Market Profile: Metro Boston
As home to world-renowned institutions of higher learning (M.I.T., Harvard, and Tufts, among many others), a number of storied music schools (Berklee College of Music, New England Conservatory), and ground-zero…
Recording Team Uses TASCAM to Capture Monterey International Pop Festival Anniversary
From June 16 to 18, 2017, the "Monterey International Pop Festival Celebrates 50 Years" event recognized the 50th anniversary of the iconic Monterey International Pop Festival of 1967, and was recorded…
Vater Percussion Endorsee Chad Smith Visits Hal Leonard to Celebrate New Distribution Deal
Drummer Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers recently visited the Hal Leonard corporate headquarters to kick off their distribution of Vater Percussion. Smith has been an endorsee of Vater…
ChamSys Consoles Play Major Role at 2017 Glastonbury Festival
ChamSys consoles played a major role at the 2017 edition of the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm. “We had some good things going on at Glastonbury this year,” said James…
2017 Pa’l Norte Festival Lights Up with CHAUVET Professional
This year, 160,000 fans gathered at the 2017 Pa’l Norte Festival to see artists like The Killers, Placebo, MIA, The Offspring, Kaskade, Maná, Jason Derulo, and Enanitos Verdes, who were all illuminated…
GEARSECURE Adds Scott to Board of Technical Advisors
GEARSECURE has added Tony Scott of the TonyScottGroup to its board of technical advisors. At GEARSECURE, Scott will advise the company on key strategic initiatives in conjunction with its late 2017 product…
Workers at GC Stores Ratify First Union Contract
On July 11, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union's (RWDSU) newly unionized Guitar Center workers at four stores in New York (NY), Chicago (IL), Danvers (MA), and Las Vegas (NV),…
Shure Names Humrichouser VP of its Americas and Asia Sales Organizations
Shure Incorporated has announced an expanded, global role for Mark Humrichouser, as vice president of its Americas and Asia/Pacific Sales organizations. In this role, Mark leads the Sales, Marketing, Customer…
D'Addario Launches NYXL 'Commit' Campaign
D'Addario has announced the launch of its NYXL #Commit campaign, which will offer new print and digital advertising featuring Tosin Abasi, Nile Rodgers, and Chris Sholar. The new print campaign…
‘The 11 Contracts That Every Artist, Producer, and Songwriter Should Know’
Steve Gordon has released his new book, The 11 Contracts That Every Artist, Producer, and Songwriter Should Know, to assist musicians with the legal aspects of the music business. Gordon…
New Pearl Awakenings Tongue Drum Series
Pearl has introduced six new Awakenings Tongue Drums, including three eight-note and three nine-note drums tuned to pentatonic scales. Named after the tongue-shaped area where players strike the drum, Pearl…
Traveler Guitar Hollow Body Acoustic/Electric AG-450EQ
Traveler Guitar has added another model to their hollow body acoustic/ electric line with the AG-450EQ. At 32“ long, the AG-450EG is the shortest full-scale acoustic travel guitar on the…