Breaking industry news, announcements, and developments from across the music products world.
Every year since 2009, MMR has recognized significant figures in the world of MI who have contributed in meaningful ways to the advocacy of music education at the community and…
Tagima Guitars, based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, announced their arrival in the North American musical instrument market, with the official brand launch at the January 2017 NAMM show in Anaheim,…
Delmar Hall, a mid-size venue catering to up-and-coming artists, recently opened. Front of house engineer Tiffany Hendren looked to ProCo Sound, an RHC Audio brand, for all the venue’s cabling…
Duke’s Restaurants in Malibu and La Jolla recently had their house sound upgraded with systems from Bose Professional. In both locations Bose FreeSpace DS 100F and DS 40F flush-mount, and…
Sweetwater recently hosted Don Felder, the former Eagles guitarist, in Studio A of Sweetwater Studios as part of a sold-out recording master class re-recording the song “Hotel California.” Song co-author…
Now beginning a national tour after its highly-acclaimed 623-performance Broadway run,"An American in Paris" is a classic musical reborn as a modern stage production. Conducted by music director David Andrews…
The Pepsi Funk Fest Tour stopped at Florida A&M University with rig that was anchored by Rogue R2 Wash and COLORado 2-Quad Zoom Tour fixtures from Chauvet Professional. The festival …
Sweetwater announces that senior vice president of finance Greg Clark has been promoted to senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer. He succeeds CFO Marc Leveridge, who recently…
Genelec announces two new key hires bolstering the company’s U.S. sales force: John Whitcore has been named territory manager, and Steffenee Copley has been added as Western Region – sales. The…
Fort Worth Texas-based Rhythm Brand Instruments (RBI) has purchased TOCA Percussion® from Drum Workshop, Inc. For over 55 years, RBI has built a network of clinicians, educators, musicians, and customer…
A.K. Kist has been promoted to national sales manager of the Combo Division at KHS America. A lifelong drummer, Mr. Kist has over 16 years of experience in a wide range…
Designed by celebrated UK luthier Roger Williams, who has been building and repairing fretted instruments in Lichfield, England for over 15 years, Vintage is launching the VE9000RW ‘Roger Williams’ Nylon Electro-Acoustic Crossover guitar at NAMM. Distributed…
