Breaking industry news, announcements, and developments from across the music products world.
[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;…
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…
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 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…
The 2015 NAMM Show, held January 22-25 in Anaheim, California, will showcase insights from entrepreneurs within and beyond the music industry including Apple co-founder, Steve "Woz" Wozniak. The engineering icon…
BEST MOTIVATIONAL APPROACHThis inspirational shirt was observed at a Group Ukulele session over at Music City Center. WORST ABUSE OF PERSONAL HEALTHWhile many visitors to Music City U.S.A. seek out…
Guitar Center CEO Mike Pratt has announced the appointment of Eddie Combs to the position of Guitar Center senior vice president, Marketing. Combs’ appointment is the result of an extensive,…
Hal Leonard Books, a division of Hal Leonard Corporation, Milwaukee, the leading publisher of books and digital content on the music business, audio technology, and instrument history, and Groove3, the…
As anyone who's been paying attention to the industry knows, music has been going through some growing pains. World-conquering guitar heroes aren't the norm. Number one albums sell less than…
When MI retailers see guitar players or keyboardists as simply musicians in their stores, they're leaving money on the table. An industry that has long looked at its customer base…
Technology is all around us. Every day, we read about some new advancement - sometimes several in any given day. It's become a part of life for us, personally and…
This July at Summer NAMM, Blues Angel Music owner, Jim DeStafney and I presented a NAMM U session on "Ten Key Strategies To Maximize eBay Sales and Profits." We've found…
