 are available now, while…

MMR Staff
Jun 5, 2015